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1050: Week 1
Why are we doing this?
The A to Z Method
for Thinking, Reading, and Writing
In Class Part 2
Some Quick Business Stuff
Where do I find....?
It's all on Blackboard!
Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
• employ strategies of pre-writing, drafting, and revising.
• identify and explain the purpose, audience, genre, context, claims, reasoning, and assumptions of a given text.
• write with a clear purpose.
• compose texts that develop a sustaining idea or thesis, demonstrate engagement with an issue, explore different perspectives on the issue, and avoid sweeping generalizations.
• summarize, paraphrase, synthesize, incorporate direct quotations from, and respond to text(s) in support of a sustaining idea or thesis.
• produce clear and readable prose that demonstrates unity and coherence.
• follow conventions of Standard Edited English.
know when and how to document information from texts using a citation style such as MLA or APA
Bring to Class to Turn in....
2 questions about syllabus, 2 questions about Prezi (procedure or purpose)
hmm..do I spy some extra credit?
Group 1: Draw/Diagram out this Room. Be as detailed and accurate as possible!
Group 2: Would you want to date this person (assume the person is of the gender(s) to which you are attracted.) Why or Why not?
Group 3: You're part of the design team for "College Dream Makeover." You're supposed to create the dorm room of this person's dreams. What would you do and why?
Come to Class having....
Read: Syllabus
Watch: HOW TO USE PREZIS IN THIS CLASS (Prezis: HW)
Note: Prezi links are under “Prezis” in Blackboard, but ALL prezis can be accessed at https://prezi.com/user/_j3yewfk4cyc/
In Class Part 1
You have 15 minutes to describe your dorm room. You can do so however is most convenient--paragraphs, bullet points, phrases, etc
1050: Week 1
Data Dumps: Gathering Information
Application: Developing Your Ideas, Often for a Reader
Analytical Question
REASONING/ASSUMPTIONS/WARRANTS
[X] changes
[PRACTICE? ANALYSIS? ASSUMPTIONS? CAUSATION (SOME REVERSAL OF THE INITIAL BELIEF OF RELATION OF TWO THINGS)? ORDER (CHANGE IN THE INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN THINGS HAPPEN)?]
by
[HERE YOU EXPLAIN THE CHANGE].
• What is the significance of X?
• What does X mean?
• How does X work in the text? Does it convey meanings other than its literal definition? Does it mean different things to different audiences? How would the text change if “X” were replaced with a synonym/analogous situation?
• What are the assumptions about X in this text?
• What conditions, influences or events caused X to be as it is? How or why did it become what it is? What controversies surround the event?
• What is the process that led to X? What were the steps in the process? How did that process take place? Where did it happen, who was involved and what was the outcome? What controversies surround the event?
• How could X have happened differently, and what might be the effects of changes to the process? What is the significance of this process
• What is the effect of X? How does it achieve that effect? What details contribute to the overall effect? Might it have different effects on different audiences? What choices did the author/artist make in order to achieve that effect?
• Who is the audience for X? What is that audience’s expectations, and how are those expectations addressed? What are the various opinions about X? What disagreements might circulate around X? Is there any overlap between positions about X? What are the given/implied reasons for each opinion?
Analytical Question
• What is the significance of X?
• What does X mean?
• How does X work in the text? Does it convey meanings other than its literal definition? Does it mean different things to different audiences? How would the text change if “X” were replaced with a synonym/analogous situation?
• What are the assumptions about X in this text?
• What conditions, influences or events caused X to be as it is? How or why did it become what it is? What controversies surround the event?
• What is the process that led to X? What were the steps in the process? How did that process take place? Where did it happen, who was involved and what was the outcome? What controversies surround the event?
• How could X have happened differently, and what might be the effects of changes to the process? What is the significance of this process
• What is the effect of X? How does it achieve that effect? What details contribute to the overall effect? Might it have different effects on different audiences? What choices did the author/artist make in order to achieve that effect?
• Who is the audience for X? What is that audience’s expectations, and how are those expectations addressed? What are the various opinions about X? What disagreements might circulate around X? Is there any overlap between positions about X? What are the given/implied reasons for each opinion?
So What?: Explaining the payoff of your thinking/ writing
[X] changes
[PRACTICE? ANALYSIS? ASSUMPTIONS? CAUSATION (SOME REVERSAL OF THE INITIAL BELIEF OF RELATION OF TWO THINGS)? ORDER (CHANGE IN THE INITIAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN THINGS HAPPEN)?]
by
[HERE YOU EXPLAIN THE CHANGE].