ENGL 226 Writing About Writing: Tentative Syllabus
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CLASS UPDATE 20 SEPTEMBER 2021
Check out this 7 minute video I made to help folks to understand 1) the late work policy for class; 2) how to understand the "WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH, OR LISTEN TO" column on the website; and 3) formatting on Reading Journals or Reader's Notes. I don't mean it to be like a scold. I mean it to be helpful. Also, it's me without a mask! Click here to watch the video
Check out this 7 minute video I made to help folks to understand 1) the late work policy for class; 2) how to understand the "WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH, OR LISTEN TO" column on the website; and 3) formatting on Reading Journals or Reader's Notes. I don't mean it to be like a scold. I mean it to be helpful. Also, it's me without a mask! Click here to watch the video
Week One
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Wednesday 9.1.2021 Friday 9.3.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
Introduction to the class In-class: bring your laptop to class in order to set up your weekly account. Also, partner match ups for work on partner profiles.
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Week Two
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.6.2021 Wednesday 9.8.2021
Friday 9.10.2021 |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
Click Here to Read "Student Social Media Self-Evaluation: Addressing the Posting Paradox in the Age of Cybervetting". Have notes ready to use in class.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
No Writing Due today (except notes from article).
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
All Classes Canceled in observance of Labor Day. Class canceled due to faculty emergency.
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Week Three
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.13.2021 Wednesday 9.15.2021
Friday 9.17.2021 |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today Locate and take notes on three websites that you really like. Identify 1)what you like about design; 2) what you like about visual; 3) what you like about usability.
READ: Click here to read this article on what makes for a good blog post. You don't have to write about this/take notes. It's prep for the Blog Assignment for the class. WATCH: Click here to watch this Video "In Defense of Rhetoric."
READ: Click here to read this essay from Sharon Crowley's Composition in the University (it's the first chapter titled "Composition in the University") |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
Bring your draft of your partner profile to class for workshopping. Bring TWO PRINT COPIES. DUE AT CLASS TIME: Substantial notes on the three websites you located (see the three questions you should be answering). I will collect them. These will count as your first reading journal. All you have to do is turn the notes in to earn the "acceptable" grade.
DUE EMAILED TO ME: Your final draft of your partner profile. And a picture (or other image) of you for posting to the Class profile page (as well as to your class website). DUE AT CLASS TIME: First official Reading Journal. Please bring a hard copy of your journal to class.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: workshopping etiquette, how I will respond to your writing, and in-class workshop of your partner profile. IN-CLASS: work on how to do Reading Journals using the notes you took on your three websites.
Also, introduction to Blog Assignment. Making decisions about what to blog about. IN-CLASS: How does "Rhetoric" look in the Undergraduate experience?
Also, voting on Blog topic. Calendar sign up for Blog Assignment. |
Week Four
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.20.2021 Wednesday 9.22. 2021
Friday 9.24. 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ/EXPLORE/PERUSE: Click here to access Aristotle's Rhetoric . I don't expect that you'll read it all, just that you'll familiarize yourself with it--and, also, it's cool to just see it. Also, click here to check out this time line of the field of Rhetoric & Composition (Writing Studies) READ: Click here to read this selection from the introduction to Mina Shaugnessy's Error's and Expectations. Also, click here this Time Magazine article "Why Johnny Can't Write."
READ: The Introduction and your assigned chapter in Tate et. al's Guide To Composition Pedagogies.
Everyone should read the preface/introduction (it's just two pages): 
See below for what group you are in and what article you need to read.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Reading Journal on Aristotle's Rhetoric & Comp/Rhet timeline. Answer this question in your journal: what parts of the Rhetoric are still a part of the first year writing class? Why? DUE AT CLASS TIME: Reading Journal on the intro and your chapter in Guide.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: More on the history of the discipline of Rhetoric & Composition. IN-CLASS: mini-memoir on your first year writing experience.
Also, explanation of Writing Studies Timeline project. IN-CLASS: Time in your group to work on your Writing Studies Timeline project.
ALSO: Sharing your "aha-writing moment" Flash memoirs. FINALLY: blog topic voting. Click on this google form link to vote for your favorite topic. | ||
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GROUP ONE
Emily Platt Jordan Gurley Emily Daly Lexi Ray Ashley Munoz READ: Process Pedagogy
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GROUP TWO
Nik Anninos Laila Blaus Spencer Owens Colin Ames Grace Guindon Evan Bouchard READ: Feminist Pedagory
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GROUP THREE
Grace MacDonald Brandon Gebhart Kalie St. Ours Maddy Gosselin Gabby Curtin Tyler Solomon READ: Critical Pedagogy
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Week Five
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 9.27.2021 Wednesday 9.29. 2021
Friday 10.1. 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: Click here to read this article by Dr. Lisa Litterio on Technical and Professional Communication. No Reading Due Today
READ: Click here to read Dr. Joyce Rain Anderson's "Walking with My Relatives" and click here to read a transcript of Dr Anderson's frequent collaborator Lisa King "Meaning Rhetoric & Story" on on Cultural and Indigenous Rhetorics
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Reading Journal on Dr Litterio's selection on Technical and Professional Communication. No Writing Due Today
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Reading Journal on the two selections on Cultural and Indigenous Rhetorics.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Guest Speaker, Dr. Lisa Litterio on Technical & Professional Communication: 1) what does this field care about; 2) what drew you to it; 3) Why should others care about it. IN-CLASS: Time in class to work in your group on your timeline.
Also, Blog Assignment. posting begins. Keep track of when you have to post using this blog assignment calendar (note: link won't be live until 9.29.21) IN-CLASS: Guest Speaker, Dr. Joyce Rain Anderson on cultural Indigenous Rhetorics: 1) what does this field care about; 2) what drew you to it; 3) Why should others care about it.
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Week Six
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.4.2021 Wednesday 10.6.2021
Friday 10.8.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: This article on the state of Writing Studies from the most recent issue of College Composition & Communication. No Reading Due Today.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Your NOTES & QUESTIONS for "Communal Justicing. . . " I wil collect this and count it as a Reading Journal. NOTE: Keep track of when you have to post using this blog assignment calendar (note: link won't be live until 9.24.21) DUE AT CLASS TIME: Official Reading Journal or "Communal Justicing. It should reflect our conversation from Monday.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Understanding the discipline through its most recent scholarship.
IN-CLASS: Guest Speaker, Dr. Maria Hegbloom on Rhetorical Theory and Political Rhetoric: 1) what does this field care about; 2) what drew you to it; 3) Why should others care about it.
IN-CLASS: Revisiting "Communal Justicing" Also, time in class to work on your Writing Studies Timeline project.
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Week Seven
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.11.2021 Wednesday 10.13.2021
Friday 10.15.2021
Class Canceled. |
WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today.
No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
No Writing Due Today
NOTE: Keep track of when you have to post using this blog assignment calendar (note: link won't be live until 9.24.21) No Writing Due Today
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
All Classes Canceled in observance of Indigenous People's Day IN-CLASS: Time in class to finish working on your Writing Studies Timeline project.
SIGN UP: For Group conferences using this link. Conferences are not required for the B grade, but they are required for the A grade. Not everyone in your group has to be present at the time of your conference. Class Canceled. I need to attend a funeral. Group conferences run on Thursday and Friday of this week.
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Week Eight
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.18.2021 Wednesday 10.20.2021
Friday 10.22.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today . No Reading Due Today
No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: Your Writing Studies Timeline project. NOTE: Keep track of when you have to post using this blog assignment calendar (note: link won't be live until 9.24.21) No Writing Due Today
DUE: Reading Journal on at least three of the texts we looked at in Wednesday's class. Plus, bring in your own example of professional writing to class.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Short group presentations of Writing Studies Timelines IN-CLASS: What is "professional" about professional writing.
IN-CLASS: What is "professional" about professional writing part two.
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Week Nine
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 10.25.2021 Wednesday 10.27.2021
Friday 10.29.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: Click here to download Chapter 1 in Technical Communication (Markel). Read, also, READ: Click here to read this piece on audience analysis. Click here to read this other article on audience analysis.
No Reading Due Today
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No Writing Due Today
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Introduction to Professional Writing Project. IN-CLASS: Work on understanding audience for Professional Writing Project.
IN-CLASS: This is one of two full classes you'll have to prepare your Professional Writing Project Presentation.
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Week Ten
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.1.2021 NOTE: CLASS WILL MEET ON ZOOM TODAY. Use this link to attend zoom class: https://bridgew.zoom.us/j/3806648927 Wednesday 11.3.2021
Friday 11.5.2021
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READ: Click here to read this article on "design" NOTE: there are a list of terms that are links. Click on at least three of them and read about each term in depth. RECOMMENDATION: I would make sure that all the terms get covered across your group so you can apply them to your Professional Writing Project
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DUE: Reading Journal on article on "Brevity."
DUE: Reading Journal on article on "Design."
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Work on what style looks like across genre and medium. What style is appropriate to your Professional Writing Project? IN-CLASS: Work on what we mean when we talk about brevity. How does the concept apply in your own project?
Also in Class: Overview of super fast mini-presentations on careers in writing that aren't, you know, poets. IN-CLASS: Work on your super fast mini-presentations for half the class. Work on what design means for writers and how that concept applies to your professional writing project.
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Week Eleven
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.8.2021 Wednesday 11.10.2021
Friday 11.12.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today TBD
No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: Your one sheet overview of careers in writing that isn't "poet." TBD
DUE: Your reflection on your Professional Writing Project at the time of your presentation.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: super fast mini-presentations on careers in writing that aren't poet. IN-CLASS: This is your second and final class to work on your Professional Writing Project presentation.
IN-CLASS: your professional writing project presentation.
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Week Twelve
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.15.2021 Wednesday 11.17.2021
Friday 11.19.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: Click here to read this short story selection "The Get-Go" from American Short Fiction. No Reading Due
READ: Click on the title of the poem below to read "Born Frees",
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Your Reading Journal on "The Get-Go". Answer this question: what does this tell you about what fiction looks like right now? NOTE: Keep track of when you have to post using this blog assignment calendar (note: link won't be live until 9.24.21) No Writing Due
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Your Reading Journal on "Born Frees." Answer this question: what does this tell you about what poetry looks like right now?
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Discussion on what "creative" means in "creative writing." Also, fun with Storymatic. IN-CLASS: Explanation of mini-writing in the world presentations. Time in class to work with your group on your selected topic. NOTE: this is one of two times you'll have to work on your project. So use the time wisely.
IN-CLASS: Discussion on poetry today. Reading some other poems. More fun with Storymatic (if that's possible)?
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Week Thirteen
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.22.2021 Wednesday 11.24.2021
Friday 11.26. 2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
READ: Click here to read this selection of nonfiction "The Korean Woman" from The Fourth Genre. No Reading Due Today
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE AT CLASS TIME: Your Reading Journal what does this tell you about what nonfiction looks like right now. NOTE: Keep track of when you have to post using this blog assignment calendar (note: link won't be live until 9.24.21) No Writing Due Today
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Discussion of nonfiction writing. Also, discussion of final portfolios. sign up for Final Portfolio Workshops here (note: link might not be live until 11.22.2021) IN-CLASS: Time in class to finish your mini-writing in the world presentations.You'll have the entire class period to work on your presentation.
All Classes Canceled in observance of the Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
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Week Fourteen
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 11.29.2021 Wednesday 12.1.2021
Friday 12.3.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading Due Today. READ: the following flash memoirs. Click on the title to access the document: "Around the Corner" ,
"Tino & Papi", "Mint Snowball" , "Rain", "Sunday". READ: Click here to read the article "What an MFA degree is and What You Need to Know" in USNews & World Report.
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
No Writing Due Today LAST READING JOURNAL: Pick two of the short stories and identify the theme and how each conveys a particular theme in such a short space--so not just plot, but theme
No Writing Due Today.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: STORYMATIC! Also, overview of Writing as Art assignment. IN-CLASS: Working on our own flash memoirs
IN-CLASS: A discussion of graduate school and writing professions. Also, a second look at poetry. Overview of final portfolio.
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Week Fifteen
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WHEN IT'S DUE
Monday 12.6.2021 Wednesday 12.8.2021
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO READ, WATCH OR LISTEN TO
No Reading is Due
No Reading is Due
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WHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE
DUE: Draft of your Writing as Art flash for workshopping. DUE: Draft of your Writing as Art flash for workshopping.
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WHAT WE'LL DO IN CLASS
IN-CLASS: Final project workshops. IN-CLASS: Final project workshops.
Last Day of Fall 2021 DAY CLASSES. |
FINAL EXAM PERIOD: 13 DECEMBER 2021 8:00-10:00 AM
DUE: Final Portfolio materials. In-class reading of flash final writing as art projects.
DUE: Final Portfolio materials. In-class reading of flash final writing as art projects.