Tunring in your work + final grades.
I will be in my office to help burn portfolio CDs on Wednesday at 4:30. You may aslso drop off your Portfolio (burned to a CD) in my mailbox (in the room next to the English Department, CAS 301).
I will read through your work - hopefully before the weekend - and send a gradesheet to your email address with feedback and your grade. Read through the gradesheet and if you have questions or objections - let me know. If I do not hear from you I will assume you are OK with the grade and I will post it to Keanwise on Monday, December 21.
Last Blog: post your reflections.
You have been a wonderful class. Thank you for all your good work!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Course reflections
1. What did you notice about your writing process during this course?
Did your writing process change? If so, how?
If your writing process changed, what course assignments/interactions supported that change?
2. What have you noticed about your finished essays?
Did the quality of your essays change as a result of this course? If so how?
If your final products changed, what do you think led to those changes?
3. What did you notice about the way you coach writing students? Did your approach to coaching change during the term? If so, how? Were any course assignments/interactions useful in facilitating this learning? Describe.
4. What have your experiences coaching writng students shown you about effective strategies for talking/communicating to others? Were any course assignments/interactions useful in facilitating this learning? Describe.
5. How has your work coaching writing students changed the way you learn? Were any course assignments/interactions useful in facilitating this learning? Describe.
Did your writing process change? If so, how?
If your writing process changed, what course assignments/interactions supported that change?
2. What have you noticed about your finished essays?
Did the quality of your essays change as a result of this course? If so how?
If your final products changed, what do you think led to those changes?
3. What did you notice about the way you coach writing students? Did your approach to coaching change during the term? If so, how? Were any course assignments/interactions useful in facilitating this learning? Describe.
4. What have your experiences coaching writng students shown you about effective strategies for talking/communicating to others? Were any course assignments/interactions useful in facilitating this learning? Describe.
5. How has your work coaching writing students changed the way you learn? Were any course assignments/interactions useful in facilitating this learning? Describe.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Wednesday, December 9
Kevin and Musheerah presented their drafts for their projects.
In class Monday you will do some reflective writing on the course - and work on creating your portfolios. Keep working on your revisions for your research essays, and if you have questions, please be in touch.
Last week we did some in-class writing to develop your final writing center philosophy. Post what you have come up with for Blog 22.
Blog 22: Writing Center Philosophy.
Have a good weekend and see you in class on Monday.
In class Monday you will do some reflective writing on the course - and work on creating your portfolios. Keep working on your revisions for your research essays, and if you have questions, please be in touch.
Last week we did some in-class writing to develop your final writing center philosophy. Post what you have come up with for Blog 22.
Blog 22: Writing Center Philosophy.
Have a good weekend and see you in class on Monday.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
December 7
Some of you gave your presentations this evening - and a little more than half of you will be presenting on Wednesday. If you need additional conferencing - send me an email or speak to me in class and we will set up a time.
I think the presentations were well done - and it was exciting looking at your papers and thinking about what your data show (even if we don't really have enough in-depth material - we have some small case study indicators. . .).
See you Wednesday.
I think the presentations were well done - and it was exciting looking at your papers and thinking about what your data show (even if we don't really have enough in-depth material - we have some small case study indicators. . .).
See you Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
December 2
Tonight you workshopped the data sections of your research essay (very briefly), and we talked (VERY briefly) about conventions for introducing and closing essays.
We also re-visited writing center philosophies and talked about what (if anything) had changed in your perspective on how a writing center should operate. We then set forward the information we thought should be addressed in a comprehensive writing center philosophy, as will as a general form for presenting that information. We came up with the following categories you would use to organize your philosophy.
1. A statement of overarching principles: the "rules of thumb" or guiding assumptions that underlie the practices and policies stated under the following categories.
2. Student responsibilities
3. Tutor responsibilities
4. Director responsibilities
5. Faculty responsibilities
6. Institutional responsibilities
Blog 21: Post your draft Research Essay. Come to class prepared to present your essay to your classmates. If you have a particular request for help/feedback = write this statement at the top of your post.
I will be reading blogs 15-20 over the weekend and providing you with feedback. We have been discussing these posts as we worked through developing your essay, so I may not be telling you anything new - but it will be all in one place and in time for you to do your final revisions to your essay.
Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.
We also re-visited writing center philosophies and talked about what (if anything) had changed in your perspective on how a writing center should operate. We then set forward the information we thought should be addressed in a comprehensive writing center philosophy, as will as a general form for presenting that information. We came up with the following categories you would use to organize your philosophy.
1. A statement of overarching principles: the "rules of thumb" or guiding assumptions that underlie the practices and policies stated under the following categories.
2. Student responsibilities
3. Tutor responsibilities
4. Director responsibilities
5. Faculty responsibilities
6. Institutional responsibilities
Blog 21: Post your draft Research Essay. Come to class prepared to present your essay to your classmates. If you have a particular request for help/feedback = write this statement at the top of your post.
I will be reading blogs 15-20 over the weekend and providing you with feedback. We have been discussing these posts as we worked through developing your essay, so I may not be telling you anything new - but it will be all in one place and in time for you to do your final revisions to your essay.
Have a great weekend and see you on Monday.
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