Sunday, April 20, 2014

Monday is an Online Class Day (DURING CLASS TIME)

Hey all,

Monday during class time I want you to work from home. Wednesday will be an in-class day, Friday could be either--I'll let you know Wednesday. ( I will also be getting your videos Monday, so I should have them accessible to you by Tuesday)

During class time on Monday (4-21), I want you to be at your computers, doing the work I describe below. If you don't have a laptop, or if you prefer, you may work in our classroom. It is still ours, I just won't be able to be there.


1. Find yourself in the groups below, note which assignment I'm asking you to work on (If one is not specified, it's because you didn't post on the "Conferences with Me" blog post so I don't know what you're doing. Prior to Monday, figure it out and comment on that blog post.)

2. At the beginning of class time, 
A.    Look back at what you wrote on our conferencing post about why                                                                    you want to use that assignment. 

B.   Expand on it a little, and put that in an email to the other person in                   your group. 

C.    Attach the assignment I've listed here to the email to your partner 

D.    Send it to them. Your work with your own piece is done for this class period and you will now turn to work on the email you have received from the person in your group.

          This should take 10 or 15 minutes, tops.

3.  During class time,
A.     Thoughtfully read through your group-member's email and assignment. You might need to read through it more than once or twice.

B. Ask yourself what questions the author might need to ask themselves in order to accomplish their own goals for this assignment. What questions come to mind when you read their piece? Do their answers bring up questions they could address? What areas seem skimmed over that they could go deeper on? How might they go deeper into that specific area?

C.  List these questions in a return email to your group member. Elaborate on the questions, explaining your why's and what in/about their writing prompted your questions. Please list questions for your group member. Don't tell them how to revise, but let them know, as one reader, what kinds of questions their piece and intent to revise it brings up for you.

D. Option: An easy way to comment on a paper can be found HERE. Just be sure you save your partner's paper with a new title before you start to comment on it, and send them back that copy so their original file won't get overwritten.

4. Before class time is over, send your partner's piece, along with their comments, back to your partner. CC me in the email. (If you haven't CC'd before, Google it!)


5. In the event that you don’t get an email from someone within the first 15-20 minutes of class, use class time to work on your own piece of writing, utilizing the prompt to develop your work. At the end of class time, just email me your own work that you have asked/answered questions on, since you don’t have your partner’s assignment and your feedback to email me.


This is going to take all of you working together to make this work. If one person doesn’t show, your partner loses out. Team time!

Team #                          Assignment to work on

Team 1:
Amanda and Blake          Textual Rhetorical Analysis

Team 2:
Tanner and Ashley          Visual Rhetorical Analysis

Team 3:
Adam and Michael           Textual Rhetorical Analysis


Team 4:
Wyatt                            Textual Rhetorical Analysis
Matt                              Summary


Team 5:
John L. and Sam             Visual Rhetorical Analysis


Team 6:
Kaitlin and John A.           Visual Rhetorical Analysis


Team 7:
Josh                            Textual Rhetorical Analysis
David                            Visual Rhetorical Analysis


Team 8:
Sophie and Kayla             Textual Rhetorical Analysis


Team 9:
Zach and Jacob               Pick the assignment you’ve chosen that you are the least
                                              Sure of how to improve


Team 10:
Joe and Ryan                  Pick the assignment you’ve chosen that you are the least
                                              Sure of how to improve

       
(The last two teams I don’t have portfolio information on. If you are including either of the rhetorical analysis in your portfolio, work on those, please. If your name is not on this list it's because you have an excused absence from this class day based on another scholarly activity with a conflicting schedule.)



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