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Writing about Writing (ENGL 226)
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Class Introductions and What this class should be. 
The file below is a book called Bad Ideas About Writing edited by Cheryl Ball and Drew Loewe. We will be reading serveral chapters from it.
List of jobs in Writing Studies for mini-presentations:
Presentations will begin on February 1 and continue each class until we finish. WWS Jobs Presentation Guidelines:
WWS Jobs example presentations:
GOOGLE DOC for responses
Readings for Week 2
Tuesday, January 25 Please note: Your reader response is one document that takes in the assigned readings (not one for each reading). Look for themes or ideas that connect and write about those, for example.
"Rhetoric Synonymous with Empty Speech" in Bad Ideas (link above)
Rhetoric Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYMUCz9bHAs
January 27
Additional info on literacy:
Defining Literacy--NCTE
Literacy Rates in US (2022)
History of Modern Composition Timeline
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/the-history-of-modern-composition-studies Additional readings oncompostion and rhetoric:
Aritotle's The Art of Rhetoric
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/rhetoric.1.i.html Summary: http://spot.colorado.edu/~hauserg/ArSynop.htm
READINGS FOR WEEK 3 --FEB 1 and 3
For Tuesday, February 1
The Anzaldua piece is long, so do your best. Read the following sections more closely: El Otro Mexico and How to Tame a Wild Tongue.
For Thursday, February 3
Career Presentation Scheulde
This is your first project
Composition Rhetoric Studies: Keywords in Writing Studies (CR)The CR Project requires that you explore, in depth, one of the critical terms from the Keywords in Composition handout (below) by first reading the Introduction and then browsing the book for a term that catches your attention. During your initial browsing, chose 3-4 terms which interest you; then you will narrow that to one term to write about. You will also write up your exploration and include it in your mid-term portfolio (3-4 pages).
This project is not just a summary of the entry in Keywords in Composition, but rather you should critique, challenge and build upon the text perhaps offering something that has not been included within the term or a new way of thinking about the term. In other words, since this edition of Keywords in Composition (which is from 1996), what has shifted or changed that provides a different perspective on the keyword? What might be added as a keyword to compliment or add contrast? Consider, too, how the term reflects your own interest as a student, potential teacher, or other participant in writing studies. We will discuss this project in class, and we will take your writing through a review process. An early draft will be due on Thursday, February 10 to share, and the final draft will be due on March 17 in your mid-term portfolio. You will give a 5-minute summary of it in class.
Readings for Week 4 --Feb 8 and 10
For February 8
--Grammar pet peeve and why--what is one grammar mistake that you cannot stand?
This next article is an additional piece on errors (not required)
For February 10
For February 10: Draft of your Keywords Assignment for an in-class workshop. This is a very rough draft of the project.
<3 Valentine's poem that takes place in the kitchen or junkyard--or a Valentine's poem to a pet or an object--for fun
Readings for Week 5 --February 15 and 17
For February 15 Please read three selections from the section "Bad Ideas about Style, Usage, and Grammar" in Bad Ideas (pp. 117-162) here:
For February 18
Readings for Week 6 --February 22 and 24
Remember to continue writing down observations of your clothespin
Please follow these readings and dates as I mentioned the wrong order in class- For February 22 Please read “Creative Writing is a Unique Category” in Bad Ideas and read the book review for Beyond Craft . As usual write a response and bring to class.
For February 24
Readings for Week 7--March 1 and March 3
Here is RIchard Hugo's "Triggering Town" if you want to look at it for your WA projecthttps://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69402/the-triggering-towwww.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69402/the-triggering-town
For March 1
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/04/26/publish-or-perish
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ronald-h-balson/bestseller-success-storie_b_4064574.html http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2012/10/15/literary-press-selfpub/#.Utw58RMo6P8 (publishing) Below is an article on doing research for writing fiction:
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For March 3
Don't forget to bring in 1 or 2 of your favorite poems. Here are a couple of mine:
Week 8 --Spring Break Midterm Portfolios due on return to class (March 17) PORTFOLIO INFORMATION )in addition to inforamtion on p. 4 of syllabus). You can set up your portfolio however you want as far as the projects go. The point is to showcase the work you have done to date, so set up the CR project in the way that shows you have invested work into it. I’m not as fussy about form as I am for content.
The cover piece should include a narrative on the work you have done specifically for this class, how you have approached the major projects, and what you think you have learned about them. Point to what you have done in your projects as evidence (quote from them, even). As well, the cover letter should address things like attendance, participation, being prepared for class, etc (and what effort you will make for the next half of the semester). Again, this is a chance for you to showcase your work to date, to consider what you might do moving forward, and offer what you have learned that you might use in other classes or areas of your career. DUE MARCH 17 Readings for Week 9 March 15-17
For March 15
Draft your cover piece for your portfolio and bring to class. Also bring your CR and WA project drafts to get some feedback. Below is the rubric/checklist for your midterm portfolio due March 17. Please place your work in the manila envelope provided to you.
For March 17: We will be moving into technical and professional writing and looking at various genres and options in these fields.
Read and respond to following
Blog on Technical Writing: www.instructionalsolutions.com/blog/what-is-technical-writing
Week 10: March 22 and 24
March 22
Pecha Kucha http://www.pechakucha.org/
“We Have Met the Enemy…” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?_r=0 C.R.A.P. Information: http://www.presentationzen.com/chapter6_spread.pdf March 24
Read an online manual for your phone or other electronic device. Look specifically at the sections that describe your device and the settings. Try following one of the directions to try something you have not done or known about. How usable are the directions?
Also read:
Readings for Week 11: March 29 and 31
March 29
The Laws That Choke Creativity
https://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_laws_that_choke_creativity?language=en
Readings for Week 12 April 5 and 7
April 5
Multimodal:
http://multimodalcomposition.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/defining-multimodal-composition/ and http://www.ncte.org/governance/MultimodalLiteracies Multigenre:
http://www.users.muohio.edu/romanots/assignments.htm and http://writing.colostate.edu/gallery/multigenre/introduction.htm REMINDER: Be sure you are responsible to your group. Answer all emails and please do you part promptly so that no one is waiting for your work. BE IN CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 TO WORK WITH YOUR GROUP!
April 7 In-class work on project
Readings for Week 13--April 12 and 14
April 12--there was a mistake on the syllabus. Please read these for Tuesday.
April 14
We are going to take part in a virtual event today in class. Readings for Week 14 April 19 and 21
April 19
April 21
Readings for Week 15 April 26 and 28
April 26--
Meet at the RSU Fountain area for an event. (If raining--RSU 201)
April 28--
Final Portfolios due May
Additional Readings --I've made some categories, so you can consider these for your CR project.
Composition and Writing: Includes grammar, teaching, studies of error, plagiarism, and more
Cultural Rhetorics--African American, Latinex, Asian, Indigenous, Queer, Gender
slides for Rhetorical Powwows here:
Visual, Material, and Embodied Rhetorics
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