Week 12 (4/8 - 4/12)

Choose ONE of the following two reading responses ...

Wed. 4/10 (Flynn): BEFORE you read the Flynn articles, write a short narrative (300 or more words) about a learning experience you underwent outside the classroom. In other words, tell me a story about a time when you learned something (anything) and you weren’t at school. The more harrowing the tale, the better. If you can’t think of something suitable or you just don’t want to share your own experience, then make up such a story, but please clearly label it as fiction for me. Post at least 12 hours before class time.

Fri. 4/12 (Heilker & Yergeau): Summary + Connections + What is the dominant perception of autism that the authors are arguing against? How do these authors want us to think about autism instead? + Opinions

Week 11 (4/1 - 4/5)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses ...

Wed. 4/3 (Delpit): Summary + Connections + This is one of the first articles that directly challenges another work that we have read. Look at how Delpit enters a conversation with Gee. Does she succeed in persuading you to her counter-points against Gee? How might you imitate her strategy in your own work? + Opinions

Fri. 4/5 (Villanueva + hooks): One summary for each reading + Connections (please incorporate previous readings) + Opinions

Week 10 (3/25 - 3/29)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Wed. 3/27 (Wardle): Summary + Connections + QD #5 + Opinions

For Fri. 3/29 (Devitt et al.): Summary + Connections + How does Bawarshi define genre? How does Swales define genre? Compare and contrast these definitions. Which definition or portions of these definitions seem to be more suitable when discussing genre in our classroom? + Opinions

Week 9 (3/18 - 3/22)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Wed. 3/20 (Swales): Summary + Connections + QD #3 + QD #5 + Opinions

For Fri. 3/22 (Gee): Summary + Connections + QD #3 + QD #13 + Opinions

Week 8 (3/11 - 3/15)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Wed. 3/13 (Kahn): Summary + Discussion Question #2 + Discussion Question #4 + Opinions

For Fri. 3/15 (Driscol): Summary + Discussion Question #2 + Discussion Question #3 + Opinions

Week 7 (2/25 - 3/1)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

Dawkins + Bryson: 2 Summaries (one for each reading) + Connections + Opinions

Smitherman: Summary + Connections + Consider the “Teacher’s Assignment” on page 192. What does Smitherman argue is the difference between “sloppy, irresponsible writing” and “sloppy, ‘correct’ writing”? + Opinions

Week 6 (2/18 - 2/22)

Only ONE opportunity for a reading response this week ...

Due Mon. 12/18 (McCloud + Bernhardt): 2 Summaries (one for each article) + Bernhardt characterizes the typical classroom essay as consisting of “full, declarative sentences, arranged in paragraphs with low visual identity” (36). Do you struggle with generating or reading this conventional, low-visual type of writing? Why or why not? + Opinions (NB: I encourage you to use some visual strategies when you produce this IWA. Play around with the font or the organization of your text. Use visual rhetoric to present your response in a unique way.)