Agenda: Week 10

Week 10: Ending Unit 2 & Starting Unit 3

Class Info

• Dates: Monday, 4/7, Wednesday, 4/9 (then Spring Break, so no classes 4/12-4/20)
• Meeting Info: 11:30am-12:45pm in room N522 (our new room)

Objectives

• To finalize the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay and all related work; to write a reflection about the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
• To complete any unfinished work, including making a plan for revising Project 1: Discourse Communities.

For Monday, 4/7

Reading

• Research for Project 2: read several resources that you can consider referring to in your opinion essay.
• Reading/Writing resource: “Handout: Quoting Others (Purdue OWL).
• Reading/Writing resource: “The Quote Sandwich” (Washoe School District).
• Reading/Writing resource: “Introducing the Quote Sandwich” by Carrie Hall.
• Writing resource for opinion essays: “Tips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writers” by Bret Stephens 

Writing

• Share your thoughts in our discussion about opinion essay thesis statements and where to find them.
• Finish Project 2, which is due at the start of class on Monday, 4/7.

In Class Monday, 4/7

• What is your thesis statement in your opinion essay? Where is it?
  • look at our opinion essay thesis statement discussion due today
  • make any changes to our Project 2 opinion essays
• Reviewing the other features of the op-ed
  • how have we incorporated these features in our essays?
  • drafting outlines of the op-eds already written (or, if that’s where you are, to be written)
  • sharing features of our op-eds
  • how have you incorporated research? what do we want research to do?
  • what examples of ethos, pathos, and logos do we find in our own writing?
• Reviewing the Bibliography or Works Cited
  • Reading/Writing resource: “Citation and Formatting Guide.” (City Tech Library).
  • Reading/Writing resource: “MLA Sample Works Cited Page (Purdue OWL).
• Project 2 (The Op-Ed/Opinion Essay) due: Monday, 4/7. Post it on our OpenLab site using the category Project 2 Work. Consider adding any tags to represent what you’re writing about. Please be in touch if you have any concerns!
• Project 2 Reflective Cover Letter: Now that you have finished your opinion essay, write a letter to me in which you reflect on your work by considering the following questions in any order that works for you:
  • What did you write about in Project 2?
  • What did you learn from completing this project, both about your topic and about yourself as a writer/researcher/reader/collaborator?
  • What are you proud of in your opinion essay or in your writing process?
  • What would you like help or support with as you revise this project?
  • What grade do you think your essay has earned, based on the Project 2 grading criteria?
  • Is there anything else I should know about?
  • Checklist: have you included the following:
    • a proposal
    • a draft
    • an opinion that you write about in approximately 750 words
    • research to support your opinion
    • in-text citations via linking or parenthetical citation
    • a works cited list (also known as a bibliography or reference list) that conforms to your field’s citation style, or else to mine, MLA (including, when available, author’s name, title, publication venue, date published, and possibly date accessed), with a short explanation of each source
    • a post on our OpenLab site with a title and the category Project 2 Work

For Wednesday, 4/9

Reading

• Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen

Writing

• Share your thoughts in our discussion about how we like to get information.
• If you haven’t finished Project 2, continue writing
• If you have finished Project 2, consider beginning your Project 1 revision
• It’s National Poetry Month–so consider writing another poem!

In Class 4/9

• Introducing Project 3
• What is a multimodal text? A text that includes multiple modes: writing, audio, sound, image, video
• Examples: social media eg instagram, tiktok; graphic novel or non-fiction; podcasts; documentary, film, video; newpapers, also online versions and the multimodal texts they can showcase; advertisements; posters; zines
• Podcast/Interview: “On Passing” (both audio and written transcript available)
• Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen

Photo Credit

“sparkler writing” by Virginia (Ginny) Sanderson via Flickr under the license CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.