English 1301 102 Week 2 Monday June 4

English 1301. 102 Week 2 – Monday, June 4

Today’s Goals 1. ) The Mediated Values Essay: discuss readings, go over expectations, and what is due next. 2. ) Answer the questions: What is Peer review and feedback? Where do I start? 3. ) In-class Writing & Reflecting over Readings.

Reminder – Blackboard Discussion Posts / Participation is worth 10% of your grade. – Don’t give up these points. Post your work on time, give feedback on time. Summer is short. Start strong and finish strong.

Due by Today by Class Time

Minimum Essay Expectations & Requirements • Be a minimum of 500 words • Be written in a readable, 11– 12 pt. font • Have a title that is inviting to your readers (your classmates) • Identify and discuss a specific piece of media important to you • Identify and discuss a specific value you hold that this media has helped to shape • Use specific details, including personal experiences, to explore the relationship between this media and this value • Show a degree of analysis (that is, it does not just describe, but reflects on and analyzes your experiences or the media you’re discussing) • Be effectively organized, use clear language, and be carefully edited This essay will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. On-time submission of a satisfactory essay that meets the above guidelines will result in an A.

Group Work and Free Writing – Get into a group of 3 -4 depending on the article that you liked the most. – Answer the following question: How did one of the authors’ experiences with a text (media) shape their values?

Monday’s readings (Freewriting) “On Unlearning, ” “On Confronting the Unknown, ” “On Looking and Looking Again, ” & “On Seeing as a Writer” – What kind of writing habits did you form in high school, and what kind of writing habits do you want to form in college? – As writers, why is it important to be observant of the world around us? Why is it important to ask questions about what we see/hear?

Habits to break / things to unlearn The 5 -paragraph essay 1. Easy to write, easy to grade 2. Teaches basic organization 3. Teaches focus You may have learned a lot of things about writing in high school. The 5 -paragraph essay or the 1 sentence thesis statement are great foundations to build on. However, writing is not rules-based. Writing is not simply a matter of following a formula.

Monday’s readings College Writing 1. Harder to write, harder to grade 2. Higher levels of complexity (Allows for more complex thoughts and communication. ) 3. There is no single rule set for college writing.

Three Readings from Friday

The Mediated Values Essay {Unit I} UNIT RATIONALE: – What ties these three essays together is the that the authors explore how values are shaped and shared through mediated experiences: Mann values are shaped and shared through mediated experiences connects with the world through the encyclopedia, Fawaz values identifying with those who are radically different from him because of reading X-Men, and Reed suggests that Stranger Things can help viewers value adolescent girls’ emotions. – Values, then, are not solely individual, but are shaped by, reflected in, and even challenged by media.

This Week Wednesday, June 13, post your first draft of the Mediated Values Essay to Blackboard in its own thread.

Common Questions & Concerns I don’t know how to give feedback. Where do I start?

When giving peer feedback … Ignore grammar and mechanics. Copyedits are surface-level changes—spelling, grammar, syntax—that are best left until the last stage of the writing process, after revision is mostly complete. These sentence-level comments have the narrow goal of correction.

Describe-Evaluate-Suggest Method – Describe the claim by summarizing the relevant passage (What did the passage say in your own words? ) … say what you see as a reader. – Evaluate - Explain how the text meets or does not meet the criteria established in the prompt. – Suggest - offer concrete advice for improvement. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Kzd. BRRQh. Yv 4

Describe-Evaluate-Suggest When we give constructive, respectful, and specific helpful feedback that describes, evaluates and suggests, we want to help writers understand: – What they accomplished by being descriptive about what we see; – How what they accomplished compares to what they were asked to accomplish by referencing the goals of the draft; – What they must do next by offering specific advice about what they can do to improve. These strategies won’t guarantee that our feedback is helpful. But, it’s a good frame to use as we practice.

How to Provide Good, Constructive Criticism: Step 1 – Avoid using the language “I liked” or “I didn’t like. ” Rather, articulate how or why something pleases you or does not please you about the author’s essay. Be specific. – For instance: “You are certainly on track for writing a good thesis statement. That said, I think you could improve your thesis statement by…. ”

How to Provide Good, Constructive Criticism: Step 2 Use the “describe-evaluate-suggest” method of constructive criticism. – Instead of saying, “Your discussion of audience and purpose is boring and difficult to follow. ” “Your introductory paragraph meets the majority of the criteria specified on the prompt, but the discussion of audience and purpose could improve. For example, you mention that the article is targeting a general audience. Instead, you can narrow down your audience to one specific group of people. Try to answer this question, “Who is this author trying to target with his article? ” refocusing your discussion of audience will help you be more specific with your otherwise good ideas. ”

Feedback on Mediated Values Essay A guideline (or checklist) of things to do: 1. ) Did the writer Identify and discuss a specific piece of media important to him/her? Note: Specific media is something like Sims 2. If the writer simply lists “video games” as a piece of media, that is not specific enough. 2. ) Did the writer Identify and discuss a specific value he/she holds that this media has helped shape? Note: simply listing a value like “justice, ” “freedom, ” or “love” is too broad. For example, some values are so broad that they can become muddled and nearly meaningless, like freedom; a better approach to freedom might focus more specifically on a type or aspect of freedom, like the ability to make decisions about one’s own body or the ability to challenge an authority figure. 3. ) Did the writer use specific details, including personal experiences, to explore the relationship between this media and this value? Note: For this part, think back to the readings from Friday. each author’s experience with either Stranger Things, x -men, or the encyclopedia shaped their values in some way. There is a relationship between values and one’s experiences. 4. ) Did the writer Show a degree of analysis (that is, it does not just describe, but reflects on and analyzes his/her experiences or the media he/she is discussing)?

This Week Wednesday, June 13, post your first draft of the Mediated Values Essay to Blackboard in its own thread.

Wednesday Class – Since summer goes by quickly, we’re going to talk about the UNIT II paper: the Summary and Synthesis Essay. – We will be practicing how to summarize and paraphrase. This is a very important class.