MONDAY, SEPT. 15 th Intrductin t Reading Rhetrically Understand what makes cllege-level reading difficult? Understand the strategies fr reading like an expert Understand Strng Respnse Writing Print: Strng Respnse Unit Plan (Unit Plan 2) & crrespnding Assignment Sheet Rhetrical Analysis Assignment Sheet Chapter 5, pages: 87 95-97 104-105 Overview f Assignment Sheet and Unit Plan Discuss past reading strategies that have been effective WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 th Learning t Ask Questins f a Text Questin-Asking Strategies fr Writing a Rhetrical Critique Questin-Asking Strategies fr Writing an Ideas Critique Reading fr Angle f Visin Assignments Due Tday: Skim the chices listed in the dcument Selected Texts fr Strng Respnses. Try reading the first paragraph, r first cuple f lines, frm each essay t get a quick feel fr the tpic and authr s purpse. Then chse ne text yu think yu might be interested in. Read it Print ut this text and bring t class. Chapter 5, Understanding Strng Respnse Writing, pp. 105-110 Research: Recnstruct the rhetrical cntext f yur chsen text. Ask the five jurnalistic questins f yur text: wh, what, where, when, and why. Try t answer: Where and when was the article first published? What is yur best guess at the article s genre? Wh is the authr? Can yu get a brief bi n him/her? Can yu guess r recnstruct the authr s riginal mtivatin fr writing?
Pst in Blackbard t Preliminary Research n Rhetrical Cntext prir t class and bring a cpy t class. Begin anntating yur text by lcating the thesis statement f target piece FRIDAY, SEPT. 19 TH Online: Lking a Mdel Essays Review a student mdel essay Reflect n the learning utcmes f this unit Skim Why Bther? by Michael Pllan, pp. 88-95 Can a Green Thumb Save the Planet: A Respnse t Michael Pllan, by Kyle Madsen (student), pp. 111-114 Pst t Blackbard in the discussin frum, What I learned frm reading a sample strng respnse essay: Initial Pst (due Friday by 5:00): Write a paragraph that explains what yu learned by reading a sample Strng Respnse. Here I am asking yu t write abut yur reactins t Madsen s essay, nt t Pllan s essay. Did anything surprise yu? What were sme f Madsen s strngest paragraphs? What d yu anticipate t be the mst challenging aspect f writing this type f strng respnse? (10 pints) Replies (due Friday by midnight): Read sme f the psts by yur peers. Chse tw psts and reply t them by acknwledging a pint that yu hadn t cnsidered, r by cmmenting n a similar idea yu had expressed in yur pst. Start a cnversatin (10 pints) MONDAY, SEPT. 22 nd Reading fr Structure and Cntent Understand des and says analysis Reading with the grain and against the grain
UNIT 2: READING RHETORICALLY & the STRONG RESPONSE Chapter 5: Generating Ideas: Reading fr Structure and Cntent, pp. 114-115 Reading with the Grain and Against the Grain, pp. 98-99 Strategies fr Rereading t Stimulate Ideas fr a Strng Respnse, p. 119 Fully anntate yur text. This means yu must write ntes t yurself directly n the essay. See p. 120, figure 5.1 fr an example f this. Yur anntatins shuld reflect bth reading with and against the grain. I will be checking everyne s text fr anntatins. Sme f the types f marginal ntes yu make might refer t the fllwing: Marking the thesis statement r main pint Marking appeals t lgs, paths Identify ht spts in the text Assessment f the effectiveness f appeals Cmments n rle f audience, genre, purpse in shaping the argument Assessment f argument s effectiveness fr its audience, genre, and purpse Ntable uses f dictin, wrd chice, sentence structure Ntes abut yur wn ideas and pinins as yu talk back t the text Begin writing a des and says analysis f yur target piece. D this fr the first five paragraphs f yur chsen text. Bring this t class. Review anntated texts and des/says analysis WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24 th - Understanding Summary Writing T review criteria f writing effective summaries Assignments Due Tday: Understanding Summary Writing, pp. 99-104
Chapter 21, Skill 21.3: Use attributive tags t distinguish yur ideas frm a surce s, pp. 547-551 (Allyn & Bacn Guide) Write a ne-paragraph summary f yur target piece. Use Criteria fr an Effective Summary Incrprated int Yur Own Prse, p. 102, as a guide. Print and bring t class. Submit yur des/says analysis f yur target piece t Blackbard> Des/ Says Analysis prir t class. In-Class Activity: Using attributive tags effectively (vide) Mini-wrkshp n summaries Peer review summaries FRIDAY, SEPT. 26 th Online: Develping A Thesis Statement Using Tensin Drafting a thesis fr a strng respnse essay Assignments Due Tday: Chapter 5: Writing a Thesis fr a Strng Respnse Essay, pp. 121-122 Review "A Strng Thesis Statement Surprises Readers with Smething New r Challenging," pp. 37-41 Submit yur revised summary paragraph t Summary Paragraph in Blackbard by 5:00 PM. Pst t Blackbard under discussin frum 1 st Draft Of My Strng Respnse Thesis Statement: Initial Pst (due Friday by 5:00): Write a 1 st draft f yur Strng Respnse thesis statement. (10 pints) Replies (due Friday by midnight): Read ver sme f yur peer s thesis statements. Reply t tw f yur peers. (10 pints) Respnd t the fllwing questins: Des the thesis shw tensin? It the claim clearly based n pinin rather than facts? Des the thesis fcus n the student authr s wn ideas, rather than rehashing r restating the riginal surce s ideas?
MONDAY, SEPT. 29 th Understanding Reader Expectatins Of Clsed-Frm Prse Cnsider effective titles and intrductins fr clsed-frm prse Evaluate tpic sentences in a student mdel Assignments Due Tday: Read Skill 17.1, Understand Reader Expectatins, pp. 438-441 Skill 17.3, Set up reader expectatins thrugh effective titles and intrductins, pp. 450-456 Cncept 7, "Thesis Statements in Clsed-frm Prse are Supprted Hierarchically with Pints and Particulars," pp. 46-49 Skill 17.5, Create Effective Tpic Sentences fr Paragraphs, pp. 456-459 Revise yur thesis statement based n feedback frm yur peers and instructrs. Bring yur revised thesis t class. Class Activity: Sign-up fr Cnferences Review thesis statements and crrespnding tpic sentences Discuss effective intrductins and titles Review tpic sentences in Kyle Madsen s essay Can a Green Thumb Save the Planet: A Respnse t Michael Pllan. DUE FOR CONFERENCES: 1 ST DRAFTS OF STRONG RESPONSE WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1 st (CLASS IS CANCELED fr Cnferences) Engaging In A Dialgue Abut Yur Writing T get early feedback n draft Cmplete 1 st draft f Strng Respnse essay. Shuld be at least 1000 wrds. Bring ne cpy t DM 461C (r ther lcatin TBA) at the time f yur cnference. D nt shw up t the classrm FRIDAY, OCT. 3 rd Online: Peer Critique Wrkshp: Cnsidering Yur Peer s Writing And Feedback Practice reading with a critical eye
Practice peer-editing at the glbal level Assignments Due Tday: Skill 17.6, Guide Yur Reader with Transitins and ther Signpsts, pp. 460-462 Als read in The Everyday Writer, Chapter 39a, Use cmmas t set ff intrductry wrds, phrases, and clauses, pp. 400-401 (in 5 th editin). 2 nd Draft f Strng Respnse. Shuld be at least 1250 wrds. Pst t Blackbard by 5:00 pm t Strng Respnse 2 nd Draft. Peer Review Assignment (wrth 5% f curse grade): Lg back int Blackbard after 5:00pm t cmplete yur peer review assignment. Due by Sunday 5:00pm. G t Strng Respnse 2 nd Draft PeerMark Assignment 1. Yu will be randmly assigned tw essays t peer review. Answer all questins cmpletely in rder t receive full credit. Yu shuld als make in-text cmments directly n the paper. MONDAY, OCT. 6 th Thinking abut Prfreading ***FINAL DRAFT DUE AFTER CLASS*** Understand the imprtance f self-reflectin in the writing prcess. Practice grammar and line editing. Prir t class, read the feedback yu received frm yur peers ver the weekend. Use this feedback t help yu revise fr yur 3 rd Draft. Frm Everyday Writer: Chapter 1, The Tp Twenty: A Quick guide t Trubleshting Yur Writing, pp. 3-12 (5 th editin) Chapter 2b, Psitin yurself as an academic writer, pp. 14-16 (5 th editin) Frm The A&B Guide: Chapter 24, n reflective writing, pp. 613-615 Sample single reflectin letter n p. 619
Bring the 3 rd draft revised frm the peer review cnference t class, printed ut. After class, submit yur Strng Respnse Final Draft t Strng Respnse Final Draft in Blackbard by midnight. A single reflective letter based n yur Strng Respnse. Pst t Blackbard by t Single reflectin letter n my Strng Respnse Essay by midnight. Edit fr cmmn mistakes Fr Next Class (Wednesday, Oct. 8 th ): Unit 3 t see what is due.