College Writing 112 Spring 2019 by https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112 Prof Jon Ruseski en-us 2019-01-21 22:31:58 UTC 2025-04-27 15:54:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Hello! My name is Prof Jon Ruseski and I'll be your college 112 instructor. jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322797612
You can call me Prof. Ruseski and I go by he/him pronouns.

My email is jruseski@umass.edu
You are welcome to email me for any questions/concerns you have regarding the course. It is your responsibility to email me regarding absences and missed classwork.

My office is 1318 Du Bois. My office hours are after class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:45 -4:15 pm or by appointment. 
Please talk to me after class if you would like to meet during office hours. 
]]> 2019-01-21 22:34:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322797612 Welcome to College Writing 112! jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798444 2019-01-21 22:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798444 First Day 1/22/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798473 1. Welcome and introductions. Name, what do you like to be called?, major, where are you from? (10 minutes)
2. Five texts free write. (5 minutes)
3. Share out. What is writing? Why do we write? (5 minutes)
4. Hand out syllabus and introduce course goals and policies,
five units and writing process. (20 minutes) 
5. Questions and icebreakers (human bingo)


]]> 2019-01-21 22:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798473 Week one goals jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798490
  • Introduction to college writing and writing community.
  • Introduce our Unit One assignment.
  • Introduce the concept of writing: as a means for thinking, expressing ideas, engaging others.
  • Introduce syllabus: esp. course goals and policies, five units, writing process, and community guidelines. 

    • ]]>     2019-01-21 22:42:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798490     Five Texts Generative Writing jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798505 List the last five texts you wrote.

    Who were these writings for?
    How were your approaches different or similar? 

    ]]>     2019-01-21 22:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798505     Community Guidelines jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798514 1. Come to class on time, prepared, and ready to participate. Do not leave class until dismissed.
    2. Hand in all work on time. Use classroom time as instructed.
    3. Be respectful and courteous to classmates and professor. No talking over others or aggressive or confrontational attitudes.
    4. Please silence cell phones off and refrain from using them.
    5. Laptop screens down unless being used for writing activities. No online chat, web surfing, shopping, or other class work.
    6. Adopt an "academic posture" of active, engaged learning.

    Students who violate these guidelines will be asked to modify their behavior. If a student is unwilling to unable to do so they will kicked out of class and have an absence recorded for the day.

    If you have a learning disability or other extenuating circumstance that makes adopting these guidelines difficult please discuss with me immediately at the beginning of the semester.

    *Unwillingness to abide by these community guidelines will result in final grade reductions of up to one full letter grade*]]>     2019-01-21 22:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798514     Get to know each other jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798530 Pick one question you would like to answer and share with the group.
    • If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
    • What is a quote that you live your life by?
    • What is your favorite movie/TV show/music group why?
    • What’s your favorite hobby or pastime?
    • Who is your biggest role model and why?
    • Why did you decide to enroll at this college?

    ]]>     2019-01-21 22:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798530     Homework 1/22/19 due 1/24/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798542
    1. Please get your textbooks and bring them to class every day starting 1/24/19.
    2. Please bring a laptop and/or notebook w/ writing utensil to class every day.
    3. Read Opening Conversations, Introduction pg. v-xv.
    4.  Writing Reflection: Reflect on an experience that informed or exemplifies your ideas about writing: the purpose of writing, what makes for good writing, who you are as a writer (Pick one topic or touch on all 3) (min. 500 words)

    *Accept google classroom invite and upload assignments. All assignments will be uploaded to google classroom, class code is:     sk3jgi
    *Optional get Padlet app. 
     
    Books are:
    1. Hoang, Haivan V., et al., editors. Opening Conversations: A Writer’s Reader. Hayden-McNeil Publishing, 2015. ISBN: 9780738080215. 
    2. Lunsford, Andrea A. EasyWriter. 6th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016. ISBN: 9781319050764.
    3. Zukowski, Patricia and Anne Bello et al., editors. The Student Writing Anthology, 2017-18. Hayden-McNeil (make sure you are sold the right edition!) Publishing, 2017. ISBN: 9780738093284. 

    How to order your books: You can purchase these books through the Amazon Course Materials tool; search for Englwrit 112 on SPIRE to get the direct links. If you search for the books online, look for them using ISBN numbers to ensure that you’re getting the correct edition. All texts are also available on course reserve (print only) at the DuBois Library.

    ]]>     2019-01-21 22:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/322798542     Thursday 1/24/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323730726 2019-01-24 00:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323730726 Thursday 1/24/19 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323730763 1. Opening Conversations group work
    2. Share out
    3. Free write: Help! I"m in a chicken suit!
    4. Partner share/listen on writing histories reflection
    5. Review Academic Honesty policy.
    6. Introduce homework.]]>     2019-01-24 00:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323730763     Opening Conversations: A Writer's Reader (Introduction) jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731140 In small groups you will review your assigned section silently, discuss that section, and share out with group.

    Group 1:
    Writing as Conversation: What does it mean to write well in our contemporary world? Write down key components to share with the class.
     
    Group 2:
    The Rhetorical Situation: What is the rhetorical situation? How does the rhetorical situation affect the decisions that writers make? Write down key components to share with the class

    Group 3:
    A Writer's Context: What is a writer's context? Give examples of possible writer's contexts. Write down key components to share with the class


    ]]>     2019-01-24 00:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731140     Help! I woke up in a chicken suit and can't take it off! jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731297 2019-01-24 00:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731297 Rhetorical Triangle jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731750 2019-01-24 00:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731750 1/24/19 Homework due 1/29/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731790 1. Read "Hejira" by David Sedaris pg. 168 & "A Place Where the Soul Can Rest" by bell hooks pg. 118. Highlight and identify your favorite moments or passage from each reading. Come to class prepared to share.
    2.  Make a list of all the places you have been. Start with the places you are most familiar with and hold significance. These may just be places you remember vividly, write them down.  Then branch out into "out of  the ordinary" places you have been (i.e special trips/vacations/other countries).

    ]]>     2019-01-24 00:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/323731790     Syllabus for College Writing jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325392993 2019-01-29 14:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325392993 Making friends at Umass like... jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393059 2019-01-29 14:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393059 Tuesday 1/29 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393132 1. Groups of 3. Share the moment from either essay that you found most memorable. As a group choose one passage to share with the class. What makes it good writing?

    2. Introduction to context & intersectionality. Groups of 5. How does each author experience intersecting contexts? How do these intersecting contexts affect each author? How is each essay rooted in a ‘pivotal place?’
     
    3. Introduce Unit 1: Inquiring into the Self, Pivotal places. 
     
    4. Introduce Writing Process & “Shitty First Drafts”

     5. Context & identitree activity. How have intersecting contexts shaped your identity and ideas about the world? 
     
    6. Look at list of places homework and reflect on brainstorm ideas above. Choose 1-2 places you want to explore in your essay.
     
    7. Memory landscape activity. Create a vivid introduction of place and memory. 
     
    8. Review HW
    ]]>     2019-01-29 14:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393132     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393201 2019-01-29 14:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393201 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393272 2019-01-29 14:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393272 Unit 1 Inquiring Into the Self jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393313 Assignment Sheet


    ]]>     2019-01-29 14:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393313     Context jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393466 Context, as we will discuss, can call up literal places (e.g., rural California, Boston’s suburbs, China). Or broader social contexts like socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, gender, linguistic identity. Or even something in-between
    and local: high school, church, or even the viewer of a particular TV show. Contexts can also lead to applying labels that may or may not fit with our sense of ourselves. For example, someone could be identified as a white, middle-
    class, Catholic woman, but not agree with the set of assumptions that these labels apply. In these cases, it may be more interesting to investigate how we think we do not fit easily with the definitions a context might imply and
    what other influences, perhaps, helped us exceed that context or see problems with it. We will be doing a lot of generative writing to expand on the broad and local contexts that matter to us. 

    Selecting an item that is larger than family, you can brainstorm using a series of questions:

    • How am I a typical member of X (insert context here)?
    • How am I different than others who share this context with me? What accounts for those differences?
    • What kind of person would I be if I had a much different context than X (e.g. was a different gender, grew up in another town, etc.)?
    • How has this context influenced who I am today?]]>     2019-01-29 14:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393466     IdentiTree jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393514 2019-01-29 14:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393514 Memory Landscape Free-write jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393572 Description/Instructions:
    ● Brainstorm a list of places that are important to you, ones that you have a strong attachment or reaction to. (This can be positive, negative, or some combination.) List as many as you can.
    ● From this list, choose the one you are most interested in. Close your eyes and imagine being in that place (5 minutes):
    ○ What do you see? hear? smell? taste?
    ○ What do you notice in the foreground? The distance?
    ○ Is it hot? cold? damp? windy? rainy?
    ○ Is there natural sunlight? neon light? a single candle light?
    ○ What time of day is it? What time of year? Etc.?
    ● List the five senses across the top of a page (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch). Write as many details as you can associated with this place.
    ● Write a list of similes and metaphors associated with these sensory details as you can.
    ● Freewrite about a particular time that you were in this place:
    ○ What happened?
    ○ How did the place effect the event or story?]]>     2019-01-29 14:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393572     Tuesday 1/29/19 Homework due Thursday 1/31/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393629 1. Read The System by Olivia Laughlin in SWA, pp. 58 - 60
    -What contexts shape this writer?

    -Group 1: Where does the writer describe and narrate?
    -Group 2: Where is the writer critically reflecting?
    -Group 3: How does the text move between description/narrative and self-discovery?

    *Groups will be assigned in class on Thursday

    2. Write 750+ word initial draft of Unit 1 essay. Bring in one printed copy and be prepared to peer review. ]]>     2019-01-29 14:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/325393629     1/31/19 Thursday jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320041 2019-01-31 15:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320041 Thursday 1/31 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320182 1. Introduce Writing Process & “Shitty First Drafts”

    2. Revision share out. Why revise? What are your experiences? Revision metaphor
     
    3. Discuss The System
     
    4. Peer Response Round Robin! 

    5. Intersecting Context Generative Writing. How have intersecting contexts shaped your identity and ideas about the world? 
     
    6. Review HW. I will give everyone feedback over the weekend!
     
    HW
    1. Read all 5 “Inquiring Into The Self” sample essays in SWA pg.45-63
    *Come up with one revision idea to share with the class based off a passage or rhetorical/structural decision from one of these 5 essays.
     
    2. Begin revising using peer response feedback! Revised Draft due Thursday 2/7. Bring physical or digital working draft with you to class.
    ]]>     2019-01-31 15:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320182     The System jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320276 The System by Olivia Laughlin in SWA, pp. 58 - 60
    -What contexts shape this writer?

    -Group 1: Where does the writer describe and narrate? 
    -Group 2: Where is the writer critically reflecting? 
    -Group 3: How does the text move between description/narrative and self-discovery? 

    ]]>     2019-01-31 15:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320276     Context jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320423 Context, as we will discuss, can call up literal places (e.g., rural California, Boston’s suburbs, China). Or broader social contexts like socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, gender, linguistic identity. Or even something in-between
    and local: high school, church, or even the viewer of a particular TV show. Contexts can also lead to applying labels that may or may not fit with our sense of ourselves. For example, someone could be identified as a white, middle-
    class, Catholic woman, but not agree with the set of assumptions that these labels apply. In these cases, it may be more interesting to investigate how we think we do not fit easily with the definitions a context might imply and
    what other influences, perhaps, helped us exceed that context or see problems with it. We will be doing a lot of generative writing to expand on the broad and local contexts that matter to us. 

    Selecting an item that is larger than family, you can brainstorm using a series of questions:

    • How am I a typical member of X (insert context here)?
    • How am I different than others who share this context with me? What accounts for those differences?
    • What kind of person would I be if I had a much different context than X (e.g. was a different gender, grew up in another town, etc.)?
    • How has this context influenced who I am today?]]>     2019-01-31 15:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320423     HW 1/31 due 2/5 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320826 1. Read all 5 “Inquiring Into The Self” sample essays in SWA pg.45-63
    *Come up with one revision idea to share with the class based off a passage or rhetorical/structural decision from one of these 5 essays.
     
    2. Begin revising using peer response feedback! Revised Draft due Thursday 2/7. Bring physical or digital working draft with you to class.
    ]]>     2019-01-31 15:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/326320826     Tuesday 2/5/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327786401 2019-02-05 14:38:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327786401 Tuesday 2/5 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327787591 1. Groups of 4. Share and discuss revision strategies. Come up with one idea/example to share with the class. Class takes notes. Further discuss SWA readings. Pick one revision to make on your paper.
    2. Picturing the personal essay 
    3. Context & IdentiTtree activity. How have intersecting contexts shaped your identity and ideas about the world?
    4. Begin revising
     
    HW
    *Revise using one of the structures modeled in class.
    *Revised draft due Thursday 2/7
    ]]>     2019-02-05 14:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327787591     Context Generative Writing jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327787711 Context can call up literal places (e.g., rural California, Boston’s suburbs, China). Or broader social contexts like socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, gender, linguistic identity. Or even something in-between and local: high school, church, or even the viewer of a particular TV show. Contexts can also lead to applying labels that may or may not fit with our sense of ourselves. For example, someone could be identified as a white, middle- class, Catholic woman, but not agree with the set of assumptions that these labels apply. In these cases, it may be more interesting to investigate how we think we do not fit easily with the definitions a context might imply and what other influences, perhaps, helped us exceed that context or see problems with it.

    Reflecting on your IndentiTree, respond to the following questions about your pivotal place and context:

    • How am I a typical member of X (insert context here)?
    • How am I different than others who share this context with me? What accounts for those differences?
    • What kind of person would I be if I had a much different context than X (e.g. was a different gender, grew up in another town, etc.)?
    • How has this context influenced who I am today?
    • How is my context a symptom of larger external factors—gender stereotypes, the socio-economic climate of the town in which you were raised, the received values of your parents, racial prejudice or privilege etc?]]>     2019-02-05 14:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327787711     HW 2/5 due 2/7 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327787766 1. Revise Pivotal Places essay based on revision strategy and free writes done in class (1,000 words) and bring a paper copy for peer review. Revised Draft due 2/7.

    2. Bring Easy Writer next class

    3. Review Picturing the Personal Essay to recap structures modeled in class.

    https://www.creativenonfiction.org/online-reading/picturing-personal-essay-visual-guide]]>     2019-02-05 14:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/327787766     Thursday 2/7/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935654 2019-02-07 19:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935654 Thursday 2/7 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935785 1. Free write on endings. What ending of a movie, song, tv show, book, etc. will you never forget? Why do you think this ending has stayed with you? What made this a "good" ending?

    2. Discuss in small groups. What did your endings have in common? What was different? Why are endings important? Share endings.

    3. Titling. Discuss in small groups. What makes a good title? Refer to SWA titles if handy. Share titles.

    4. In groups review the Unit One assignment sheet and read each other's 1st revised draft. Come up with two questions you would like to see answered in their paper. Discuss revision strategies we talked about on Tuesday such as sentence structure, description, critical self-reflection, and organization. Is your peer completing the assignment? How might they further revise? Brainstorm a few title ideas.

    5. Review Easy Writer Top 20 pg. 26. Choose 3 items to focus on in copy-editing.

    6. Discuss portfolio expectations.]]>     2019-02-07 19:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935785     Conclusion Writing Prompt jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935855 1. What is an interesting way, original way to restate my main points?
    2. What is important or interesting about the points I've made?
    3. What can readers take away from my essay that is useful, or that might shed light on their own lives or the world around them?
    4. If I'm describing a problem in my paper, what might be a possible solution?
    5. Does your pivotal place and/or contexts have an influence in your choice in coming to Umass or selecting a major? ]]>     2019-02-07 19:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935855     2/7/19 Homework due 2/12/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935913 1. UNIT 1 Final Essay due 2/12!

    Re-read Unit One assignment sheet.
    Revise final essay and conclusion using peer review from class.
    Copy-edit final paper using Easy Writer Top 20

    Remember your final grade reflects your ENTIRE portfolio:
    1. Reflective Writing HW
    2. Initial draft
    3. Revised draft
    4. Final Paper (copyedited) Please include a title. 
    5. Unit One reflection (to be done in class on 2/12/19 please bring laptop)

    ]]>     2019-02-07 19:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/328935913     Tuesday 2/12/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435443 2019-02-12 16:56:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435443 Tuesday 2/12/19 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435557 SNOW DAY - CAMPUS CLOSED

    1. Complete Unit 1 Reflection posted above by Thursday. Submit via Google Classroom. This is the final part of your Unit 1 portfolio. It is required in order to receive a complete portfolio grade.

    2. Review Unit 2 assignment sheet posted above. We will discuss in class on Thursday 2/14.

    3. Complete bell hooks Responding to Quotes worksheet posted above for HW. Submit via Google Classroom.]]>     2019-02-12 16:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435557     Unit One Reflection jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435633 2019-02-12 16:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435633 bell hooks Responding to Quotes jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435757 2-3 quotes of "appreciation" and 2-3 quote of "criticism" please. Upload to google classroom and be prepared to share next class. ]]> 2019-02-12 16:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435757 Lemonade jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435807 This a video album about infidelity and redemption, but also has other major themes/motifs. There is an overt celebration of womanhood and the female body--of all shapes and sizes (a good instance is Serena Williams' presence, who is criticized for being "too masculine" by the media); this celebration lives in part with the criticism of our culture's disrespect of the female body--and the black female body, specifically. Also, there are overt nods to the South throughout--and in one specific chapter--police brutality, which we can see as potentially linking systemic oppression of African Americans.


    ]]>     2019-02-12 16:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435807     Moving Beyond Pain by Bell Hooks jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435850 2019-02-12 16:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435850 Homework 2/12 due 2/14 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435917 1. Make sure to complete Unit 1 Reflection by Thursday!

    2. Read Bell Hooks critical response essay : http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/blog/2016/5/9/moving-beyond-pain

    followed by this summary:
    http://www.factmag.com/2016/04/27/lemonade-beyonce-meaning-visual-album/

    3. Complete Responding To Quotes worksheet below. Submit via Google Classroom.
     
    *Additional optional readings on Lemonade
    https://www.vox.com/2016/5/4/11573402/beyonce-lemonade-review-angry-black-woman

    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonces-lemonade-everything-you-need-to-know-about-video-album-186039/

    https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rmjdz4/beyonce-jay-z-lemonade-music-video-track-review-2016]]>     2019-02-12 16:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330435917     Unit 2: Interacting with Text Assignment sheet jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330602328 2019-02-12 22:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/330602328 2/14/19 Thursday jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488078 2019-02-14 19:29:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488078 Thursday 2/14/19 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488155 *No Class Meeting Tuesday. UMass follows a Monday schedule

    1. Recap Unit 1 Reflection
    2. Intro Unit 2 Assignment
    3. Discuss summary and response. What is summary? What is response? Discuss ways of responding?
    4. Discuss Hooks response.
    5. Free write on football. What thoughts come to mind when you think of football? How do you feel about football? Why do you think this is? What contexts have helped shape your perceptions on the sport?
    6.  Free write on language. How many languages do you speak? How is language tied to your identity or your experience? Why do you think this is? What contexts have influenced your relationship to language?]]>     2019-02-14 19:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488155     Possible Ways of Responding to a Text jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488214 2019-02-14 19:30:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488214 Reading to Respond *Please read before you read OC essays* jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488254 2019-02-14 19:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488254 Homework 2/14/19 due 2/19/19 & 2/21/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488298 *No class meeting on 2/19. UMass follows a Monday schedule.

    HW due 2/19

    1. Read and complete the Reading to Respond activity (PDF below) while reading Opening Conversations: You Knock My Brains Out This Sunday and I Knock Your Brains Out the Next Time We Meet by Steve Almond. p. 19-33.

    2. Write a 300 word summary and 500 word response (refer to possible ways of responding to a text for ideas) to Almond's essay. Bring in a hard or digital copy for 2/21.

    HW due 2/21

    1. Read and complete the Reading to Respond activity (PDF below) while reading Opening Conversations: How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldúa. p. 34-44.

    2. Write a 300 word summary and 500 word response (refer to possible ways of responding to a text for ideas) to Anzaldúa's essay. Bring in a hard or digital copy for 2/21.


    ]]>     2019-02-14 19:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/331488298     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333841940 2019-02-21 19:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333841940 Thursday 2/21 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333841991 1. Intro to Ethos/Pathos/Logos activity. 
    2. Group work: discuss essay with questions. Groups should write answers on the  google classroom and be prepared to share. (20 minutes)
    3. Peers share responses to both essays.  Discus which essay would be best to respond to for Unit 2.
    4. Free write: based on our conversation what ideas are you now considering about the ideas raised in the essay? Before class what points/issues did you not consider? What are you now re-considering? Re-thinking? Why? What questions do you have now?]]>     2019-02-21 19:25:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333841991     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842122 2019-02-21 19:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842122 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842172 2019-02-21 19:26:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842172 ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842219 2019-02-21 19:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842219 ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842495 2019-02-21 19:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842495 Group Work jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842589 1. Group One: How does each author bring in their own context? What are their writer's contexts? Why are they important? Where do you see this in the text? Where do you see Ethos used as a rhetorical device? Give examples.

    2. Group Two: What is each author's exigence? Why write this? What does this writing aim to do in the world? Where do you see Pathos used as a rhetorical device? Give examples.

    3. For what audiences do you see each text aimed for? What language in the text makes you think this? How is research used? Where do you see Logos used as rhetorical device? Give examples.

    All groups: 

    Is Almond against football? What other larger external contexts does Almond bring in? Where do you see him complicating his views as opposed to just pro/against? 

    What do you think Anzaldúa is critiquing and challenging in this text? What is Anzaldúa suggesting about language and identity? What stylistic approaches does Anzaldúa use to futher illustrate her purpose? Do you think these were impactful? Compare and contrast the stylistic choices of Almond and Anzaldúa.


    ]]>     2019-02-21 19:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842589     Homework Thursday 2/21 due Tuesday 2/26 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842640 *No class meetings next week, we are meeting in my office for Individual Conferences!

    Unit 2 Draft due 2/26!]]>     2019-02-21 19:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/333842640     Tuesday 3/5/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097100 2019-03-05 19:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097100 Thursday 3/5 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097173 1. Google Slides: MLA Format, In-Text Citations & Sample Works Cited
    2. Recap Quote Sandwich/ Argumentative Essay Outline
    3. Peer Review: Unit 2 Revision Worksheet
    4. Review common errors]]>     2019-03-05 19:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097173     UNIT 2 Revision Worksheet jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097253

    ]]>     2019-03-05 19:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097253     Examine your paper for these common errors. jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097320 ● Affect, effect : Affect is an active verb, and effect is a noun. Think of affect with an a for action and effect with an e for the end result. Effect can be used as a verb with to, as in “to effect change,” but that is not a common use. 
    ○ Example: "Failing your style tests will affect your grade, but the effect on your writing will be more serious." 
    • ●  A lot, a lot : Two words, please. Always. If you can’t remember, use many instead of "a lot." 
    • ●  Alright : Use two words, all right, to mean OK. 
    • ●  Comma: Use a comma between two independent clauses joined by a conjunction – 
    • and, but, yet, for, or, nor – unless the clauses are short. Use a comma after an introductory clause unless it is short. Always put commas inside the quotation marks in a direct quote. 
    ○ Example: “When a sentence includes a direct quote (that’s an introductory clause), the comma always goes inside the quotation marks,” the professor said. “So does the period.” 
    • ●  Dangling modifier: A phrase or a participle (an adjective made from a verb ending in ing) is said to dangle if it is not placed directly before the noun or pronoun it modifies. Example: 
      • ○  Dangling modifier: "After studying for three hours, the test was canceled." (The test did not study for three hours. The student did.) 
      • ○  Correct: "After studying for three hours, the student learned that the test was canceled." 
    • ●  Farther, further : Farther is distance; further involves length of time, quantity, or intensity. 
      • ○  Example: "How much farther do we have to drive?" 
      • ○  Example: "I’ll give this further thought." 
    • ●  Fragment: An incomplete sentence, sometimes just a word or a phrase. (That is a 
    • fragment.) Fragments can be effective as a writing technique, but should be used 
    • cautiously and rarely. 
    • ●  Goes without saying : If it does go without saying, then why say it? 
    • ●  It’s, its: It’s is a contraction for it is; its is a possessive word meaning belonging to it. 
    ○ Example: It’s going to cost more to attend college next year, because the university raised its tuition. 
    ○ Needless to say : If it’s needless to say, don’t say it. 
    • ●  Should have, not should of : Of should never be used as a verb. Also wrong: could of 
    • and would of in place of could have and would have. 
    • ●  Than, then : Than is used for comparison; then is used for time. 
    • ●  Their, there, they’re : Their means “belonging to them”; there means “where” or 
    • indicates a place or is sometimes used to begin a sentence; they’re is a contraction for they are. 
    ○ Example: "Students who did not qualify for their loans this year said they’re going to file new applications while there is still time." 
    ● Your, you’re : Your is possessive, meaning “belonging to you,” and you’re is a contraction for you are. 
    ○ Example: "Now you’re ready to test your skill by editing your essays." 
    ]]>     2019-03-05 19:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097320     Homework Tuesday 3/5 due Thursday 3/7 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097391
    Unit 2 Final Draft due Thursday 3/7!

    *Make sure your essay is in MLA Format
    *Revise using peer response feedback
    *Copy edit using Easy Writer and errors highlighted below
    *Review Unit 2 Student Anthology Essays


    ]]>     2019-03-05 19:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/338097391     3/7/19 Thursday jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050108 Have a fun and relaxing break!

    ]]>     2019-03-07 19:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050108     3/7/19 Thursday Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050173 1. Unit 2 Reflection. Post to Google Classroom.

    2. Intro Unit 3: Adding to a Conversation.

    3. Read Entering a Conversation on page xiii of OC as class. 

    4. Generative writing exercise: Make a list of everything you did yesterday. 

    5. Partner share. Concept mapping. How can our daily life lead us enter a conversation? How can an every day activity become a larger conversation from various perspectives?
     
    *List topics that truly interest you.
    *List possible audiences you would like to speak to about these topics. 

    ]]>     2019-03-07 19:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050173     UNIT 2 Reflection jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050243 2019-03-07 19:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050243 UNIT 3 Assignment Sheet jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050276 2019-03-07 19:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050276 3/7/19 Homework due 3/19/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050319 Show and Tell
    1. Students bring in a text or item that interests them, anything that they are obsessing over or care about (a book they are reading, an article they encountered, a piece of artwork, a famous photograph, a song, song lyrics, a movie clip). Email me your text if needed.

    2. Prepare 1-2 minute presentation on item and how its subject could prompt an academic conversation. Peers will give feedback after presentation. 


    ]]>     2019-03-07 19:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/339050319     Welcome back! jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971332 2019-03-19 16:56:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971332 3/19/19 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971388 1. Show and Tell. Group discussion: How can this subject could prompt an academic conversation? 

    2. Using Keywords. 3 Degrees!

    3. Generative Writing. Begin brainstorming topics. Project Proposal. 

    ]]>     2019-03-19 16:57:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971388     Concept mapping for unit 3 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971447 2019-03-19 16:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971447 UNIT 3 Project Proposal jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971497 2019-03-19 16:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971497 3/19/19 HW due 3/21/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971538 *Complete project proposal worksheet! Due Thursday 3/21!

    Bring laptops to class on Thursday for research demo!]]>     2019-03-19 16:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/342971538     Thursday 3/21/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883530 2019-03-21 16:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883530 3/21/19 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883567 1. Intro Annotated Bibliography

    2. Demo UMass Library research

    3. Intro CRAAP test

    4. Check in on project Proposals]]>     2019-03-21 16:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883567     What is an annotated bibliography? jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883603 2019-03-21 16:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883603 Annotated Bibliography at Purdue OWL jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883637 Info on Annotated Bibliographies:]]> 2019-03-21 16:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883637 The CRAAP Test jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883695 2019-03-21 16:30:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883695 Craap Method jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883739 2019-03-21 16:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883739 Research question resource jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883792 2019-03-21 16:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883792 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883831 2019-03-21 16:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883831 Research Questions jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883874 2019-03-21 16:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883874 HW 3/21 due 3/26/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883915 1. Rough Annotated Bibliography (3 sources) due 3/26!
    *Minimum 2 sources from UMass library system
    *Each annotation should be 200 words minimum and include a summary and reflection for each source. See Purdue OWL Annotated Bibliography page for clarification
     *Initial Draft extended due 3/28!
     
    2. Reread Steve Almond's "You Knock My Brains Out..."
     
    What kind of sources does Almond include? 
    How is research used?
    ]]>     2019-03-21 16:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/343883915     Tusday 3/26/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/345410268 2019-03-26 18:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/345410268 3/26/19 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/345410330 1. Discuss Steve Almond

    2 examples per group
    *What is the source that is used?
    *How does it add to the conversation?


    2. 4 focusing questions activity!
    *share annotated bibliography with each member in your group
    *what's a question you'd like to see answered?


    3. Begin initial draft. Use argumentative essay outline!

    ]]>     2019-03-26 18:24:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/345410330     HW 3/26 due 3/28/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/345410529 *Initial Draft due Thursday! 750 words. Use argumentative essay outline.

    *Read Unit 3 Student Anthology Essays pg. 90-113
    How does each author 'add to the conversation'?
    Please come prepared with notes on all 5 essays.]]>     2019-03-26 18:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/345410529     3/28/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290859 2019-03-28 18:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290859 Agenda 3/28 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290906 1. Conference Sign-up

    2. Introduce conclusions

    3. Discuss SWA essays
    *How does the author add to the conversation?
    *How do they offer a solution?

    4. Peer Review]]>     2019-03-28 18:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290906     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290962 2019-03-28 18:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290962 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290995 2019-03-28 18:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346290995 HW week of 4/4 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346291037 *No class meeting next week
    *We will be meeting for conferences in my office instead!
    Bring revised draft and any questions about the assignment to conference

    Revised Draft due Thursday 4/4]]>     2019-03-28 18:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/346291037     HW due Tuesday 4/9 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/348710411 *Read "Outcomes, Testing, Learning: What's at Stake?" by Peter Brooks (Opening Conversations pg. 59)

    *Final Essays Extended! Final Draft and Annotated bibliography due Thursday 4/11

    *Please bring Easy Writer along with a digital or physical copy of your essay to class for copy-editing. Printed copies are preferred, but not required.
    ]]>     2019-04-04 19:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/348710411     Agenda 4/9 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/349934318 1. Discuss "Outcomes, Testing, Learning: What's at Stake?" by Peter Brooks (Opening Conversations pg. 59)

    2. Discuss Commas (Easy Writer pg. 318)

    3. Copy-editing grab bag]]>     2019-04-09 13:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/349934318     HW due Thursday 4/11 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/349935354 *Unit 3 Final Essay and Annotated Bibliography due Thursday!!]]> 2019-04-09 13:53:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/349935354 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/349936499 2019-04-09 13:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/349936499 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921060 2019-04-11 18:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921060 Agenda 4/11/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921094 1. Unit 3 Reflection

    2. Intro Unit 4

    3. Show examples of past projects]]>     2019-04-11 18:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921094     UNIT 3 REFLECTION jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921132 2019-04-11 18:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921132 HW due 4/16/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921166 Brainstorm ideas for class magazine!

    *a title
    *a slogan
    *a design concept

    please come with a list of all 3 items above completed!

    ]]>     2019-04-11 18:31:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/350921166     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352082006 2019-04-16 18:26:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352082006 Agenda 4/16/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352082034 1. Share magazine ideas in small groups
    2. Nominate
    3. Vote
    4. Brainstorm "essay" ideas in groups
    5. Begin drafting]]>     2019-04-16 18:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352082034     HW due 4/18/19 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352082069 *Initial Draft due Thursday 4/18

    *Find a piece of writing (anything) that contains rhetoric you find exciting
    *Come prepared to present in clas]]>     2019-04-16 18:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352082069     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352640477 2019-04-18 18:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352640477 Agenda 4/18 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352640508 1. Share HW. What makes exciting rhetoric?
    2. Partners: brainstorm design / image ideas
    3. Assign groups, assign roles:

    Graphic Design Team: design, imagery, author photos
    Editorial Team: structure, order, sections, bios
    Cover Artist]]>     2019-04-18 18:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352640508     HW due 4/23 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352640540 * Come to class with 3 images to include with your article!
    *Begin revising]]>     2019-04-18 18:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/352640540     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/353430919 2019-04-23 16:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/353430919 HW due 4/26 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/353431163 Final PDF file for class magazine due Friday 4/26!!

    Submit via email or Google Drive

    ]]>     2019-04-23 16:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/353431163     UNIT 5 - FINAL REFLECTION jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/354231992 2019-04-25 18:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/354231992 FINAL DEADLINES jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/354232194 Final PDF file for class magazine due Friday 4/26!!

    Final Reflection letter due anytime before Tuesday 5/7

    *** Submit via email or Google Drive]]>     2019-04-25 18:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/354232194     Thursday 1/23/20 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434679791 1. Opening Conversations group work
    2. Share out
    3. Free write: Help! I"m in a chicken suit! 
    4. Partner share/listen on writing histories reflection
    5. Introduce homework. Start free write.]]>     2020-01-22 17:32:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434679791     Opening Conversations: A Writer's Reader (Introduction) jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434679891 In small groups you will review your assigned section, discuss that section, and share out with group.

    Group 1:
    Writing as Conversation: What does it mean to write well in our contemporary world? Write down key components to share with the class.
     
    Group 2:
    The Rhetorical Situation: What is the rhetorical situation? How does the rhetorical situation affect the decisions that writers make? Write down key components to share with the class

    Group 3:
    A Writer's Context: What is a writer's context? Give examples of possible writer's contexts. Write down key components to share with the class


    ]]>     2020-01-22 17:32:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434679891     Help! I woke up in a chicken suit and can't take it off! jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434679980 2020-01-22 17:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434679980 Rhetorical Triangle jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434680058 2020-01-22 17:33:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434680058 Homework due 1/28/20 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434680182 1. Read "Hejira" by David Sedaris pg. 168 & "A Place Where the Soul Can Rest" by bell hooks pg. 118. Highlight and identify your favorite moments or passage from each reading. Come to class prepared to share.
    2.  Make a list of all the places you have been. Start with the places you are most familiar with and hold significance then branch out into "out of  the ordinary" places you have been (i.e special trips/vacations/other countries). List as many as you can think of.

    ]]>     2020-01-22 17:33:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434680182     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434682477 2020-01-22 17:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/434682477 Tuesday 1/28 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436420921 1. Groups of 3. Share the moment from each essay that you found most memorable. As a group choose one passage to share with the class. What makes it good writing?

    2. Introduction to context & intersectionality. Groups of 5. How does each author experience intersecting contexts? How do these intersecting contexts affect each author? How is each essay rooted in a ‘pivotal place?’
     
    3. Introduce Unit 1: Inquiring into the Self, Pivotal places. 
     
    4. Introduce Writing Process & “Shitty First Drafts”

    5. Memory landscape activity. Create a vivid introduction of place and memory. Look at list of places homework and reflect on brainstorm ideas above. Choose a place you want to explore in your essay. 

    6. Context & identitree activity. How have intersecting contexts shaped your identity and ideas about the world?  
     
    7. Review HW
    ]]>     2020-01-27 14:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436420921     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421010 2020-01-27 14:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421010 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421086 2020-01-27 14:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421086 Introduction to context & intersectionality. jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421145  Groups of 5. 

    How does each author experience intersecting contexts? 

    How do these intersecting contexts affect each author? 

    How is each essay rooted in a ‘pivotal place?’]]>     2020-01-27 14:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421145     Context jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421215 Context, as we will discuss, can call up literal places (e.g., rural California, Boston’s suburbs, China). Or broader social contexts like socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, gender, linguistic identity. Or even something in-between
    and local: high school, church, or even the viewer of a particular TV show. Contexts can also lead to applying labels that may or may not fit with our sense of ourselves. For example, someone could be identified as a white, middle-
    class, Catholic woman, but not agree with the set of assumptions that these labels apply. In these cases, it may be more interesting to investigate how we think we do not fit easily with the definitions a context might imply and
    what other influences, perhaps, helped us exceed that context or see problems with it. We will be doing a lot of generative writing to expand on the broad and local contexts that matter to us. 

    Selecting an item that is larger than family, you can brainstorm using a series of questions:

    • How am I a typical member of X (insert context here)?
    • How am I different than others who share this context with me? What accounts for those differences?
    • What kind of person would I be if I had a much different context than X (e.g. was a different gender, grew up in another town, etc.)?
    • How has this context influenced who I am today?]]>     2020-01-27 14:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421215     IdentiTree jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421284 2020-01-27 14:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421284 Memory Landscape Free-write jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421436 Description/Instructions:
    ● Brainstorm a list of places that are important to you, ones that you have a strong attachment or reaction to. (This can be positive, negative, or some combination.) List as many as you can.
    ● From this list, choose the one you are most interested in. Close your eyes and imagine being in that place (5 minutes):
    ○ What do you see? hear? smell? taste?
    ○ What do you notice in the foreground? The distance?
    ○ Is it hot? cold? damp? windy? rainy?
    ○ Is there natural sunlight? neon light? a single candle light?
    ○ What time of day is it? What time of year? Etc.?
    ● List the five senses across the top of a page (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch). Write as many details as you can associated with this place.
    ● Write a list of similes and metaphors associated with these sensory details as you can.
    ● Freewrite about a particular time that you were in this place:
    ○ What happened?
    ○ How did the place effect the event or story?]]>     2020-01-27 14:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421436     Homework due Thursday 1/30 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421793 1. Read SWA pg. 4-12
    Coloring Outside the Lines by Daniel Kiely, Jr.
    The System by Olivia Laughlin
    Lost and Found by Kira Levenson

    Reflect on the questions below and highlight/take notes accordingly. Come to class prepared to discuss these question.

    What contexts shape this writer?
    Where does the writer describe and narrate?
    Where is the writer critically reflecting?
    How does the text move between description/narrative and self-discovery?


    2. Write 750+ word initial draft of Unit 1 essay. Bring in one printed copy and be prepared to peer review. ]]>     2020-01-27 14:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436421793     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436663229 2020-01-27 20:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/436663229 Thursday 1/30 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437822697 1. Discuss SWA Readings. 3 groups.

    What contexts shape this writer?
    Where does the writer describe and narrate? 
    Where is the writer critically reflecting? 
    How does the text move between description/narrative and self-discovery?
     
    2. Peer Response Round Robin! 

    3. Intersecting Context Generative Writing. How have intersecting contexts shaped your identity and ideas about the world? 
     
    4. Review HW. I will give everyone feedback over the weekend!
     

    HW
    1. Read remaining “Inquiring Into The Self” sample essays in SWA pg.13-23
     
    *Come up with one revision idea to share with the class based off a passage or rhetorical/structural decision from any one of the six sample Unit 1 essays (pg.4-23) .
     
    2. Begin revising using peer response feedback! Revised Draft due Thursday 9/19. Bring physical or digital working draft with you to class.
    ]]>     2020-01-29 20:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437822697     SWA Discussion Questions jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437822764 What contexts shape this writer?

    Where does the writer describe and narrate? 

    Where is the writer critically reflecting? 

    How does the text move between description/narrative and self-discovery?


    ]]>     2020-01-29 20:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437822764     Context Generative Writing jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437822839 Context, as we've discussed, can call up literal places (e.g., rural California, Boston’s suburbs, China). Or broader social contexts like socioeconomic class, race, ethnicity, gender, linguistic identity. Or even something in-between
    and local: high school, church, or even the viewer of a particular TV show. Contexts can also lead to applying labels that may or may not fit with our sense of ourselves. For example, someone could be identified as a white, middle-
    class, Catholic woman, but not agree with the set of assumptions that these labels apply. In these cases, it may be more interesting to investigate how we think we do not fit easily with the definitions a context might imply and
    what other influences, perhaps, helped us exceed that context or see problems with it.

    Selecting a context you wrote about in your draft, freewrite / brainstorm responding to these questions.

    • How am I a typical member of X (insert context here)?
    • How am I different than others who share this context with me? What accounts for those differences?
    • What kind of person would I be if I had a much different context than X (e.g. was a different gender, grew up in another town, etc.)?
    • How has this context influenced who I am today?]]>     2020-01-29 20:03:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437822839     HW due 2/4 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437823180 1. Read remaining “Inquiring Into The Self” sample essays in SWA pg.13-23
     
    *Come up with one revision idea to share with the class based off a passage or rhetorical/structural decision from any one of the six sample Unit 1 essays (pg.4-23) .
     
    2. Begin revising using peer response feedback! Revised Draft due Thursday 9/19. Bring physical or digital working draft with you to class.
    ]]>     2020-01-29 20:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437823180     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437823808 2020-01-29 20:05:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/437823808 Tuesday 2/4 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439834668 1. Groups of 3. Share and discuss revision strategies. Come up with one idea/example to share with the class. Class takes notes. Further discuss SWA readings. Pick one revision to make on your paper.
    2. Picturing the personal essay 
    3. In your groups, discuss possible revision strategies. Focus on structure and conclusion. What structural options seem best for each essay? Review Unit 1 assignment sheet questions. Choose a question to focus on. How can you approach answering it in your conclusion?
    4. Begin revising
     
    HW
    *Revise your essay using one of the structures modeled in class.
    *Revised draft due Thursday 2/6
    ]]>     2020-02-03 18:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439834668     Picturing the personal essay jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439834753 2020-02-03 18:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439834753 Unit 1 Assignment Sheet Questions jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439835318 In your groups, discuss possible revision strategies. Focus on structure and conclusion. What structural options seem best for each essay? 

    Review Unit 1 assignment sheet questions. Choose a question to focus on. How can you approach answering it in your conclusion?

    • How do others see your pivotal place? Did you once see it this way, too? What do you see in this place that others don’t?
    • Identify one or two experiences that illustrate how this place was meaningful to you? Why did/does this place mean something to you?
    • How did this place help you discover an important aspect of yourself?
    • How did your experience there have a ripple effect in your life, impacting the way you express yourself in other places? In other words, how is this “place” now a part of you?


    ]]>     2020-02-03 18:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439835318     HW due 2/6 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439835411 1. Revise Pivotal Places essay based on revision strategy and reflection done in class (1,000 words), paying close attention to structure and conclusion. Bring a physical or digital copy for peer review. Revised Draft due 2/6.

    2. Bring Easy Writer next class!

    3. Review Picturing the Personal Essay to recap structures modeled in class.

    https://www.creativenonfiction.org/online-reading/picturing-personal-essay-visual-guide]]>     2020-02-03 18:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439835411     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439841674 2020-02-03 18:34:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/439841674 Thursday 2/6 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/440934146 1. Free write on endings. What ending of a movie, song, tv show, book, etc. will you never forget? Why do you think this ending has stayed with you? What made this a "good" ending?

    2. Discuss in small groups. What did your endings have in common? What was different? Why are endings important? Share endings.

    3. Titling. Discuss in small groups. What makes a good title? Refer to SWA titles if handy. Share titles.

    4. Review Easy Writer Top 20 pg. 26. Choose 3 items to focus on in copy-editing. Copy-edit with partner.

    5. Revision worksheet.

    6. Discuss portfolio expectations.]]>     2020-02-05 14:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/440934146     Homework due 2/11/20 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/440934353 1. UNIT 1 Final Essay due 2/11!

    Re-read Unit One assignment sheet.
    Revise final essay and conclusion using peer review from class.
    Copy-edit final paper using Easy Writer Top 20

    Remember your final grade reflects your ENTIRE portfolio:
    1. Reflective Writing HW
    2. Initial draft
    3. Revised draft
    4. Final Paper (copyedited) Please include a title. 
    5. Unit One reflection (to be done in class on 2/11 please bring laptop)

    ]]>     2020-02-05 14:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/440934353     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/440934925 2020-02-05 14:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/440934925 Tuesday 2/11 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442784344
    1. Complete Unit 1 Reflection. Submit via Google Classroom. This is the final part of your Unit 1 portfolio. It is required in order to receive a complete portfolio grade.

    2. Introduction to Unit 2.

    3. Discuss summary and response. What is summary? What is response? Discuss ways of responding.]]>     2020-02-09 23:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442784344     Possible Ways of Responding to a Text jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442784408 2020-02-09 23:22:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442784408 Homework due 2/13 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442784437
    Read Opening Conversations: You Knock My Brains Out This Sunday and I Knock Your Brains Out the Next Time We Meet by Steve Almond. p. 19-33.

    Write a 300 word summary and 500 word response (refer to possible ways of responding to a text for ideas) to Almond's essay. Bring in a hard or digital copy for 2/13.]]>     2020-02-09 23:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442784437     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442786078 2020-02-09 23:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442786078 Unit 2 Assignment Sheet jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442792919 2020-02-10 00:07:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442792919 Unit 1 Reflection jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442793616 2020-02-10 00:12:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/442793616 Thursday 2/13 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443222 1. Intro to Ethos/Pathos/Logos activity. 
    2. Group work: discuss essay with questions. Groups should write answers in Google Drive and be prepared to share.
    3. Peers share responses. Generate one point or question for class discussion.
    4. Free write: based on our conversation what ideas are you now considering about the ideas raised in the essay? Before class what points/issues did you not consider? What are you now re-considering? Re-thinking? Why? What questions do you have now?

    ]]>     2020-02-12 16:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443222     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443344 2020-02-12 16:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443344 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443422 2020-02-12 16:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443422 ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443490 2020-02-12 16:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443490 ETHOS PATHOS LOGOS jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443556 2020-02-12 16:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443556 Group Work jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443666 1. Group One: How does Almond bring in his own context? What is his writer's context? Why is it important? Where do you see this in the text? Where do you see Ethos used as a rhetorical device? Give examples.

    2. Group Two: What is Almond's exigence? Why write this? What does this writing aim to do in the world? Where do you see Pathos used as a rhetorical device? Give examples.

    3. For what audiences is this text aimed for? What language in the text makes you think this? How is research used? Where do you see Logos used as rhetorical device? Give examples.

    All groups: 

    Is Almond against football? What other larger external contexts does Almond bring in? Where do you see him complicating his views as opposed to just pro/against? 




    ]]>     2020-02-12 16:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443666     Free Write jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443834 Free write: based on our conversation what ideas are you now considering about the ideas raised in the essay? Before class what points/issues did you not consider? What are you now re-considering? Re-thinking? Why? What questions do you have now?]]> 2020-02-12 16:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443834 Homework due 2/20 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443972 Read Opening Conversations:  How to Tame a Wild Tongue by Gloria Anzaldúa. p. 34-44.

    Write a 300 word summary and 500 word response (refer to possible ways of responding to a text for ideas) to Anzaldúa's essay. Bring in a hard or digital copy for 2/20.]]>     2020-02-12 16:23:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444443972     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444444888 2020-02-12 16:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/444444888 Thursday 2/20 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979136 1. Clarify HW / Workshop schedule
    2. Intro to In-Text Citations
    3. Group work: discuss essay with questions. Groups should write answers in Google Drive and be prepared to share.
    4. Peers share responses. Generate one point or question for class discussion. Discus which essay would be best to respond to for Unit 2.
    5. Free write: based on our conversation what ideas are you now considering about the ideas raised in the essay? Before class what points/issues did you not consider? What are you now re-considering? Re-thinking? Why? What questions do you have now?]]>     2020-02-18 18:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979136     Group Work jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979284 1. Group One: How does Anzaldúa bring in her own context? What is her writer's context? Why is it important? Where do you see this in the text? Where do you see Ethos used as a rhetorical device? Give examples.

    2. Group Two: What is Anzaldúa's exigence? Why write this? What does this writing aim to do in the world? Where do you see Pathos used as a rhetorical device? Give examples.

    3. Group Three: For what audiences is this text aimed for? What language in the text makes you think this? How is research used? Where do you see Logos used as rhetorical device? Give examples.

    All groups: 

    What do you think Anzaldúa is critiquing and challenging in this text? What is Anzaldúa suggesting about language and identity? What stylistic approaches does Anzaldúa use to further illustrate her purpose? Do you think these were impactful? Compare and contrast the stylistic choices of Almond and Anzaldúa.


    ]]>     2020-02-18 18:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979284     Free Write jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979364 Free write: based on our conversation what ideas are you now considering about the ideas raised in the essay? Before class what points/issues did you not consider? What are you now re-considering? Re-thinking? Why? What questions do you have now?]]> 2020-02-18 18:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979364 HW jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979549 Workshops meet next week!
    Check you Workshop Dates
     
    Read SWA pg. 28-47
    How does each author “interact with the text?” Come to workshop prepared to answer this question. Refer to “Ways of Responding to a Text” worksheet.
     
    Initial Draft due Tuesday 2/25 
    Bring digital or printed copy to Workshop


    Unit 2 Initial Draft due Thursday 2/25
    Unit 2 Revised Draft due Thursday 3/3
    Final Draft due Thursday 3/5
    ]]>     2020-02-18 18:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446979549     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446982649 2020-02-18 18:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/446982649 Tuesday 3/3 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587832 *No class meeting Thursday 3/5. Unit 2 Final Essay due Tuesday 3/10.

    1. Google Slides: MLA Format, In-Text Citations & Sample Works Cited

    2. Recap Quote Sandwich/ Argumentative Essay Outline
     
    3. Plagiarism & Academic Honesty 

    4. Peer Review, copy edit for common errors.  Focus on quotations. Are quotes introduced with a signal phrase? Cited properly? Explained? 
    ]]>     2020-03-01 15:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587832     Examine your paper for these common errors. jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587861 ● Affect, effect : Affect is an active verb, and effect is a noun. Think of affect with an a for action and effect with an e for the end result. Effect can be used as a verb with to, as in “to effect change,” but that is not a common use. 
    ○ Example: "Failing your style tests will affect your grade, but the effect on your writing will be more serious." 
    • ●  A lot, a lot : Two words, please. Always. If you can’t remember, use many instead of "a lot." 
    • ●  Alright : Use two words, all right, to mean OK. 
    • ●  Comma: Use a comma between two independent clauses joined by a conjunction – 
    • and, but, yet, for, or, nor – unless the clauses are short. Use a comma after an introductory clause unless it is short. Always put commas inside the quotation marks in a direct quote. 
    ○ Example: “When a sentence includes a direct quote (that’s an introductory clause), the comma always goes inside the quotation marks,” the professor said. “So does the period.” 
    • ●  Dangling modifier: A phrase or a participle (an adjective made from a verb ending in ing) is said to dangle if it is not placed directly before the noun or pronoun it modifies. Example: 
      • ○  Dangling modifier: "After studying for three hours, the test was canceled." (The test did not study for three hours. The student did.) 
      • ○  Correct: "After studying for three hours, the student learned that the test was canceled." 
    • ●  Farther, further : Farther is distance; further involves length of time, quantity, or intensity. 
      • ○  Example: "How much farther do we have to drive?" 
      • ○  Example: "I’ll give this further thought." 
    • ●  Fragment: An incomplete sentence, sometimes just a word or a phrase. (That is a 
    • fragment.) Fragments can be effective as a writing technique, but should be used 
    • cautiously and rarely. 
    • ●  Goes without saying : If it does go without saying, then why say it? 
    • ●  It’s, its: It’s is a contraction for it is; its is a possessive word meaning belonging to it. 
    ○ Example: It’s going to cost more to attend college next year, because the university raised its tuition. 
    ○ Needless to say : If it’s needless to say, don’t say it. 
    • ●  Should have, not should of : Of should never be used as a verb. Also wrong: could of 
    • and would of in place of could have and would have. 
    • ●  Than, then : Than is used for comparison; then is used for time. 
    • ●  Their, there, they’re : Their means “belonging to them”; there means “where” or 
    • indicates a place or is sometimes used to begin a sentence; they’re is a contraction for they are. 
    ○ Example: "Students who did not qualify for their loans this year said they’re going to file new applications while there is still time." 
    ● Your, you’re : Your is possessive, meaning “belonging to you,” and you’re is a contraction for you are. 
    ○ Example: "Now you’re ready to test your skill by editing your essays." 
    ]]>     2020-03-01 15:49:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587861     HW due 3/10 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587878 No Class Meeting on Thursday 3/5. I will traveling for a conference.

    Unit 2 Final Draft due Tuesday 3/10

    *Make sure your essay is in MLA Format
    *Copy edit using Easy Writer and errors highlighted below

    ]]>     2020-03-01 15:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587878     Tuesday 3/10 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587962 1. Unit 2 Reflection. Post to Google Classroom.

    2. Intro Unit 3: Adding to a Conversation.

    3. Read Entering a Conversation on page xiii of OC as class. 

    4. Generative writing exercise: Make a list of everything you did yesterday. 

    5. Partner share. Concept mapping. 

    How can our daily life lead us enter a conversation? How can an every day activity become a larger conversation from various perspectives?
     
    Create a list of 5-10 topics that truly interest you. List possible audiences you would like to speak to about these topics. Submit this list via Google classroom.

    ]]>     2020-03-01 15:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587962     UNIT 2 Reflection jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587999 2020-03-01 15:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452587999 Homework due 3/12 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452588043 Show and Tell

    1. How can our daily life lead to us enter a conversation? How can an every day activity become a larger conversation from various perspectives?
     
    Create a list of 5-10 topics that truly interest you. List possible audiences you would like to speak to about these topics. Submit this list via Google classroom.

    2. Students bring in a text or item that interests them, anything that they are obsessing over or care about (a book they are reading, an article they encountered, a piece of artwork, a famous photograph, a song, song lyrics, a movie clip). Email me your text if needed. 

    3. Prepare 1-2 minute presentation on item and how its subject could prompt an academic conversation. Peers will give feedback after presentation. 


    ]]>     2020-03-01 15:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452588043     3/12 Agenda jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452588079 1. Show and tell. Group discussion: How can this subject could prompt an academic conversation? 

    2. Google slides: narrowing your topic. 

    3. Begin completing research proposal using topic narrowing strategies. Due Tuesday after break.

    ]]>     2020-03-01 15:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452588079     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452590147 2020-03-01 16:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452590147 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452604080 2020-03-01 17:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452604080 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452608101 2020-03-01 17:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/452608101 HW jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/458764038 Have a safe and healthy break

    Online class policies to be posted 3/23

    Research Proposal due 3/24

    ]]>     2020-03-11 22:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/458764038     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/458764522 2020-03-11 22:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/458764522 HW due 10/25, 10/29 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481080971 1. Research Proposal due by 3 pm 10/25 to Google Classroom. 

    2. Read OC essay From On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss (p. 46-58) in OC. Make a mark next to each time the author incorporates research (or use post it). Please answer these questions regarding the essay.

    Purpose: What is the author’s position on the issue? What is she trying to communicate? For what purpose?
     
    Assumption/Beliefs: Do you know why it is important for this author to express the views that are voiced in this text? What is at stake for this author? What assumptions does she bring to the text that seem to be unquestioned?
     
    Audience: Who does the author seem to be addressing with the text? What does the author seem to think this audience believes/assumes about the topic?
     
    Context: What other positions does the essay refer to and/or imply are “out there” about this issue? What other solutions to the problems? What might other groups not included in the audience think?

    Post response (300 words total) to questions above in Google Classroom.
    ]]>     2020-03-29 23:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481080971     Agenda for Week of 3/31 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081064 Hi Class!

    I hope you are all doing well. Here is your work for the week. Please make sure to complete all 5 tasks below and to submit the reading response questions and rough annotated bibliography via Google classroom. Remember, I am available via Zoom and email. Please contact me if you have any questions.


    1. Watch the video above about annotated bibliographies

    3. Watch the video above about the CRAAP test

    3. Watch my video about UMass Library research via Zoom

    4. Read From On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss (p. 46-58) in Opening Conversations. Complete the assigned response questions and submit via Google Classroom

    5.Rough Annotated Bibliography (3 sources) due 4/7

    *Minimum 2 sources from UMass library system
    *Each annotation should be 200 words minimum and include a summary and reflection for each source. See Purdue OWL Annotated Bibliography page for clarification
    ]]>     2020-03-29 23:18:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081064     What is an annotated bibliography? jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081107 2020-03-29 23:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081107 Annotated Bibliography at Purdue OWL jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081158 Info on Annotated Bibliographies:]]> 2020-03-29 23:18:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081158 The CRAAP Test jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081215 2020-03-29 23:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081215 Craap Method jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081288 2020-03-29 23:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081288 HW due 4/7 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081940 Reading Response due 4/7
    Read From On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss (p. 46-58) in Opening Conversations. Complete the assigned response questions and submit via Google Classroom

    Rough Annotated Bibliography (3 sources) due 4/7
    *Minimum 2 sources from UMass library system
    *Each annotation should be 200 words minimum and include a summary and reflection for each source. See Purdue OWL Annotated Bibliography page for clarification


    ]]>     2020-03-29 23:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481081940     Eula Biss Reading Response Questions jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481087311 Read OC essay From On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss (p. 46-58) in OC. Make a mark next to each time the author incorporates research (or use post it). Please answer these questions regarding the essay.

    Purpose: What is the author’s position on the issue? What is she trying to communicate? For what purpose?
     
    Assumption/Beliefs: Do you know why it is important for this author to express the views that are voiced in this text? What is at stake for this author? What assumptions does she bring to the text that seem to be unquestioned?
     
    Audience: Who does the author seem to be addressing with the text? What does the author seem to think this audience believes/assumes about the topic?
     
    Context: What other positions does the essay refer to and/or imply are “out there” about this issue? What other solutions to the problems? What might other groups not included in the audience think?

    Post response (300 words total) to questions above in Google Classroom.
    ]]>     2020-03-29 23:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/481087311     Agenda for Week of 4/7 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/495226219 Hi Class!

    Here is your work for the week. Please make sure to complete all 3 tasks below and to submit via Google classroom. Remember, I am available via Zoom and email. Please contact me if you have any questions.

    1. Continue Research. Add 2-3 more sources to Annotated bibliography.

    2. Write initial draft (750 words min). Use argumentative essay outline.

    3.Read Unit 3 Student Anthology Essays pg. 62-78. Complete the assigned response questions and submit via Google Classroom.

    How does each author incorporate research?
    How does each author incorporate their context/ 'add to the conversation'?
    How does each author approach their introduction and conclusion?

    ]]>     2020-04-06 16:23:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/495226219     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/495252272 2020-04-06 16:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/495252272 Agenda for Week of 4/14 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/504819696 Hi Class!

    Here is your work for the week. Please make sure to complete all 3 tasks below and to submit via Google classroom. Remember, I am available via Zoom and email. Please contact me if you have any questions.

    1. Watch my video lecture for the week

    2. Watch the video posted on the class blog about writing a conclusion

    3. Write revised draft (1000 words min). Use argumentative essay outline, video lectures, and Student Writing Anthology essays as your guide.

    Focus your revisions on the following:

    * Offer an engaging introduction with a strong hook
    * Begin body paragraphs with strong argumentative claim
    * Effectively introduce all research/sources with proper signal phrases fully naming and identifying the source
    * Provide strong analysis at the end of each body paragraph addressing how the research provided relates to your thesis 
    * End with a strong conclusion. Raise the stakes! So what? Who cares? Offer a solution!

    ]]>     2020-04-13 16:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/504819696     jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/504819902 2020-04-13 16:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/504819902 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/505013007 2020-04-13 18:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/505013007 Agenda for week of 4/20 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/518627819
    This will be our final post for the class. Thank you all for being a wonderful class, sticking with the course, and completing your work despite the change in circumstances. You all rock! Here is our remaining agenda:

    1. Unit 3 Portfolios due 4/28!

    2. Copy-edit Unit 3 Final Draft. Pay attention to commas (using Easy Writer Ch. 38) and In-text Citations (using the slides found here). Submit via Google Classroom.

    3. Complete Unit 3 Reflection and submit via Google Classroom.

    4. Stay safe and strong!


    ]]>     2020-04-20 20:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/518627819     UNIT 3 REFLECTION jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/518628002 2020-04-20 20:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/518628002 jonruseski https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/518645332 2020-04-20 20:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jonruseski/collegewriting112/wish/518645332