I talked about what needed to be included in the portfolio, and requested that you make sure you have your permissions set so that anyone with a link can view your site. I reviewed one more time how grades will be assigned (with the substitution of points for portfolio organization + content in place of the final project, which we did not do).
We then continued with presentations. It looks like you are on the right track. Make sure to post multiple drafts of your essays if you have them.
Your complete portfolio is due by the end of class on Thursday. Also, send a copy of your final Discourse Community project to the WAW email by the end of class Thursday.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
4.26 Guidelines for presentation
Guidelines for presentations on the portfolios are posted to the right.
The presentation schedule is posted below.
April 30
Luis, Dewayne, Kathryn, Juliana,
May 3
Maria Elena, Qian, Christine, Isaac, Paul
May 7
Corinne, Stephanie, Tshandi, Valerie, Swaynisha
May 10
Amanda, Sindy, Maxine, Nicole, Jazmyne, Brittney, Sara
If I don't receive your draft by tonight and you want some feedback - send me an email to set up a conference for may office hours. I am already booked for Tuesday, but have time Monday, Wednesday & Thursday from 12-2.
The presentation schedule is posted below.
April 30
Luis, Dewayne, Kathryn, Juliana,
May 3
Maria Elena, Qian, Christine, Isaac, Paul
May 7
Corinne, Stephanie, Tshandi, Valerie, Swaynisha
May 10
Amanda, Sindy, Maxine, Nicole, Jazmyne, Brittney, Sara
If I don't receive your draft by tonight and you want some feedback - send me an email to set up a conference for may office hours. I am already booked for Tuesday, but have time Monday, Wednesday & Thursday from 12-2.
Monday, April 23, 2012
4.23 Class
Assignment update:
Autoethnographies: Essays in the course email after today will lose credit for tardiness.
Discourse community projects: Drafts for the Discourse community project were due today. They will be returned with feedback by Thursday,
If you would like to revise your draft in light of today's discussion (see post 4.23 Workshop), you may do so and turn it in via email on Thursday, April 26, for feedback by Monday, April 30. I will not be providing feedback for drafts turned in after this Thursday, April, 26. If you need to - you may schedule a conference.
Final Drafts are due with your portfolio, May 10.
Presentations on your portfolios/writing projects: You signed up for presentations today. In class Thursday I will go over the criteria for the presentation - and we will work out the final presentation calendar.
Today's class: We discussed Lucille McCarthy's essay on a college writer's experience writing for different courses. See earlier posts for overview of discussion.
For next class: Th April 26
Autoethnographies: Essays in the course email after today will lose credit for tardiness.
Discourse community projects: Drafts for the Discourse community project were due today. They will be returned with feedback by Thursday,
If you would like to revise your draft in light of today's discussion (see post 4.23 Workshop), you may do so and turn it in via email on Thursday, April 26, for feedback by Monday, April 30. I will not be providing feedback for drafts turned in after this Thursday, April, 26. If you need to - you may schedule a conference.
Final Drafts are due with your portfolio, May 10.
Presentations on your portfolios/writing projects: You signed up for presentations today. In class Thursday I will go over the criteria for the presentation - and we will work out the final presentation calendar.
Today's class: We discussed Lucille McCarthy's essay on a college writer's experience writing for different courses. See earlier posts for overview of discussion.
For next class: Th April 26
workshop drafts
outline for portfolio presentation
outline for portfolio presentation
4.23 Workshop Questions
1. What new language and forms are associated with this writing assignment? (see Swales + Gee). How have you integrated these features into into your analysis? (680)
2. What is the organizational structure of your essay? (To answer this - make a brief list of the order of your points). Have you created an organization the fits the information you need to convey (or are you stuck in the bullet points of the assignment)? How can you re-arrange the order of your discussion to make a more clear presentation of your information? (682)
3. Have you provided evidence (references to your interview + the documents) to support your interpretations of the "identity toolkits," purpose, networks of communictaion, etc for your Discourse community? Are your interpretations of your Discourse community accurate (look at correlations between your evidence and your general statements)? What do you need to add? What do you need to delete?(682)
4. Do you analyze - (in addition to summarizing) - the documents/interview talk that represents your Discourse community? What do you need to add? What do you need to delete? (685)
2. What is the organizational structure of your essay? (To answer this - make a brief list of the order of your points). Have you created an organization the fits the information you need to convey (or are you stuck in the bullet points of the assignment)? How can you re-arrange the order of your discussion to make a more clear presentation of your information? (682)
3. Have you provided evidence (references to your interview + the documents) to support your interpretations of the "identity toolkits," purpose, networks of communictaion, etc for your Discourse community? Are your interpretations of your Discourse community accurate (look at correlations between your evidence and your general statements)? What do you need to add? What do you need to delete?(682)
4. Do you analyze - (in addition to summarizing) - the documents/interview talk that represents your Discourse community? What do you need to add? What do you need to delete? (685)
4.23 McCarthy + workshop Discourse community essays
McCarthy's essay follows a college writer through three of his courses. Her central finding is that her subject Dave's success was deeply connected to the writing context. In particular, she found the following (677-8).
1. Dave found writing for different courses as "totally different" even though she saw it as similar: it was all information based writing, and it moved between summary and analysis.
2. Social factors influenced Dave's success. In particular, the functions of the writing in each setting (686), and the Dave's relationships to teachers, peers, and texts were important social factors (689).
3. Dave resorted to the same kinds of practices & resources to "figure out" what he was "supposed" in all 3 courses (692) - and for the most part - knowledge of these practices and resources remained tacit.
In class - we are going to go through these findings - a little out of order - ending with the first finding. The purpose for this reorganization is so you can use what McCarthy identified as Dave's main stumbling blocks as a basis for workshopping your Analysis of a Discourse Community projects.
1. Dave found writing for different courses as "totally different" even though she saw it as similar: it was all information based writing, and it moved between summary and analysis.
2. Social factors influenced Dave's success. In particular, the functions of the writing in each setting (686), and the Dave's relationships to teachers, peers, and texts were important social factors (689).
3. Dave resorted to the same kinds of practices & resources to "figure out" what he was "supposed" in all 3 courses (692) - and for the most part - knowledge of these practices and resources remained tacit.
In class - we are going to go through these findings - a little out of order - ending with the first finding. The purpose for this reorganization is so you can use what McCarthy identified as Dave's main stumbling blocks as a basis for workshopping your Analysis of a Discourse Community projects.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
4.19 Workshop
Today was another workshop day - with final questions about the Discourse community project => drafts are due on Monday.
Also for Monday
Read: McCarthy + intro to Ch 5 (667-699)
Also for Monday
Read: McCarthy + intro to Ch 5 (667-699)
Monday, April 16, 2012
4.12 Workshop + Autoethnographies
Drafts for the autoethnographies are due in the ENG3005waw@gmail.com account on later that Monday, April 23. Essays received after that date will be marked down one grade for each subsequent day they are late.
I provided general feedback on autoethnographies turned in so far. Your overall writing is strong, you generally collected acceptable data, and most of you came up with impressive observations about how your writing process worked, and what you needed to work on.
To work on:
providing detailed examples to support your claims
revising your work - in particular, making revisions that adjust, delete, substitute and re-locate material in relation to "additions."
You turned in written suggestions for what to do with the autoethnography assignment. The assessments came in 5 to 5, with equal numbers who felt the assignment should be ditched versus worth keeping. It was a LOT of work for me as well - so I am not sure which side my vote is on..I received many excellent suggestions for how to improve the assignment if it included in the course next year. Thank you for your help, and I am going to think this over.
The rest of the class was devoted to workshop.
On Thursday you will continue to work on the Discourse community project. You should be posting your notes + your drafty writing to the portfolio site. If you have questions - let me know.
See you on Thursday.
I provided general feedback on autoethnographies turned in so far. Your overall writing is strong, you generally collected acceptable data, and most of you came up with impressive observations about how your writing process worked, and what you needed to work on.
To work on:
providing detailed examples to support your claims
revising your work - in particular, making revisions that adjust, delete, substitute and re-locate material in relation to "additions."
You turned in written suggestions for what to do with the autoethnography assignment. The assessments came in 5 to 5, with equal numbers who felt the assignment should be ditched versus worth keeping. It was a LOT of work for me as well - so I am not sure which side my vote is on..I received many excellent suggestions for how to improve the assignment if it included in the course next year. Thank you for your help, and I am going to think this over.
The rest of the class was devoted to workshop.
On Thursday you will continue to work on the Discourse community project. You should be posting your notes + your drafty writing to the portfolio site. If you have questions - let me know.
See you on Thursday.
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