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February 03, 2005

Assignment and class plans for February 3

PLEASE BE IN THE 009 CLASSROOM FOR OUR CLASS MEETING ON 2/3.

I see my doctor on Wednesday 2/2. It's possible he'll tell me that I can teach on Thursday 2/3. It's also possible he'll tell me to stay home (or not drive, which amounts to the same thing) for awhile longer. With a little help from my friends, I'm hatching a plan for Thursday 2/3 that can have us meeting synchronously, with a somewhat reduced level of frustration—a plan that will be flexible for whether I'm there or not. Check this entry regularly for the gradual unfolding of the Gorgeous Plan.

To prepare for class,


  1. Create a blog entry in which you indicate your current thoughts/inclinations about your course project. I've posted a list of a few possibilities. Please post this entry by Tuesday, 2/1, and categorize it under your name and also under "Projects." Aleshia, Ty, and Jen have already posted ideas in the Comments section of the projects overview. You three don't have to do anything beyond that, but you might find it useful to turn those comments, updated, into fresh entries.
  2. Read Connors, Composition-Rhetoric, introduction (1-22): Becky will summarize & lead class discussion.
  3. Read White Ch. 1: See preliminary notes. I've also set up some entries on White's vocabulary. Derek will summarize & lead class discussion.
  4. Read White Ch. 2: See preliminary notes. Jen will summarize & lead class discussion.
  5. Respond to at least two of the following discussion posts: Derek's Discussion Question #1; Jen's Discussion Question #1; and Becky's Discussion Question #1. Each class member may respond to a discussion post only twice, and each response is limited to 200 words. It is therefore important that you think through your response to a discussion question, since you will be allowed to comment only twice, with a limit of 200 words each time. Please do not introduce tangential topics to the comments section of one of these posts. Use the Comments function to respond to the posts themselves and the problems/issues that they directly address.
  6. Before and during our 2/3 class, please do not create new posts for tangents, arguments, and speeches. Create these after class is adjourned. Feel free, however, to ask questions and to explain any difficulties you may be having with the discussion questions.

In class,

  1. We'll begin with a discussion of projects.
  2. Derek will do a brief overview of White Ch. 1; Jen of White Ch. 2; and Becky of Connors' intro, responding to blog comments and raising whatever additional issues and questions they think are worthwhile. These overviews will be of 15 minutes' duration, max.
  3. I'll do small-group meetings with class members about possible projects.
  4. While I am conducting proiject meetings, the other groups will be working collaboratively to respond to assigned discussion questions posted by Jen, Derek, and Becky. By the end of class, a representative of each group will enter the group's response to that discussion question, and other group members may then make individual responses, as well.

After class,

Everybody should feel free to create their own entries regarding the White and Connors texts, and should respond as often and as long as they wish to any blog entry.

Posted by senioritis at February 3, 2005 09:29 AM

Comments

So, do I not have to do a presentation on Chapter 2? Are we pushing that back a week?

Posted by: jenwingard at January 29, 2005 08:45 PM

Haw. Nope. You caught the entry while it's still under construction. You're still on the agenda!

Posted by: senioritis at January 29, 2005 09:28 PM