Schedule Weeks 11-16

 

 

 

You should get into the writing center between the dates of 4/22 and 5/5 for Unit 3.

Blog posts are due Tuesdays. Feel free to use the readings and films in class for your blog if you feel like you can’t come up with ideas for your posts.

 

 

Week 11

 

T          4/1

            Due:                4 posts, Teacher’s Draft of Unit 2 Due.

            In class:           Floating Worshop,  discuss. Intro to Unit 3 (start process letters in class)

            Homework:     Prepare for Floating Workshop (submit comments to the writer’s blog)

Read the Scott essay, and follow the assignment(s) on http://weewrite.org

 

R         4/3

           

Due:                2 posts, one on the Scott article, the other is your process letter for unit 2.

(Title your post “Process Letter Unit 2,” make sure to preface the letter for your audience so they know what the letter means.

This post should fulfill the process letter requirement in its entirety.)

 

In class:           Film Screening: Good Night, Good Luck (93 mins). We’ll try to squeeze the whole movie into one class, so I’ll be starting five minutes early (providing the previous class is out.)  You should take notes on the film.

 

            Homework:     Prepare for Floating Workshop (submit comments to the writer’s blog)

Finish 4 posts, follow the instructions on http://weewrite.org.

 

           

Week 12

 

T          4/8                   4 posts, floating workshop; read part 1 of the Orr article

In class:           floating workshop

Film Screening: There Will Be Blood (158 mins). We’ll divide the movie into two periods of 80 mins.

           Homework:      Prepare for Floating Workshop (submit comments to the writer’s blog)

Write a post on your reactions to the film.

 

R         4/10

            Due:                1 post, floating workshop

In class:           floating workshop

Film Screening: There Will Be Blood (158 mins).

Homework:     Prepare for Floating Workshop (submit comments to the writer’s blog)

Finish 4 posts, follow the instructions on http://weewrite.org.

Read the articles by Jackson and Romano. Read the critique of the ending of There Will Be Blood by Orr.

 

Week 13

                       

T          4/15

Due:                4 Posts, floating workshop. This next week you only have to do  blog posts related to invention and discovery.

            In class:           Floating workshops and discuss the Romano and Jackson articles. 

            Homework:     Prepare for Floating Workshop (submit comments to the writer’s blog)

Using any of the invention strategies you choose, write a post that discusses your ideas for your critical review.

 

R         4/17

            Due:                1 post

            In class:           Floating Worshop, discussion

            Homework:     Fill out the invention activities in a word file and post them to your blog as an ATTACHMENT.

                        Then, write a post that describes the idea you have for the next paper and why, considering the                                                       assignment, you think it will be a good topic. Make sure to discuss the assignment in some detail  

                        in your post.

 

Week 14                      Sign Up for Conferences for  4/29; You do not have to write blog posts this coming week but may

                                    do so for extra credit.

T          4/22

           

Due:                4 posts and invention work for Unit 3

            In class:           Floating Workshop; discussion

            Homework:     Write the discovery draft and post it to your blog.

 

R         4/24

            Due:                Discovery Draft

            In class:           Oral Peer Review

            Homework:     Draft Peer Review

                                   

 

Week 15

T          4/29

            Due:                Peer Review Draft with Coversheet and Writer’s Questions

No posts due this week (you may, however, submit 4 posts this week and get extra credit for each)

            In Class:          No Class—Conferences

·         Homework:     Each group must submit Written Peer Responses to other members in their groups by Thursday, 5/1. (post in the writer’s blog)

·         Draft the Teacher’s Draft and post by 5/6

·         The file for the teacher’s draft should contain the following in this order (from top to bottom):

Process Letter, evaluation of the peer review process, and teacher’s draft (put all of this in one file and attach to your blog post.)

 

R         5/1

            In class:           Ascension Thursday  No classes

 

Week 16 

 

T          5/6

            Due:                No posts due: Teacher’s Drafts and Process Letters due on your blog.

            In class:           Discussion and prep for final ports and process folders.

 

May 8-14                     Final Portfolios and Process Folders are Due by 11:59 p.m Tuesday, April 13, posted on your blog.