Week 12

Plans for Today:

• Discuss 2.5, “Writing is performative” and 2.6, “Texts get their meaning from other texts”
• Genre Discussion

Announcements:

• I will be holding office hours today from 3:30-5. If you have any questions about your genres, grades, or any concerns about classwork come talk to me.
• This is the last full week before Thanksgiving break and then symposium. (schedule).

Group up, Share, and Discuss:

In groups of three, one person takes notes. The second person will be in charge of finding quotes, and the third person will be in charge of speaking to the rest of the class about what you found. MAKE SURE YOU USE BOTH QUOTES AND PERSONAL EXAMPLES TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS AS YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE BOTH. There are some really good quotes in these readings and rather than me giving them to you, I'd like you to find them and share them with the class.

***If you finish with your concept before the other group finishes, move on and answer the questions in the second concept. If you are answering these questions in-depth with quotes and examples, you shouldn't have much time for the second concept. Keep discussion on your topic.***

GROUP A:

2.5, “Writing is performative”

• How is writing performative? Provide some examples from the text as well as one example from your personal life.
• What does it mean to say “writing is epistemic”?
• Finally, pull two other quotes from the reading that you felt are important/confusing/significant, or all of the above.

GROUP B:

2.6, “Texts get their meaning from other texts”

• How do texts get their meaning from other texts? Provide some examples from the text as well as one example from your personal life.
• How do texts rely on nonwritten texts? What might constitute as a nonwritten text?
• Finally, pull two other quotes from the reading that you felt are important/confusing/significant, or all of the above.

LAST QUESTION FOR BOTH GROUPS: How do these two concepts connect?

If time permits... Discussion on the connection to your genre projects.

Homework for Wednesday, November 14

• Due Nov. 14, First Draft of Symposium Project
  • You will be presenting this as practice for symposium in class on the 14th.

For those of you interested in more information on poster presentations for symposium, I got this email from the library about a workshop going on tomorrow (Nov. 13 at 3:30):

Swing by the library at 3:30 when the Writing Center will teach students how to transfer their research into a professional poster presentation. This workshop will introduce students to the general expectations of professional posters including font, images, layout, and citing sources. Following the workshop, students are provided with a template to design and draft their own poster.