WCU - Spring 2006 WRT 120 Announcements and Assignments

DATE	ANNOUNCEMENT / ASSIGNMENT
FINAL EXAM WED. 5/10 FRI. 5/12	I will be available for optional conferences in my office during the final exam period.
Assigned May 1	For Wed. 5/3: Portfolios are due today. Remember to include all four major assignments, the checklist, and your completed self-assessement questionnaire.
Assigned Apr. 17	For Fri. 4/21, Mon. 4/24, and Wed. 4/26: Individual conferences are scheduled in lieu of class. The conferences are held in Main 312; we'll discuss your topics for the independent project (paper #4). The assigment sheet for paper #4 was distributed in class today and will be available online and students signed up for conferences. The conference sign-up sheet will be available here shortly.
Assigned Apr. 7	For Mon. 4/10: In class or before class, complete your casebook introductions; review and edit your abstracts; begin outlining or composing your argumentative conclusion.
Assigned Apr. 5	For Fri 4/7: Complete your analysis and evaluation of the four sources you've chosen to feature in your casebook. In keeping with the schedule distributed in class, you should be ready to compose or review your casebook's introduction by Friday, 4/7.
Assigned Apr. 3	For Wed. 4/5: We'll continue to work on analyzing and evaluating the four sources you've chosen to feature in your casebook using the criteria discussed in the handout "Selecting Articles." You'll have time on Wed. and Fri. to meet in your groups to complete the worksheets distributed on Monday. These worksheets should be completed by the end of class on Friday, 4/7. Here's an example of a completed worksheet.
Assigned Mar. 24	For Fri. 3/31: We will meet once again in the library computer classroom; FHG 309. Students will use class time to meet in their groups and search for appropriate casebook sources.
Assigned Mar. 24	For Mon. 3/27: Re-read chapter 3 in The Call to Write, especially the exchange of letters between Darcy Peters and Marcus Boldt on pp. 75-76. Do some preliminary research on the possible casebook topics you discussed in your groups on Friday. Read and print "Approaching Persuasive Writing" to further help you clarify the aims of persuasive writing. On Monday each group will decide on their casebook topic. Reminder: we are scheduled to meet in FHG library on Wednesday, March 29. We will not meet in our classroom; go directly to room 309--the computer classroom on the third floor.
Assigned Mar. 10	For Mon. 3/20: Read Chapter 3 in The Call to Write. Think about arguable topics that might interest you to explore for the Casebook Project .
Assigned Mar. 6	For Wed. 3/8: Bring three copies of your draft to class today to participate in a peer review exercise for revision and editing.
Assigned Mar. 3	For Mon. 3/6: Group conferences will be held in Main 312 in lieu of class. If you forgot your time you can look it up here. You can bring questions about your topic, an outline, or a draft to the conference. In class today we worked on several invention and planning exercises to prepare you to draft your profile essay.
Assigned Mar. 1	For Fri. 3/3: In class today we discussed the assignment sheet for Paper #2. The assignment is to work with the assignment sheet to generate ideas for topics for Paper #2 and to bring your text, The Call to Write, to class on Fri., 3/3 to work on invention and planning exercises. I also announced that, at the end of class on Friday, group conferences will be scheduled in lieu of class on Monday 3/6. Conferences will be held in Main 312 during class time.
Assigned Feb. 27	For Wed. 3/1: There is no new assignment, but you can get a preview of the upcoming Profile Essay assignment by looking at the writing assignment in Chapter 7 of The Call to Write (p. 248-249). An assignment sheet will be distributed in class on Wed. 3/1 . In class today we continued analyzing the readings, this time looking for examples of objective and subjective description in "Soldiers of Christ I."
Assigned Feb. 24	For Mon. 2/27: (1) Re-read “Soldiers of Christ I” and find three examples of subjective description and three examples of objective desciption. You can highlight these in the article rather than write them on a separate sheet. Today in class we discussed your responses to Wednesday's group analysis of "The Five Bedroom, Six Figure Rootless Life," discussed the difference between objective and subjective description, and worked with the list of observations you generated for homework. If you didn't complete the exercise in class on Friday, complete the writing exercise on observing and describing and bring it to class on Monday along with list of observations you generated for homework on Friday.
Assigned Feb. 22	For Fri. 2/24: (1) Read “Soldiers of Christ I” and prepare to work with it in class in a way similar to the one we used to analyze the last reading. (2) Pick a spot anywhere on campus and spend 15-30 minutes (or more) closely observing. List as many specific observations as you can about the place, the people, the atmosphere. Bring your list to class on Friday.
Assigned Feb. 20	For Wed. 2/22: Read "The Five Bedroom, Six Figure Rootless Life," one of the several articles distributed in class today. We'll work with ths reading in class on Wednesday. In class today we began discussing the goals of objective writing and students completed an in-class reflection writing exercise to hand in along with the final draft of Paper #1.
Assigned Feb. 17	For Mon. 2/20: The final draft of Paper #1 is due. Read chapters 7 and 8 and in The Call to Write and complete the interview assignment (see below).
Assigned Feb. 10	For 2/13 - 2/17 and Mon. 2/20: Classes are cancelled for individual conferences in Main 312. If you forgot your day/time, you can look it up here. While classes are cancelled students should complete the following reading/writing assignment--read Chapters 7 and 8 in The Call to Write. You'll notice that chapter 7 discusses the profile essay; ths is an option many students choose for paper #2. Your writing assignment is to practice one of the skills that can be useful for writing profiles: the interview. I'd like you to interview a friend of a family member. Compose 10-15 questions and bring either a transcipt or a summary of your interview to class on Monday 2/20. The final draft of your paper is also due on Monday 2/20.
Assigned Feb. 6	For Wed. 2/8: Bring a complete (3-5 pages), typed rough draft of Paper #1 to class to participate in a rough draft workshop. In class today we discussed what's meant by the "writing process" and how that applies to our method in the course. Students worked on planning Paper #1 by trying to use one of the introduction strategies on the handout which was distributed and then sketching an outline of the rest of their papers. These introductions/outlines were not collected but points were given to students who engaged in this work in class. Announcements in class today: (1) after the rough draft workshop on Wednesday we'll have a revision workshop this Friday (2/10) when you'll hand in your revised draft to me; (2) individual conferences will be scheduled next week in lieu of class. The due date for the final draft of Paper #1 is Mon., 2/20.
Assigned Feb. 3	Working with the assignment sheet and Fridays's in-class exercise, decide on your topic for Paper #1 by Mon., 2/6.
Assigned Jan. 27	For Mon. 1/30: Stay on top of your reading; make sure you've completed chapters 4 and 5 in The Call to Write. Read the course notes on expressive writing and the further examples of open letters posted on the course website. If you missed class today (Fri., 1/27) you can make up the in-class writing exercise for partial credit if you turn your work in by class time Mon. 1/30.
Assigned Jan. 25	For Fri. 1/27: Read the Call to Write, chapters 4 and 5, which discuss two genres of expressive writing, the "open letter" and the "memoir."
Assigned Jan. 23	For Wed 1/25: Read the file on the course website called "Understanding the Rhetorical Situation." Optionally, you can also read "Emerson on Inviduality vs. Conformity." In The Call to Write, read the Intro. to PART I ( pp. 2-5) and Chapter 2.
Assigned Jan. 20	For Monday 1/23: Complete the Freestyle Writing: Identity assignment.

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