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.)

Week 5 (2/11 - 2/15)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Mon. 2/11 (Stedman): Summary + Do any of Stedman’s annoyances look familiar? Identify at least one that you’ve been guilty of in the past. What will you do to correct this mistake in the future? + Imagine you are the instructor in a course just like ours. Choose the item from Stedman’s list that you think you would find most annoying when reading students’ papers. Why did you pick this one in particular? + Opinions

For Wed. 2/13 (Porter): Summary + QD #4 + AE #1 OR AE #2 + Opinions

Video: "Beyond the Red Ink"

Please watch this video before class on Friday, when we will discuss it briefly.

Week 4 (2/4 - 2/8)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Mon. 2/4 (Kantz): Summary + Connections + QDJ #1 + Opinions

For Wed. 2/6 (Malcolm X & Alexie): 2 Summaries (one for each article) + Connections (to a previous article) + AEI #1 (p. 366) + Opinions

Week 3 (1/28 - 2/1)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Mon. 1/28 (Berkenkotter + Murray): One Summary Paragraph (summarizing both articles together) + QDJ #3 + AEI #1 + Opinions

For Fri. 2/1 (Kleine): Summary + Make connections to another article we've read (put the authors in conversation with each other, how would they agree or disagree) + QDJ #3 + Opinions

Week 2 (1/23 - 1/25)

Choose ONE of the following reading responses:

For Wed. 1/23 (Allen + Lamott): 2 Summaries (one for each article) + Have you ever used imitation (ROW p. 32) when writing? How did you use this approach and when might it be most effective or appropriate? + Opinions

For Fri. 1/25 (Rosenberg): Summary + Discussion Q #1 + Discussion Q #2 + Opinions

Week 1 (1/14 - 1/18)

Your first reading response is due for class on Wednesday (1/16). Once you've completed the reading assignment, write the following and post it to your own blog: a summary of the Brandt article, an answer to #5 in Questions for Discussion and Journaling (QDJ), an answer to #1 in Applying and Exploring Ideas (AEI), and a paragraph expressing your own opinions about the reading (was it interesting? was it helpful to you? did you learn any new ideas?).