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Announcements

LAST WEEK CHECK-IN

Posted by Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they) on

Hey all-

Everyone should have feedback on their Project #2s shared as a Google Doc. If you have not received feedback, email me ASAP so we can figure out where our wires got crossed.

Hoping to see some of you tomorrow for our final meeting of the semester, which, you’ll recall, is optional.

If you want any final notes on your portfolio projects, remediations, or revisions, please come to class so that we can chat.

If, however, you are panicking over finals for other classes or you’re just too exhausted to commute one last time, it’s OK to stay home tomorrow.

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Please fill out your course evaluation, available on the Baruch evals site. This helps me learn what to do differently next time I teach a course like this, and I like to learn 🙂

Thank you all for your hard work and insight this term, and I look forward to seeing all of your portfolios by 12/17 at 11:59pm

Assignments/Portfolio

Portfolio and Reflection Assignment

Posted by Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they) on

ENGL 2150: Vlogs, GIFs, Twine, and Macros: Multimodal Writing Portfolio and Theory of Writing

DUE 12/17 BY 11:59PM

***Send URLs to jessericeevans@gmail.com***

 

Part #1: Reflection//Theory of Writing – ~500-750 words

Reflection allows us the opportunity to process knowledge and then apply that knowledge. Through reflection, we can come to an understanding and interpret what we have learned. This semester, on several occasions, we have used reflection in this way; in this final assignment you will return to this definition of reflection.

 

Your Self-Assessment is your opportunity to describe your experience in the course this semester.  Consider the fact that you were in a hybrid class: how did this impact your learning? Think back to the un-grading policy, the early course readings, your first few responses How did these affect the ways you worked in other classes? Please provide specific examples from your Labor Logs.

 

You have also been developing your theory of writing and what your theory of writing means in terms of its relationship to your writing–i.e., you have been exploring whether you enact your theory of writing in your own composition. In this final reflection, you will be returning to your theory to discuss several questions, including (but not limited to):

  • Define your theory of writing.
  • What was your theory of writing coming into this class? How has your theory of writing evolved with each piece of composing?
  • What has contributed to your theory of writing most?
  • How has technology affected your theory of writing?
  • How might your theory of writing be applied to other writing situations both inside and outside the classroom?
  • What did/do you believe about writing?
  • How does what you are learning fit in with or contradict what you already know?
  • What strategies did you use to approach this writIng assignment?
  • How well did this process work for you?
  • Was it successful?
  • Do you need to reconsider your approach?
  • What technologies will you continue to use in your writing?
  • What technologies are you curious to use in your writing?

 

For each of these questions, you will need to support your ideas with your previous writing in this course—including Labor Logs—and, through these examples, interpret what you have learned. You will create a compelling argument for whatever you decide to write for this, supported by evidence and analysis of the work completed in class this semester.

 

You will choose a genre to work in–letter, email, essay, journal entry, etc.–that you feel best represents your goals for your reflection and then explain why you chose that genre. In turn, you will also describe how your chosen genre affects the outcome (the final product) of your reflection.

 

This final reflection is an opportunity for you to demonstrate your increased knowledge in writing–the practices of writing, the key terms, and any specific skills you’ve acquired. Think of this piece as another move in the evolution of your theory of writing, and as a chance for you to fully explore yourself as a writer and maker of knowledge.

Part #2: Portfolio

 

The Portfolio will provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate that you’ve understood the rhetorical terms that we’ve been working with all semester—rhetorical situation, purpose, audience, genre, stance, and media. The portfolio should include examples from assignments we completed in class (labor logs, rhetorical analysis, doing database research, reflection, self-assessment, weekly blog responses, group work, etc).  This will be housed on your Commons Website.

 

The Portfolio must contain evidence of each project you developed this term.

Assign yourself a final letter grade for both the portfolio/letter assignment as well as the whole course. Provide evidence to demonstrate that you earned the grade you assigned yourself.

 

SAMPLE PORTFOLIOS/REFLECTIONS:

All examples responded to different assignments; these are here to give you an idea of the variety of approaches and styles that you might consider for your own project.

Andréa’s example portfolio from a previous year

Jesse’s student in English 110

Jesse’s reflection from a M.A. Language and Literacy course at CCNY

 

Assignment adapted from Prof. Tom Peele, Director of First-Year Writing, CCNY

Announcements/Assignments

Project #3 Assignment

Posted by Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they) on

For Project #3, I am asking you to *re-mediate* your Project #2. This means that you will take the research and argumentation that you did for Project #2 and choose a different medium to discuss your topic, e.g. a podcast, fake commercial, infomercial, music video, infographic, etc.

Your Project #3 does not have to make the same argument that you made in Project #2, although it certainly may. Project #3 may embrace humor, #FakeNews, or absurdist strategies; it does not have to.

There are no requirements for the re-mediated piece, but you will compose a ~500-word reflection to accompany the artifact. This reflection should consider the following:

  • why did you make the choice you made w/r/t medium?
  • why [medium you chose] and not [medium you did not choose]?
  • in what contexts have you seen media that resemble your product?
  • how did cultural/social/political contexts affect your rhetorical process?
  • what organizational strategies did you use to develop your artifact?
  • which rhetorical strategies did you pay close attention to (e.g. kairos, logos, etc.)?

 

DUE ON YOUR PORTFOLIO BY 12/17 BY 11:59PM

Daily Digest

Daily Digest 11/5

Posted by Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they) on

***E-MAIL ME YR PROJECT #2s AS A .DOC/X FILE TO JESSERICEEVANS@GMAIL.COM***

  1. Project #2 SELF-EVALUATION
    1. Cite LLs as needed
    2. Assign grade
    3. One strength, one weakness–provide specific example of each
    4. Post to Blog #Project2Self-Evaluation
  2. Project #3
    1. Multimodal! Re-mediated artifact
    2. Short self-evaluation (~500 words): why did you remediate in the way you did? talk a little bit abt yr process.
    3. Visual/aural/oral component
    4. Presentation?
  3. Project #4
    1. Portfolio of writing for class
      1. Housed on the Commons!
    2. Cover letter
      1. Reflections:
        1. Things you wish you had known sooner
        2. Things you successfully brought in with you
        3. How did you apply the rhetorical principles in your own writing?
    3. Multimodal–include images, videos, music, etc.
    4. Project #1
      1. Any revisions
    5. Project #2
      1. Any revisions
    6. Project #3
      1. Any revisions
    7. Peer reviews–any notes?
    8. LLs/Weekly Responses
Announcements

TOO MUCH MARKUP

Posted by Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they) on

Hey all!-

I’m trying to take a look at your Project #2s, but the forums don’t appear to be able to handle the nuances of formatting that citations need, so I’m writing to ask everyone to send me copies of Project #2 AS ONE CONTINUOUS .DOC/DOCX FILE to MY GMAIL (jessericeevans@gmail.com) so that I can actually read the dang things.

If you have a chance to do this TODAY I appreciate it 🙂 but if not, sooner is better than later.

Tomorrow we’ll start talking about our plans for the rest of the term AND I WILL YELL ABOUT YOU ALL EMAILING ME YOUR PROJECTS IF YOU HAVEN’T YET.

Thank you all for your hard work!

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Announcements

WEEK #10 CHECK-IN

Posted by Jesse Rice-Evans (she/they) on

Hey all-

Thanks for your patience and flexibility this week. I’ve been trying to get better at practicing self-care for emotional and mental health, and sometimes that means making last-minute schedule changes that affect others. For the disruption, I apologize (although if I remember my own undergraduate career, I never minded too much if professors had to cancel class! :P).

I will be making some changes to the calendar for this and the next few weeks to accommodate our schedule shifting a bit. Please be sure to check the course site!

On Monday, we’ll work on a brief reflection for Project #2 and introduce Project #3 and Project #4.

Looking forward to seeing your multimodal response for this week’s blog assignment!

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