8/27 | fall2019-lcb-writing

Tuesday, August 27

What Are We Doing Today?

Course Information

A. Blackboard

B. Syllabus & Class Webpage

The syllabus has a lot of information, much of which is on our class webpage. Be sure to read through this since its a contract you and I have for this semester!
We are going to be working with the class webpage everyday! When you come into class, you want to log onto to the computer>open Blackboard>open our class webpage>head over to Daily Class Plans.

C. Online Folders

To keep track of all your work for this class, you will create an Online Folder and organize all your work in there. For the work you will be doing in this class, we will be using an electronic platform. (No Word docs., Pages, etc.)
You will be using GoogleDrive for this. Follow the screencast posted in Blackboard's Announcement to see how to create and submit! Do by Wednesday's class!

D. Daily Routine/Homework

Tuesday's: Reading Discussion & Workshop
Thursday's: Portfolio Practice & Workshop
We will typically have a warm up everyday which you want to start as soon as possible unless other wise noted in the directions.
Every Sunday, you will typically have 3 things due: Reading Response, Discovery Log, and Portfolio Practice as well as a reading for Monday's discussion. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT FOR SUNDAY TO DO ALL THE WORK. Watch the screencast for how I suggest to get work done and not be overwhelmed...too much.

E. Screencasts

I will be posting these once a week, typically around Wednesday. Please be sure to watch these and let me know if you have any questions.

Let's play a game!

A) Name

B) Major

C) Where are you from?

D) Answer a question on the beach ball!

A Bit About Me...

I started here, at TAMUCC, as a First-Year, back in 2008. I changed my major about 3x. I graduated in 2014 with a double major in English and Spanish. I then entered the English graduated program in Fall 2014.
I started tutoring in Fall 2015 at our CASA Writing Center before becoming a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in Fall 2016. I graduated with my M.A. in Summer 2017 and I became an adjunct. I now teach as a PAP!
- My focus in graduate school was primarily in gender studies, trauma literature, and writing.

Other things...

I love writing and researching! I am also very passionate about my teaching and helping my students learn.
I love to read and I am doing pretty good on my Goodreads challenge.
I have a slight obsession with gold, anything that glitters, sharks, and my two wonderful dogs!

a)Reading (due by 8/29)

Text: Naming What We Know

Preface: First two paragraphs, pages ix-x
Last paragraph on page 2, beginning with "Threshold concepts are . . . "
"Metaconcept," page 15-16
Threshold Concepts explanations found in "Reading Responses"
- you will see a button which says NWWK

b) Read over the syllabus and explore our class webpage

be prepared to discuss both the syllabus and the webpage on Wednesday! I will be asking you questions about both during class...

c) Looking Ahead...

For Thursday's class:
- Read class syllabus and class webpage
- Create online folder using the screencast I emailed to your Islander email!
- Do the reading for Wednesday's class (see point A)
Reading Response #1 (due 9/1 by midnight)
Introductory Letter (due 9/4 by class time)
- Complete your letter introducing yourself to me and your peers. This is a low-stakes informal piece of writing and will be a part of your engagement and participation grades for this class. So, don't stress about this assignment, but complete it to the best of your abilities and make sure that you are always putting your best foot forward. It is mostly a way for me to get to know you, and a way for me to gauge your goals, understandings, beliefs, and opinions about writing and history.
  - This letter should cover 3 subjects:
    - Information introducing and describing yourself,
    - Your understanding of what writing is, what research is, and what past experiences you have had with writing and research (positive, negative, etc.).
    - Your understanding of what history is and what your past experiences with history.