Agenda, Monday December 2, 2013

Today we will be working on 

Stage 6 Peer Revisions.

Remember that your final portfolio is due

December 4, 2013.

Your portfolio should include 

revised copies of Stages 1-6.

Going Retro

I've been relying heavily on hard copies the last few weeks, but I wanted to post some tidbits for those who like electronic access to info.

 

Students turned in their Stage 4 final drafts on November 11th. We've been working on Stage 5 since  then, and tonight, we worked on peer responses for Stage 5.

 

Here's the schedule for the rest of the semester:

 

November 20th:  Work on Stage 5 Revisions in class.

 

November 25th: Stage 5 Presentations and Introduction to Stage 6

 

November 27th: No class; work on Stage 6 at home

 

December 2nd: Peer Response on Stage 6

 

December 4th: Portfolio including all stages (1-6) due.

Agenda, Monday, November 4, 2013

Stage 4 Rough Draft Due today!

We'll work on Stage 4 peer reviews during class. Your stage 4 final draft will not be accepted without an attached peer review!

Agenda Monday, October 21, 2013

1. Quick Write
2. Thesis Statements
3. Intro Paragraphs

Homework:
Two pages of your Stage 4 essay

Agenda for Monday, October 14, 2013 and Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Monday
1. Quick Write
2. Peer Response to Annotated Bibliography

Homework: Continue working on Annotated Bibliography

Wednesday
1. Quick Write
2. Guiding Questions
3. Thesis Statement
4. Outline for Stage 4

Homework: Final draft of Stage 3

Agenda Monday Oct. 7 & Wednesday Oct. 9

1. Quick Write
2. Assign Stage 3: Annotated Bibliography
3. One-on-One Consultations with Mrs. Sheridan and Karen Holt (UTPA Library First Floor Classroom 1)

HOMEWORK:
Stage 3 Rough Draft (Bring hard copy to class on Monday, October 14th to peer edit)

Discussion of Grades

•Portfolio 60% (60 points: 10 points for each stage + portfolio)

•Daily Work 30% (30 points: Q&Rs 15 pts max; Quick Writes and Blog Posts) We’re up to 25 possible points from assignments I’ve graded or for which I’ve awarded you points.

•Attendance 10% (10 points for 0-3 absences; 5 points for 4-6 absences; 0 points for 7+ absences)

•I’ve created grade columns on Blackboard

Agenda Monday, September 30, 2013

1. Quick Write
2. Discussion about grades (see post about this above)
3. Stage II assignment
4. Penrose and Geisler discussion and presentations

HOMEWORK:
Stage II due Monday, October 7th

Agenda Wednesday, September 25, 2013

1. Quick Write
2. Editing your Essay
3. Kantz Discussion

Homework:
Final Draft of Stage I
Penrose and Geisler Q & R

BLOG POSTS

Students,

I've graded and closed the current threads. Please make sure you post homework in a timely manner.

Agenda, Monday, September 23, 2013

1. Quick Write
2. Peer Response (Bring 3 hard copies of your essay)
3. Kantz discussion if time allows

HOMEWORK:
1) Work on revisions for Essay
2) Bring 1 hard copy of Essay to edit during class on Wednesday

AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

We will meet

at the

UTPA Library

1st floor, Classroom #2

5:45-7:00pm

 

Homework:

1) Q&R for Kantz due Monday, September 23,2013

2) Typed first draft of Stage I Essay due Monday, September 23, 2013 (bring 2 copies to workshop)



Agenda for September 16, 2013

1. Five minute Quick Write

2. Green and Kleine: Answer questions independently

3. Small Group discussion on Green and Kleine

4. Small Group presentations. 

 

Homework:

Start reading Kantz (not due until Monday 9/23/2013)

Synthesis Sentence

Please post your synthesis sentences from the excerpt of the Greene article.

Agenda for Wednesday, September 11, 2013

1. Work on Project Stage 1
2. Research Questions
3. Greene and Kleine

Homework:

• Read Greene
• Read Kleine
• Q&R for Greene & Kleine
• Post Synthesis Sentence in Blog Comment
• Revise your research question

Agenda for Monday, September 9, 2013

1. Haas & Flower Discussions

2. Rhetoric Review

3. Return Q & R #1 and discuss

Homework: 

1) Decide on construct for Stage 1

2) Read Greene article and annotate it (Bring annotated hard copy to next class.)

BEFORE YOU READ

Before you read the Haas & Flower article choose one of the following questions taken directly from Downs and Wardle’s book, Writing about Writing (121):

a. Ask a couple of friends how they read: When do they pay attention to who is the writer of what they’re reading? When do they look up information like definitions or background on the subject? What strategies do they use to keep track of what they’re reading, like highlighting, notes in the margins, or a reading notebook? When they encounter material they don’t understand, what do they do to try to understand it? Keep notes of your friends’ answers and compare them to what you do as a reader.

b. Use an audio recorder of some sort to record yourself reading an unfamiliar and hard-to read text aloud, and talk aloud as you try to figure out what it means. When you play back the recording, make notes about what you heard that you didn’t expect to and what you learn about yourself as a reader from doing this.

c. Make a quick self-assessment of your reading abilities by answering the following questions: What are you good at, as a reader? What do you think you’re not good at, as a reader? Is there anything you wish you had been taught better or differently?

Then  post your answers as a comment below, and respond to at least one of the comments by one of your classmates.

Agenda for Wednesday, September 4, 2013

• Turn in Q & R for Downs and Wardle

• Downs and Wardle discussion

• Introduce Stage 1

HOMEWORK:

1. "Before You Read" Activity-- Post as comment on BLOG

2. Read Haas & Flower

3. Q& R for Haas & Flower

Extra Credit Opportunity

Extra credit opportunity

 

Meet the Teacher Night

at Donna North High School

August 29, 2013 6-8pm

N. Valverde Road, Donna, Texas

(Between Nolana and Minnesota Rd… I advise you to take Expressway 83 if you’re traveling from outside Donna as the back roads are a bit bumpy and some are dead ends.)

 

Mrs. Sheridan’s Classroom D101

August 28, 2013 Agenda

1. Sign in
2. Make yourself a name plate
3. Put your name on a popsicle stick
4. Drafting & Formatting Q & Rs
5. Sample Q & R
6. Introducing and Discussing Sources
7. Downs and Wardle

• guided practice of SQ3R
• group discussion of first section
• presentation of group questions

HOMEWORK: Finish reading Downs and Wardle and draft Q & R due September 5th (hard copy in class)

What is good writing?

As a way to begin our class inquiry into writing, I'd like to start simply. We all have our own  ideas about what "good writing" is, often influenced by "school" authorities (our past teachers' expectations, standards associated with tests we've been forced to take), but also influenced by larger cultural ideas about good writing which might come from assumed workplace expectations, as well as our own expectations as readers/consumers of texts. Today, I'd like you to start thinking about where your ideas about "good writing" come from and how those ideas have influenced the choices you've made and your assumptions about what writing can be/do.

Respond to this post by clicking on the comment button and address the following questions:

● What is your idea of “good writing”?

● Where do your preconceptions of “good writing come” from?

● Can you think of a time when your conception of “good writing” didn't work or seem "right" in the context?

● Is your conception of “good writing limiting” in any way?

● Would you behave differently as a writer, or understand yourself differently as a writer, if you conceived of "good writing" in a different way?

Once you've responded to these questions (you don't have to write the questions out or respond to them in some lockstep way--you have the freedom to pursue them as you wish), I want you to read through what your classmates have said and respond to at least one of their ideas. This is  an opportunity to practice your referencing skills by explaining who you're responding to and by paraphrasing or quoting from that person's post

Monday, August 26, 2013

Agenda 

• Syllabus Introduction/Overview
• Introduction to Course-Specific Technologies (blogs, Google Docs, Blackboard, etc.)
• Student Introductions

HOMEWORK: Print out Downs and Wardle and respond to "What is good writing?" Blog Post

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Welcome to 1302!

In this space, I will post information about the class, weekly agendas and homework.  Sometimes I will ask you to respond in the comment section.

You can ask questions in this space as well, and I will respond to those questions.

Let's have a great semester!