assignments ENGL513 Composition Theory & Pedagogy: Reading Responses
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OVERVIEW
Each week there is reading due, you are responsible for a 500 word response posted to our ENGL 513 DISCUSSION BOARD. Your response should attempt to make an argument about what the central values/ideas/argument of a particular reading or set of readings are. You should expect to share these responses with me and with your colleagues weekly. They will be active documents in our class.
DETAILS
EVALUATION
The Reading Responses collectively are worth 15% of your final grade in this class.
In order to earn a B for that 15% you must:
What an "acceptable" reading response looks like:
In order to earn an A for your 15% you must: Do all of the things required for a B grade for all but one of the assigned Reading Responses.
In order to earn a C for your 15% you must: Do all of the things required for a B grade for all but three of the assigned Reading Responses.
Each week there is reading due, you are responsible for a 500 word response posted to our ENGL 513 DISCUSSION BOARD. Your response should attempt to make an argument about what the central values/ideas/argument of a particular reading or set of readings are. You should expect to share these responses with me and with your colleagues weekly. They will be active documents in our class.
DETAILS
- Always post within 15 minutes of class time.
- ALWAYS READ THE PROMPT INCLUDED IN THE DISCUSSION BOARD PROMPT SET UP FOR THAT WEEK. Though it is not always the case, some of the time I will give you a writing scenario that I'm asking you to respond to or some other qualifying information that should shape your response.
- In your 500 words, responses should attempt to identify, through a close reading of the text, a central argument of the readings for the week: what is this authors argument about writing and/or literacy theory and/or pedagogy? What in the text proves it to you?
- Your thesis should try to pinpoint a particularly interesting (to you) aspect of their overall argument. It might not be possible to address every aspect of the readings. You will most likely have to choose to focus your attention in one or two places. This is NOT a summary. It is an argument.
- You can quote judiciously, but, given the 500 word count, "judicious" is the word of the day.
- You do not need a bibliographic citation because we are all working with the same set of readings.
EVALUATION
The Reading Responses collectively are worth 15% of your final grade in this class.
In order to earn a B for that 15% you must:
- Turn in all but two of the assigned Reading Responses that earn an "acceptable."
- You can revise any Responses that don't earn an "acceptable" as many times as you want until you earn an "acceptable."
- You must turn in something--even if it is a sketchy and incomplete few sentences--on the day that the Reading Response is due in order to earn the right to revise.
What an "acceptable" reading response looks like:
- It follows the format described above
- It is turned in on time
- It identifies the argument of the writer or writers, to use evidence from the text (either in quotes or paraphrased)to prove your point.
- When appropriate, it speaks to the question or scenario posed to you in the discussion board prompt for that week's reading responses.
- It is NOT just a summary; it is an analysis.
In order to earn an A for your 15% you must: Do all of the things required for a B grade for all but one of the assigned Reading Responses.
In order to earn a C for your 15% you must: Do all of the things required for a B grade for all but three of the assigned Reading Responses.