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Monday, November 25

What Are We Doing Today?​

  • Today's Goal 

  • Warm Up 

  • Deciding on Peer Review 

  • Genre #1 Workshop

  • Homework 

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Today's Goals

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate their ability to analyze different rhetorical situations (in academic, workplace, or civic contexts),

  • Evaluate the ways in which they have become a more reflective (mindful, self-aware, thoughtful) writer

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Habits of Mind

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

  • Creativity is fostered when writers are encouraged to represent what they have learned in a variety of ways

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Key Terms

  • Genre and genre conventions

  • Composing Processes: planning, researching, drafting, sharing and responding, revising, editing, publishing, reflecting

Warm Up

As a class, let's discuss the First-Year Symposium! 

  • What went well?

  • Did you feel prepared? 

  • What do you wish you knew about the event before you started preparing?

  • What could I have done better?

  • What did you think overall?

Final Peer Review Session & Final Portfolio Details

A. We are scheduled to have 2 more peer review sessions. However, let's plan for one since we are pressed for time. 

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We have 2 more major assignments to complete: 

  • Final RO 

  • Genre #1

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What would be the best use of our time? Which one should we focus on? We have already had practice with the RO, so perhaps Genre #1? Or since the Final RO counts for all 3 classes, do you all feel that is something you need more help on? 

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B. Final Portfolio Details

I am hoping that we can break down the portfolio submission a bit since I will be pressed for grading a lot those last days before final grades are due. So here is what I am asking for:

  • Wednesday, December 4th: Discovery Logs & Engagement & Learning

  • Wednesday, December 11th: Genre #1 and Final RO

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C. Some Things...

  • keep track of things in your folder; label everything correctly and organize

    • be sure you have links on documents for online delivery systems​

    • be sure to have EVERYTHING in your folder; including midterm items

  • create a GSD list of things you have to get done

    • look at the grade breakdown under the Assignments & Due Dates tab​

  • Be sure to reference your Intersections mind map but it is malleable. 

  • As you progress through research, your choices will change and that is ok! ​

  • If you are struggling with what genre to create, talk to me. I have spoken to several people but not everyone...

  • Be sure that whichever genre you decide to do in some way represents the research you have done and the purpose of Intersections project! 

Genre #1 Workshop

Part A. Thinking of the Intersections Project...

Anything that is underlined are links...

 

Need help figuring out your genre? 

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Interesting Ideas: 

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Podcasts (Although some of the following suggestions are particular to the podcast genre, other episodes can help with how to address the situation (audience, purpose, genre). Think of how you can transfer what you learn, by listening to an episode, to what you are trying to accomplish in the Intersections project.)

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Part B. Genre #1 Justification

As part of Genre #1, you will also work on the following to accompany it. This will be a separate document from your Genre #1 (this is NOT Genre #1!)

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  • What is your genre?

  • ​When you discuss the genre/recognizable form you are choosing explain why you are choosing this genre? What does it do for you and your audience? How does it help you achieve your advocacy goals. Furthermore, what are the conventions of the genre and how do you plan on using them. 

  • How are you advocating for change?

  • Who is your audience for this genre? Why do they matter?

    • ​When you say who your audience is explain as much about them as you can. How old are they? how do they get their information on a daily basis? what is their prior knowledge? What will you have to do to understand this group of people in order to communicate with them effectively.

  • What is the delivery system for this genre?

  • Are you able to provide research in your genre? Discuss any research that you used from your DL's to support your Genre #1 but may have not been able to include in the genre itself. Be sure to include â€‹â€‹textual evidence from those sources.  

Work! If you have any questions, now is the time to ask...

Homework 

A) This Week...​

  • Genre #1 Drafting â€‹â€‹

    • You should continue to work on, revise, edit, etc. your Genre #1 throughout the rest of the semester.​

  • Discovery Log #9 (due by midnight of Wednesday, December 4)

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B) Coming Up (this is a TENTATIVE schedule for the rest of the semester)...​​​​​​​​​​

  • Monday, 12.2: Genre #1 Peer Review

  • Wednesday, 12.4: Final RO Peer Review

  • Wednesday, 12.11: Final Portfolio Due

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C) Final Exam Planner 

  • This is not for a grade but maybe it can help prepping for finals. Click the link to access the document and let me know if you have any questions.

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D) As you are completing course evals, check out, check this out!

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