Homework for Wednesday, December 9

1. Revise!

2. Choose either your MGPN, your FA, or your TiC essay for Wednesday’s Peer Review Potluck. Printout a fresh copy of the latest version of this essay. It would be most useful to choose one that you have done some recent revision work on, as you will be able to get some feedback from a classmate.

3. Print and fill out the Peer Review Potluck Template (under Class Documents). Choose five specific, well-directed questions to ask of your reviewer that will help you revise your chosen text.

4. If you haven’t yet, please fill out the technology survey. The link is in the last blog post.

Homework: Technology Survey

Please complete the following survey, it only takes a few minutes.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9QVLW5Q

Homework for Wednesday, December 2

1. Finish free-write

2. Do a Wordle (wordle.net) of each of your genres of your MGPN assignment. Note down the biggest few words. Do they reflect what you wanted to be the main focus of that genre? Is there anything that’s too big of a focus?

3. IMPORTANT: Re-read your MGPN, your peer feedback, and my comments.

Please bring a fresh copy of your MGPN to class on Wednesday. We will be in the regular classroom.

Homework for Wednesday, November 18

1. Write your preface. Describe your issue in detail. Include a paragraphabout each of your stakeholders, describing their background, their position on the issue, and how they would like to see it resolved. Also mention which genre you chose for each stakeholder and why this genre is effective and appropriat. 300-500 Words. (Look at pp. 283-284 for a good example of a preface. Remember that you will have to also talk about your genres).

2. Put together your Works Cited page. Follow MLA guidelines. 5 sources minimum.

3. Bring a print copy of your preface and Works Cited page. Also bring the Easy Writer.

Class will be in the regular classroom.

Homework for Monday, November 16

Complete the Rough Draft of your SRP project. Bring
two hard copies to class. We won’t be in the computer lab, so please do bring the hard copies to be able to participate.

Your rough draft should be:

• at least 7 pages long
• include in-text citations
• properly cover all four stakeholders

You don’t need yet:

• your preface
• your Works Cited page

Conference Info and Homework for Thursday/Friday (November 12/13)

For the conference:

• Complete one more stakeholder (2-3 pages). Bring your two completed stakeholder sections to the conference, as well as your detailed SRP plan (p. 69-70). One of the stakeholder sections should be marked up from peer reviews. Be prepared to talk about what changes you are still planning to make for the final-for-now.

For Friday’s class:

• Bring electronic copies of everything you have done for this paper so far, including all your research information for all your stakeholders.
• Class will be held in the computer lab. If you don’t have your electronic work, you won’t be able to participate in class, so please make sure to bring it.

Homework for Wednesday, November 11

1. Choose your final stakeholders and fill out the  SRP Plan on p. 69-70.

2. Research your issue thoroughly.
3. SW9: Research Process. In 400-500 words, tell me about the research you have already done for this paper. Things to write about:
- Where and how did you start looking up information on your issue once you had decided on the topic?
- How did you go about finding background information to create your stakeholders? Talk about each stakeholder, and how you are using information you found during research to back up their positions.
- Did you talk to anyone who gave you more information or ideas about the treatment of your issue?
- What kinds of positions of people did you come across in your research so far that you didn’t know of (or think of) when you first picked your topic?
-What further plans for research do you have for this paper? What are you still planning to find out?

4. Type up and bring a rough draft of one of your stakeholder sections. This should be 2-3 pages long as already part of your complete rough draft.

 

No class on Monday. Class on Wednesday will be in the regular classroom.

Homework for Friday, November 6

1. Read “On Collaboration” (p. 98-99). As you are in the process of deciding whether you want to write this essay collaboratively, think about how this can be useful to your growth as a writer.

2. Read “Guantanamo Bay Prison Facility” (p. 283-297). This is a good example of a narrow and well-defined topic. Notice how the student’s personal opinion comes through in the preface, but not as much in the actual essay. Also notice the very extensive and professional Works Cited page.

3. Choose your issue and start developing your stakeholders. Fill out at least two of the stakeholder profiles on p. 75-76.

Remember: Don’t choose one stakeholder you agree with and three stakeholders with “ridiculous” arguments. Your paper will be most successful of all four stakeholders are equally well fleshed out.

 

Class on Friday will be in the regular classroom.

 

Homework for Wednesday, November 4

1. Read SRP Assignment Sheet (on class blog).You may want to print it and highlight all important information, to help you remember it while working on the project).

2. Read p. 65 and 67 in the textbook. These pages will be very helpful for coming up with a good issue to write about and for narrowing it down sufficiently.

3. Continue thinking about possible issues and researching them on CQ Researcher (p. 71 in the textbook explains CQ Researcher if you need a refresher).

4. Settle on two possible issues, and write a short description of them (just a sentence or two). We will be doing a go-around of topics in class, so please be prepared. While choosing an issue, always keep in mind that you will have to be able to choose four different stakeholders for it; the four of them should represent different opinions and perspectives.

 

Class on Wednesday will be in the regular classroom.

Homework for Monday, November 2

SW8: Write a letter home, asking for something (other than money). In your letter, you could ask for a care package, a trip, a privilege, etc. Be creative!

Make sure to make a case for why you need the item, as well as why you deserve it. Try to use all three rhetorical appeals.

Length: 1 to 1 1/2 pages.

Class on Monday will be in the computer lab!