| Week
1 |
Unit
One: Getting Started with the Elements of Content |
| M 1/12
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Introductions,
Course Overview. In class writing. Assigned reading: Syllabus and
Course Guide. |
| T |
Baseline
Writing Assessment. Assigned reading: "The Reading and Writing
Process", pg 1-25 in the Mercury Reader (MR). |
| W |
Elements
of Content activity. Turn in lists via instructor folders. Other invention
work. Paper One assigned. Bring a rough draft to class next time.
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| R |
Introduction
to Peer Response. Keep revising and bringing new drafts to class every
day until the paper is due. Pick an essay from Section One of the
RedBird Reader and bring a response to class. |
| F |
Intro
to WebBoard. Post your reading response online. |
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| Week
2 |
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| M 1/19 |
M.L.King
Holiday - No Class |
| T |
Description
activity. Strategies for introductions. Read and discuss "Writer's
Block" (MR pg. 95). Assignment: Read pg 41-50 in the Course Guide
for this Friday, and also keep working on your drafts. |
| W |
Peer
Response and Workshop time. |
| R |
Copy
Editing. |
| F |
Final
Unit Draft Due. |
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| Week
3 |
Unit
Two: Considering Audience |
| M 1/26 |
Activity: "Coaching"
Course Guide pg 41-50. Introduction to Audience. Brainstorm audiences
and related topics. Begin a discovery draft and bring it to class
on Tuesday.
This week, 3 webboard
posts per week begins: These can be responses to readings, about
your papers, responses to posts from other class members, or about
other topics you chose to introduce, etc. Your replies to other
class members should address the content of their posts (ie, offer
an example or counter-example, ask a question, etc. Our goal is
to try to get several conversations going online.).
Assignment: find
an advertisement and bring a copy of it to class. It can be online
if you don't subscribe to magazines or newspapers. Do some reflection
before class to see if you can figure out the strategies being used
and who the ads might be trying to target. We will share and discuss
these next time.
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| T |
Discuss
advertisements. Read section III in RR and post response by next Tuessday
(skim all of the essays, but pick one to read). Write a 1-2 page description
of the intended audience for your paper. |
| W |
Share audience profiles. Take time to read and help
each other fine-tune these. |
| R |
Peer
Response |
| F |
Citing
sources; integrating quotes. Read MR pg 97-116 by Monday. Search for
sources. Bring a full-length draft for Monday, complete with conclusion. |
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| Week
4 |
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| M 2/2 |
Audience
Activity. Conclusions. Read info on Paraphrase
and Quotations.
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| T |
Workshop. |
| W |
Final
Peer response. |
| R |
Copy
editing. |
| F |
Paper
two due. For Unit 3, Identify a topic. Introduction to Composer. Fonts
and colors. |
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| Week
5 |
Unit
3: Writing for the Web Class Project |
| M 2/9 |
The
anatomy of a URL. Making links. Begin a rough draft of the text in
Word (but use spaces between what will be different pages on the site,
and use headings. |
| T |
Images
and tables. Thinking hypertextually. Intro to basic elements of design.
Content sketch. Assignment: Read "From
Pencils to Pixels" for next Monday. Keep working on content. |
| W |
Peer
response and revision of *content*. Bring your discovery or rough
draft to class. |
| R |
Hypertext
discussion continued. Interesting HTML tidbits. Workshop time. |
| F |
Workshop
time |
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| Week
6 |
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| M 2/16 |
Workshop
time. Whole class review of progress. Goals for this week. |
| T |
Workshop
time. Peer response in groups. |
| W |
Workshop
time. |
| R |
Copy
editing. |
| F |
Unit
3 will be due next Tuesday, at which time we'll also do the Intro
to Forums for Unit 4. please be thinking ahead about topics. *Make
sure* you read some of the essays in section III of the RedBird Reader.
There are several awesome papers there that will give you some creative
ideas for the sorts of things you can do. |
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| Week
7 |
Unit
4: Writing for Forums |
| M 2/23 |
Finish Websites |
| T |
Unit 3 Due. Intro to Unit 4. |
| W |
Brainstorm
topics/forums. Begin draft. |
| R |
Bring
a copy of your forum to class. Forum analysis activity. Assignment:
Pick an essay in the MR that has not been assigned and post a response.
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| F |
Peer response |
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| Week
8 |
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| M 3/1 |
Workshop |
| T |
Assignment:
Read and respond to a paper in section IV of RR.Overview of Paper
5. Dependng on your topic, you might want to do some first-hand research
(surveys, observations, interviews) over Spring break. |
| W |
Peer
response |
| R |
Workshop |
| F |
Research
and Writing Day, in an environment of your choice. |
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| Week
9 |
Spring
Break-- No Class March 8-12 |
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| Week
10 |
Unit
5: Using Primary Research |
| M 3/15 |
Unit
4 due. Brainstorm topics for Unit 5. Discuss survey questions and
observational data. Assignment: Review Section IV in RedBird Reader
and post responses. Bring prelimary topic proposal to class next time. |
| T |
Peer
assistance with finding a direction and writing questions. Develop
a plan for collecting data. |
| W |
Peer
response to rough draft. Revision. |
| R |
Workshop |
| F |
Coding
schemes. |
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| Week
11 |
Unit
6: Reflective Analysis of Your Writing |
| M 3/22 |
Introduction
to Unit 6 and prompts. Continue collecting data and working on Unit
5 at home. |
| T |
In
class activity: Online writing survey. Begin drafting. |
| W |
Peer
response to Unit 6 drafts |
| R |
Discuss pg 123-127 in the RedBird Reader. |
| F |
Unit
6 first final draft due (post to WebBoard)-- revised unit 6 due with
portfolio. |
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| Week
12 |
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| M 3/29 |
Peer
response to Unit 5. |
| T |
Global
Revision Strategies. New beginning activity. Read Revision in MR pg
29-46. |
| W |
Global
Revision Strategies. More revision strategies. |
| R |
Peer
Response Strategies |
| F |
Unit
5 due. Global Revision. Work on preliminary revision plans. |
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| Week
13 |
Revising
for the Final Portfolio
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| M
4/5 |
Workshoping individual
drafts with whole class, peer responding, in-class exercises, and
individual conferences for rest of semester. You will each sign
up for a day to talk about your revisions, and to share your draft
with the class. It will be a whole-class workshop focused on one
of your papers (or two, if you can direct the class to specific
portions of the draft on which you would like feedback.)
Please note
that the Portfolio Grading Standards include your in-class participation
and feedback to others. Therefore, missing a workshop day, even
if it is not your own, will effect your grade.
Today's Workshop:
Kim W.
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| T |
Mike
W. |
| W |
Porche W. |
| R |
Rachel
B. |
| F |
Revise
on your own. |
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| Week
14 |
Revision |
| M 4/12 |
Tyler
H. |
| T |
Krystalyn
C. |
| W |
T.K.B. |
| R |
Lauren
L. |
| F |
Shannon
P. |
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| Week
15 |
Revision |
| M 4/19 |
Josh
E. |
| T |
Richard
M. |
| W |
K.
Brandon P. |
| R |
Scott
S. |
| F |
Jessica
O. |
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| Week
16 |
Revision |
| M 4/26 |
Derek
A. |
| T |
Kyle
P. |
| W |
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| T |
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| F |
Last
Day of Class-- Final Portfolios Due |
