We're already finished with the first third of the semester. Wow! Fall, especially, seems to go so fast.
I am just finishing up commenting on Blog Post #2, but I can't help but sneak peaks at #3, and I'm so excited to see all of the different ways that you are approaching this topic! I hope you're reading your peer's work, because it's good and you can learn from it. For the few of you who are commenting, keep it up. For those of you who aren't, especially those of you who aren't into chiming in during class discussion, I'd love to see you taking the opportunity to get involved online.
On a purely nonacademic note that should have no bearing on the learning environment, I want everyone to be prepared that I will be wearing a different color shirt today. It is one of the same three shirts I have been wearing all semester, but now they are all green. Coffee stains are to blame.
In week five we're going to be work diligently on the unessay. So swing by office hours of make an appointment with the Writing Center: they're awesome and can work with you on any phase of your project,.
Monday, September 28:
In Class: Let's Talk About Privilege/What it's like to feel attacked--who are the players involved
HW: Work on "Unessay". Full Rough Draft Due Monday, October 5
Wednesday, September 30:
In Class: Create Grading Rubric for Unessay (Noon; 1:10; 2:10)
HW: Work on "Unessay". Full Rough Draft Due Monday, October 5
Friday, October 1:
In Class: Work Day-In Class
HW: Work on"Unessay" Full Rough Draft Due Monday, October 5
HW: Complete Blog #4 by Friday, October 9th before class time.
Blog #4: This is a reflection on your unessay, and since it is designed to be done pretty quickly you will probably be fine if you wait until your unessay is done until you do it. The idea here is that you're introducing your work to someone who wants to hire you to write on their team of writers. They need to know how you work to see if you'd be a good fit for their team. Here's their letter to you:
I am just finishing up commenting on Blog Post #2, but I can't help but sneak peaks at #3, and I'm so excited to see all of the different ways that you are approaching this topic! I hope you're reading your peer's work, because it's good and you can learn from it. For the few of you who are commenting, keep it up. For those of you who aren't, especially those of you who aren't into chiming in during class discussion, I'd love to see you taking the opportunity to get involved online.
On a purely nonacademic note that should have no bearing on the learning environment, I want everyone to be prepared that I will be wearing a different color shirt today. It is one of the same three shirts I have been wearing all semester, but now they are all green. Coffee stains are to blame.
In week five we're going to be work diligently on the unessay. So swing by office hours of make an appointment with the Writing Center: they're awesome and can work with you on any phase of your project,.
Monday, September 28:
In Class: Let's Talk About Privilege/What it's like to feel attacked--who are the players involved
HW: Work on "Unessay". Full Rough Draft Due Monday, October 5
Wednesday, September 30:
In Class: Create Grading Rubric for Unessay (Noon; 1:10; 2:10)
HW: Work on "Unessay". Full Rough Draft Due Monday, October 5
Friday, October 1:
In Class: Work Day-In Class
HW: Work on"Unessay" Full Rough Draft Due Monday, October 5
HW: Complete Blog #4 by Friday, October 9th before class time.
Blog #4: This is a reflection on your unessay, and since it is designed to be done pretty quickly you will probably be fine if you wait until your unessay is done until you do it. The idea here is that you're introducing your work to someone who wants to hire you to write on their team of writers. They need to know how you work to see if you'd be a good fit for their team. Here's their letter to you:
Dear Potential Team Writer,
So you want to make millions of dollars working on our team of premier writers? Well, we might want you, too. But first you need to show us what you can do. Submit to us one piece of composition.* This can be multimedia or traditional pen on paper writing. Or should we say, fingers on keys? The only requirement for the piece of composition is that it be compelling and engaging. As a supplement to your outstanding piece of composition, include a reflection letter. This piece of writing has a few more requirements.
We need two things out of your reflection letter. The first is what your writing process is like. Here are some ideas to get you started: At what stages did you struggle? Why were those phases a struggle? How did you get over those struggles? Did you experience any "aha" moments? What prompted those? What were they? What else do we need to know about how you work?
The second area we want to know about is the piece itself. What do you feel like you did really well? What still needs work? Who is your audience and how did you try to appeal to their sensibilities? We aren't looking for a perfect piece of writing--one great thing about working on a team is we can help you with those areas in which you still struggle--but we are looking to see if you can differentiate between what you do well and what you need work on. It's much easier to help someone figure out how to develop their ideas if they don't think they are already a grade-A supreme master idea developer. That make sense?
Best of luck,
Joe Brown
The Writing Team, INC.
*this is your unessay:)
Post this blog on your class blog with the category tags: "blog 4 " "Letter"