3.15 Workshop for autoethnographies

OMG you are really going to do this assignment.  Talking with you it looks like everyone is getting this.

Your first all-the-way through draft is due March 26.
Post to your site:

• track changes files of data essay (reaction essay)
• sound files
• transcript(s) of sound files
• Draft autoethnography

Also => send the autoethnography draft to the ENG3005waw@gmail.com address as an attachment.  Name your file LastnameDraftAuto.

In class we talked about what to set up in your introduction.  You mentioned that the introductory paragraphs should include (not necesarily in this order):

• what you assumed about your writing process before this project
• what you found out/.discovered about your writing process
• what benefits you hope to get from studying your writing process
• where your data comes from (the assignment you wrote to "watch" your writing process)=> include a link to or copy of the assignment sheet
• observations about your data collecting proces (any problems you had with track changes, transcribing, sound files etc)
• a general description of your writing process

In your data anlaysis you should connect back to your general description of your process and your findings in terms of particular findings.
For each finding state:

• what you discovered
• evidence (with particular references to your track changed files/sound files/transcript -memories)
• reflections on what your discovery means for your writing process + how you might use this discovery to strengthen your writing.

For next class:

DUE: draft autoethnography

Read: Gee + intro to Ch 4 (463-465)