Portfolio's and Friday

Hello!
Remember, your rough drafts are due to my box in the English office by 5pm on Friday April 27th. Your portfolios are due to my email by midnight on Friday night. Be sure to double check to make sure you have included everything in the portfolio.

Also, Friday is a day that will be counted for attendance, so be sure to show up!

Portfolio Checklist

Here is a checklist for your portfolio. Be sure you can fill this list before turning it in. Remember, guidelines for turning in your portfolio are on your assignment sheet.

__Final Paper (revised Literacy Reflection)
__Rough Draft of the Literacy Reflection
__Two of the following:
        __Revised Good Writing Paper and rough draft
        __Revised Discourse Community analysis and rough draft
        __Revised Rhetorical Analysis
__Two one-page reflections

Course Schedule 4.16 through 4.27

Hello Students,
To avoid confusion, I am including the course schedule for the remainder of the course.
4.16: Work Day/Conferences
4.18: No Class/Conferences
4.20: No Class/Conferences
4.23: Work Day/Conferences
4.25: Work Day
4.27: Class Attendance Required, Final Portfolio's Due by Midnight tonight

Sign Up for Conferences!

Hello Students!
Please click here to sign up for our second round of conferences.

Please read the instructions first! Remember, conferences are a required portion of your grade.

What you should bring to your conference:
1. The drafts (with my comments) of the papers you'd like to revise for the portfolio
2. Your Literacy Reflection (with my comments).

For Monday 4/9

Now that your presentations are over, we will be working to finalize your collaborative papers. Monday will be a work day. Please bring your computers/materials. If your group plans to work somewhere other than the classroom, be sure to bring all of your questions to me in the beginning of class.

It would be a good idea to have a draft or parts of your paper done before class so that you can workshop it with me and your groupmates.

For Friday 3/30

Students,
Remember that your attendance is required for the presentation days whether or not you are actually presenting. You will earn credit for asking panel questions and are expected to participate in discussion.

For Wednesday 3/28

Hello Students!
The following is the schedule for your presentations. Since you've known about the presentations and course schedule since the beginning of this project, I have decided not to award extra credit for the groups presenting on Friday. Keep in mind: the earlier you present, the more time you have to work on your paper.

Friday 3/30: Matt, George, Sayran, and Mackenzie
                   Summer, Michelle, and Mariah

Monday 4/2: Nikita, Taylor, and Garrett
                    Michael, David, and Alex
                    Jordan, Katie, and Mina

Wednesday 4/4: Brett and Samantha
                          Seth, Kyle, and Trevor

The rubric for the presentation is posted on the Assignment Sheets page for your review. I suggest reviewing the assignment sheet before Wednesday so that you are up to speed on what I'm looking for in both the presentation and the paper.

For Monday 3/19

Hello Students!
I hope you have a restful spring break--and truly get to take a break--before the craziness of the end of Spring semester ensues. I have listed the groups for the Good Writing Project below.
I will see you on Monday the 19th for Contract Construction. If you miss out on that, you will miss out on your group's designing of a group contract. You'll definitely want to be in on that.
See you Monday. Have a great break.

Groups:
Jordan, Katie, Mina
Brett, Michael K, Samantha
Nikita, Garrett, Taylor
Trevor, Seth, Kyle
Sayran, George, Mackenzie, Matt
Michael B, David, Alex
Summer, Mariah, Michelle

Homework Due Friday 3/9 and Course Schedule

Your homework for Friday is to read the Harris Chapter (under the reading tab) and complete TP #13.

You can also click the link for a digital copy of the course schedule for Unit Four.

**Please remember to meet in the library's basement classroom on Friday.

For Wednesday 3/7

Hello Students!
Your homework for Wednesday is to work on your Discourse Community Description project. You will turn the project in to me by 5:00pm Wednesday.
**If you have a hard copy, turn it in to me in class or in my box by 5:00pm.
**If your project is digital, please send the file or URL to me via email by 5:00pm.

See you Wednesday!

On Friday and Monday 3/2 and 3/5, we will have in-class work days. You will receive extra points for coming to class those days to work on your projects (treat them like the workshop days). Bring all your data and your project materials (computers, notes, interview notes, Gee article, etc) on those two days.

On Wednesday 37 your Discourse Community Projects will be due. We will be doing an active activity that day also. I will introduce Unit Four (our last major project) that day, so do not miss it!

Announcements

Hello Students!
I want to clarify a few things from our class meeting today. I told you some things incorrectly, so I want to clarify them here:
1. Your interviews are due on Wednesday. You will not need to type up a whole transcript of the interview for this assignment. I would like for you to turn in your notes from the interview, in whatever form they are in.

2. When you do your interview, you want to ask the main question "What are the goals and characteristics of this Discourse community?" Consider asking your interviewee some of the questions on the back page of the assignment sheet. You might also like to ask some questions about how the community exhibits some of the main ideas from Gee's theory.

3. The course schedule will go as follows for the rest of this unit:
On Wednesday 2/29 we will talk about your interviews and workshop some more ideas for the communities you're looking at. We will also talk about Mirabelli's article as a frame and your muddiest point questions.

On Friday and Monday 3/2 and 3/5, we will have in-class work days. You will receive extra points for coming to class those days to work on your projects (treat them like the workshop days). Bring all your data and your project materials (computers, notes, interview notes, Gee article, etc) on those two days.

On Wednesday 37 your Discourse Community Projects will be due. We will be doing an active activity that day also. I will introduce Unit Four (our last major project) that day, so do not miss it!

Announcements and Homework for Monday 2/27

Hello Students!
My apologies for having to miss class on Friday. We should be back in class and ready to go on Monday.

Your homework for Monday is TP #11. There is no reading for this one; check the thought piece for information. You should spend the weekend researching your chosen Discourse community and gathering data.
Remember, also, your interviews should be done by this coming Wednesday.

Finally, an announcement for Monday: I will again be having my supervisor, Doug, observing me in class. Please be your normal awesome selves; he is watching me, not you.

Have a great weekend; I'll see you Monday in class.

Homework Due Friday 2/24

Your homework for Friday is to read the Mirabelli article and write TP #10. Remember to be reading rhetorically--for the strategies Mirabelli uses to analyze his discourse community. Your thought piece only needs to be one page long, maximum.

One other thing to note is that your interview for your Discourse Community project is due one week from now on February 29th. You are well advised to begin your project as soon as possible so you can get your interview done.

Homework for Wednesday 2/22

Your homework for Wednesday is to read the Gee article (under the 'readings' tab) and complete Thought Piece #9 (under "unit three").

For Friday 2/17

Your only task for Friday is to revise your draft. Bring your final paper, with the draft (and any blue slips), to Miles on Friday.

Please email me with any questions.

Homework Due Wednesday 2/15

Your homework for Wednesday is to write a draft (as complete as possible--should have all your ideas down on paper) for the workshop.

Also, a copy of the worksheet is up on the blog under "relevant resources" as a tool for your own rhetorical analysis.

Homework for Monday 2/13

For Monday, complete the readings from which you will choose to write your Rhetorical Analysis.

Also, REMEMBER to bring your BOOK on Monday!

As soon as I'm finished grading them this afternoon, I will email you the score you earned on the test, along with the questions you may need to repeat.

For Friday 2/10

Your homework for Friday is to study for the Rhetoric Test. Remember, you can create a study group to earn extra credit. Feel free to email me with questions if you have them. After the test, I will let you know via email how you scored and which questions you will need to repeat, if any.

For Wednesday 2/8

Hello, Students!
You won't have any formal homework for Wednesday, but be sure to look over the test questions (under the 'Relevant Resources' tab) so that we can clear up your questions in class.

Also, be sure to take a look at the readings available for your Rhetorical Analysis paper in the post below. They are all in your book.

Rhetorical Analysis Readings

The following readings are available in your book. Please read them all and then choose one upon which to write you Rhetorical Analysis.

Manuel Munoz, page 71: "Leave Your Name at the Border"

Lakshmi Chaudhry, page 157: "Mirror, Mirror on the Web"

Frederick Douglass, page 258: "Learning to Read and Write"

Jonathan Swift, page 498: "A Modest Proposal"

Susan Bordo, page 723: "The Globalization of Eating Disorders"

Thought Piece 7 prompt update

Hello, Students,
I have updated the prompt for TP7 so that it will hopefully be more clear. Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Announcements and Homework for Monday 2/6

A couple of announcements:
1. You can view the Rhetoric Test Study Guide here and on the 'Relevant Resources' page.
2. You can listen to today's (Friday 2/3) discussion. Find it in your email.
3. I've also included a thorough review of the Grant-Davie article here. It is a way to navigate the article by focusing on key questions. It may be a helpful way to study.
4. The two extra credit opportunities are:
           i. make a visual representation of Grant-Davie's ideas about rhetoric in the spirit of the ones we made for the Greene article.
           ii. create a "study group" with two or more members. take notes from your study session and sign the notes. Your session should cover the questions from the study guide.

Homework for Monday 2/6:
Read the two Aristotle readings (under the 'Readings' tab) and write TP #7 (under 'unit two').

Homework Due Friday 2/3

Your homework for Friday is TP#6 (on the blog). There is no reading for this thought piece, so just check out the prompt under "unit two."

You can also re-view the power point presentation on "Stasis" under the "Relevant Resources" tab.

Homework due Monday 1/30

Your homework for Monday is to read the Greene Article (under the 'Readings' tab on the blog) and write Thought Piece #4 (look in Unit Two under the 'Thought Pieces' tab).
If you were not here today (Friday), please find the presentation on "Rhetoric and Rhetorical Situations" under the 'Relevant Resources' tab.

Reminders:

1. Class is cancelled on Friday 1/20, Monday 1/23, and Wednesday 1/25 for CONFERENCES.
2. We WILL hold class on Friday 1/27. Your Literacy Reflection is due that day. Remember to staple your WC blue slip to the rough draft.

The Writing Center

How to contact the writing center (make your appointment now!):
*Go to the WC office (Wilson 1-106) and ask Portia for an appointment.
*Call the WC office at 406.994.5315
*email Portia at wc@montana.edu

There are tutoring centers in Wilson Hall and the Renne Library as well as Hapner Hall and North Hedges.

Schedule for the Upcoming Weeks

Students, here is our class schedule for the next two weeks.
**Please sign up for your conference by 5pm on Wednesday 1/18.

Monday 1/16: MLK day, no class
Weds 1/18: Class in session
Friday 1/20: Conferences, no class
Monday 1/23: Conferences, no class
Wednesday 1/25: Conferences, no class
Friday 1/27: Literacy Reflections Due, class in session

Sign Up for Conferences!

Hello Students!
Please click the link to sign up for your conference. Read all of the directions first!
Don't forget:
*you get points for coming to your conference
*you cannot make up a missed conference
*as soon as you put your name in, write down your conference time or put it in your phone!
Thank you!

Homework Due Wednesday 1/18

Your homework for Wednesday has two parts:
1. Sign up for your conference (see the forthcoming blog entry entitled "sign up for conferences!")
2. Thought Piece #2. The reading for TP #2 can be found on the blog and also in your book on page 76.

Kinks in the Blog

Hello, Students,

I have received word from a few of you that the blog is not working correctly. I have attached the TP prompts for Unit One in an email to you so that you can have them in your email in case the blog isn't working. (If you haven't sent me your email, you won't have the prompts, so send it to me right away!) Sometimes Resnet has trouble with the blog in the beginning of the semester and then it works itself out. I have been in contact with IT about it, so hopefully the problem will be resolved soon. In the mean time, please try to access the blog from the library--usually that works, even if the blog is not working in the dorms.

Thanks for your patience!

Homework Due Friday 1/13

Your homework for Friday has two parts:
1. Send me an email from the address I can use to contact you. In your email you should confirm that you have read the entire syllabus.
2. Write Thought Piece #1 (click on the tab at the top which says, "thought pieces," then click on the link for Unit One.