Week 9—Projects and Pivots

Suggestions/Last RoundCheck-in
Discuss Wasik—Round 1 Responses
Review: The Anatomy of an Essay
Sign up sheet (Podcasts–2 point bonus–homework)
For next class:
- Bring in architectural draft for peer review (on index cards?)

November 8 (Wednesday)

Unnecessary Shift in Verb: Amanda, Maleigh, Paige
Commas in Compound Sentence: Sammi, Sarah, Caleb
Peer review architectural drafts—30 minutes tops
Listen to Interview with an Adult Podcasts
What we don’t finish here—we can finish another day.
Class Discussion: What is nuance? What is gray?
For Friday:
- Free Draft Due
For Monday:
- Prepare Last Peer Review (Push Yourself!)
- Write a 200 word reaction to your peers’ podcasts and post on your ePortfolio. Reflect back on your first paper and how you perceived older generations. How do these podcasts capture the “messy reality?” How do they communicate the grayer shades in life? Finally, how can you get at this in your final paper?

Week 12—Writing as Revision

November 14 (Monday)

Finish Podcasts
Peer Review
For next class
- - Revision Strategy–Choose a favorite revision and/or drafting exercise and come prepared to discuss what it is and why.
  - Paper Revision Strategy

November 16 (Wednesday)

November 20 (Monday)

Formal Paper 3 Due!
Film as Text?
For next class:
- Read “Why Academics Stink at Writing” by Steven Pinker
- Finalize Learning Log.
  - - Make sure that you provide evidence for every learning outcome. Use photos and links to documents.
    - Make sure to incorporate at least 1 text from another course.

November 28 (Monday)

Portfolios—What are they?
For next class:
- Decide on another class’s text to pull into conversation with Pinker
- Work on Portfolios

November 30 (Wednesday)

November 30 (Wednesday)
- Peer Review Work
- ePortfolio—taking it to the next level (visit ePortfolios)
- Tech Class, pictures, links, etc.
- For Friday:
  - Take a photo or link to an example of what you consider to be bad published writing (academic or not) and please write 150 words reflecting on why it is bad. BONUS: 2 homework points—if you can properly incorporate a Steven Pinker quote. (Use the quote sandwhich.)
- For Monday:
  - ePortfolios

December 4 (Monday)

December 6 (Wednesday)

December 8 (Friday)