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Wednesday, August 28

What Are We Doing Today?

  • Today's Goals

  • Warm Up​​

  • Reading Discussion

  • How to do Reading Responses?!

  • Homework 

Today's Goals

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify how their views of writing have changed as a result of the work they have done in the course.

  • Demonstrate their ability to collaborate effectively as members of diverse teams / groups of writers.

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Habits of Mind

  • Openness is fostered when writers are encouraged to examine their own perspectives to find connections with the perspectives of others 

  • Responsibility is fostered when writers are encouraged to recognize their own role in learning.

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Key Terms

  • Rhetorical Situation: audience, purpose, context, exigency

  • Reflection, metacognition, transfer/expansion

Warm Up 

Let's take a look at some past examples of a Reading Discussion ...

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We will have our quiz on the syllabus & class web page on Friday!

Reading Discussion

On the Google running document for reading discussions, write notes for our discussion. Be sure to summarize/explain your group's section, pick a quote to support the explanation, and figure out an example!

 

In your groups, assign the following roles:

  • speaker 

  • writer

  • researcher

  • support

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Discuss the following:

  • Group A: Preface â€‹

  • Group B: Last paragraph on page 2

  • Group C: Metaconcept (pg. 15)

  • Group D: Metaconcept (pg. 16)

  • Group E: Threshold Concepts explanation found under "Assignments & Due Dates"

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Make sure to take notes for our class discussion. Pick a speaker for your group to discuss what your group talked about and the specific areas in the text. However, I will call randomly on people!

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  • Did you have to reread, highlight, look up anything?

  • What did you do to overcome any obstacles you had while doing the reading? What worked and what didn't? What do you need to do for the next reading? 

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  • How do we do this?

  • Where do I turn it in?

  • Can you find the Reading Response page?

  • Do you know how to use the memo template?

  • Do you really have to discuss ALL the concepts? 

  • What is the late work policy?

  • Past examples of a Reading Response?

Reading Response

Homework

a) Read (due by 8/30 class )

  1. "Naming What We Know" Threshold Concept 1.0​

  2. "Framework for Information Literacy's" Introduction (pg. 2-3)

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b) Looking Ahead â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

  • Reading Response #1 (due 9/1 by midnight)

  • Continue to familiarize yourself with the class webpage and syllabus!

  • 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. â€‹

      • 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. 

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