Week 1 Date Class Agenda Homework (Due Next Class) Sept. 6 Introductions to the course, syllabus, calendar, Read & annotate chapter 1 from Everything’s a Text. expectations, materials, and to each Write two paragraphs reflecting on the ideas that What does literacy mean to you? circulate in this first chapter, and prepare to join a class conversation, contributing some new thoughts about literacies; build into your response some examples and analysis of multiple literacies from your own experiences. Sept. 7 We’ll define literacy and reflect upon our own Write me an email tonight introducing yourself literacy experiences in light of chapter one of and telling me something I should know about Melzer. you. Together we will read Your Recent “Re: to your Professor” *Summer Reading Assignment due Mon. 9/19 and talk email as a particular writing situation. Sept. 8 Continue working through Melzer, exploring key Read and Furniture” annotating the “Footstools concepts introduced in the chapter: (purpose, piece noting key points. Who is the audience? What audience, persona, medium, genre, and context). is the purpose of the piece? Sept. 9 Unpack and Furniture.” Read to Terms” by Joe Harris. “Footstools “Coming the piece noting places that will help you Annotate Do a Passage-based Focused Free write on become a more active reader. and Furniture.” Discuss your own “Footstools experience as a writer. When have you made Response Journal 1 due 9/13: Write a definition of and what will it take for you to what Harris means by a writer’s How is “footstools” “project.” make describing a writer’s project similar to/different from “furniture?” writing a summary? Identify what his is. “project” What have you come to understand about the relationship between the reader and a written piece? Week 2 Date: Class Agenda Homework Sept. 12 Discuss key points from to Terms” Re-read/revisit Harris. Continue working on Response “Coming as it relates to the course; unpack Journal due Tues. 9/13. “flashpoints.” Sept. 13 Continue working through to Read and annotate p.16-25 in Writing Analytically (WA) “Coming Terms” -Chart Work about the Five Analytical Moves
Week 1 Date Class Agenda Homework (Due Next Class) Sept. 6 Introductions to the course, syllabus, calendar, expectations, materials, and to each What does literacy mean to you? Read & annotate chapter 1 from Everything’s a Text. Write two paragraphs reflecting on the ideas that circulate in this first chapter, and prepare to join a class conversation, contributing some new thoughts about literacies; build into your response some examples and analysis of multiple literacies from your own experiences. Sept. 7 We’ll define literacy and reflect upon our own literacy experiences in light of chapter one of Melzer. Together we will read “Re: Your Recent to your Professor” and talk email as a particular writing situation. Write me an email tonight introducing yourself and telling me something I should know about you. *Summer Reading Assignment due Mon. 9/19 Sept. 8 Continue working through Melzer, exploring key concepts introduced in the chapter: (purpose, audience, persona, medium, genre, and context). Read “Footstools and Furniture” annotating the piece noting key points. Who is the audience? What is the purpose of the piece? Sept. 9 Unpack “Footstools and Furniture.” Do a Passage-based Focused Free write on “Footstools and Furniture.” Discuss your own experience as a writer. When have you made “footstools” and what will it take for you to make “furniture?” Read “Coming to Terms” by Joe Harris. Annotate the piece noting places that will help you become a more active reader. Response Journal 1 due 9/13: Write a definition of what Harris means by a writer’s “project.” How is describing a writer’s project similar to/different from writing a summary? Identify what his “project” is. What have you come to understand about the relationship between the reader and a written piece? Week 2 Date: Class Agenda Homework Sept. 12 Discuss key points from “Coming to Terms” as it relates to the course; unpack “flashpoints.” Re-read/revisit Harris. Continue working on Response Journal due Tues. 9/13. Sept. 13 Continue working through “Coming to Terms” -Chart Work Read and annotate p.16-25 in Writing Analytically (WA) about the Five Analytical Moves
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