Writing-No Late Work accepted. Missing any step in progressions will prevent you from submitting a final portfolio!
Written Work
Note: Instructor will only review rough drafts one-on-one during an appt. you make with her.
All assignments to be completed before class starts. Written assignments typed, double-spaced and stapled, 1 " margins all around, left justified--in MLA format to be uploaded on your Blogs.
- Progression 1: Reading and Responding to Texts
- Exercise 1: Summary and Reconstruction
- Exercise 2: Letter to Author
- Exercise 3: Letter to Friend or Family Member
- Essay 1 (two drafts & peer reviewed)
- LRC visit-extra credit
- Progression 2: Seeing and Hearing Texts
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Our “text” is Persepolis. We’ll approach this text through a number of critical sources, classroom presentations, discussions and activities, and individual student essays.
Graphic images for use in your Blog click here!
- Exercise 1: The “Word-Picture”
- Exercise 2: The Scene
- Exercise 3: The Ethnography
- Essay 2 (two drafts & peer reviewed)
- LRC visit-extra credit
- Progression 3: Arguing Through Texts
- Exercise 1: Argument and Analysis
- Exercise 2: The Dialogue
- Exercise 3: Argumentative Proposal
- Essay 3 (two drafts & peer reviewed)
- LRC visit-extra credit
- Rhetorical/Visual Analyses
In 15 minutes discussion pairs facilitate discussions (not lectures) through interesting and creative ways that engage the class. Discussion pairs should
- Help the class draw important connections between the text and contemporary issues via message, method, medium
- Help the class recognize the essay’s intended audience
- Help the class recognize the essay’s rhetorical strategies
- Help the class recognize the essay’s thesis and larger implications
Possible discussion strategies include asking meaningful questions, group activities, textual connections, and film clips.
- The Final Project: you will form groups and design new media (powerpoint, YouTube, website, blog, etc.) devoted to a theme suggested by Progression III. Note that your new media can include images, video, and animation that illustrate the content and themes of your particular topic, in addition to a paragraph detailing contributions of the group. Each new media will be academic in content. Each group will present their findings to the class.
Final Portfolio - on your blogs! to contain REVISED materials from 2 Progressions, must include multimedia and Reflective Essay. Must have course grade of 75% min. to submit.
- Informal Reflective Essay
- Now that you’ve completed your progressions, reflect on the work you have done to complete your writing portfolio for final assessment.
- What does your portfolio show about what you have learned this term?
- How might you apply what you have learned to your work in other courses?
- What do you need to work on next in your writing?
In the reflective essay you should address your work in light of these questions:
The most important aspect of a reflective essay is that you must be honest! Your goal here is, in part, to record the progress you have made, but you must also engage in a frank assessment of what you need to do next in order to continue developing as a writer.
During this term you have written a great deal; this is your opportunity to evaluate your progress, assess your accomplishments, and plan for the future.
► Write a carefully structured reflection on your progress as writer and thinker through your work in this class.
Manuscript Notes: This essay should be 2-3 double-spaced pages. When citing your own work, use MLA parenthetical documentation.
- Also—please submit an additional copy of an essay written in 115 to be submitted to Wings. This essay can be one of the essays included in the portfolio or a different one.
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LATE OR INCOMPLETE PORTFOLIOS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.