| Date |
Day |
Topic/readings |
Assignments and tasks |
Location |
| 8/27 |
Wed |
Course
introduction:
Reading the syllabus in class,
asking for clarification. |
In
Class writing: what are you doing here: college, ndsu, this
class? We will
talk about the complexity of simple writing assignments, and talk
about writing as building relationships. |
BBFH
110 |
| 8/29 |
Fri. |
Read
Kevin's Top 10 list and laugh appropriately.
We will look closely at the genre
of top 10 lists. |
Short
writing assignment due:
A top 10 list that is somehow
about music. Provide enough information so that your list
makes sense to the rest of the class.
Please use a word processor; I
will ask you to post this top 10 list to the web next week. |
|
| 9/1 |
Mon. |
Labor
Day |
No
Class |
|
| 9/3 |
Wed |
Introduction
to the course materials online, the course weblog.
Read Chapter 1, CTW.
Be prepared to discuss the differences between the high school
paper and the college paper (pages 20-23). |
Short
writing assignment:
Page 8, CTW: What is writing?
What is Literacy? Please do this assignment on a computer
and bring a disk with this piece of writing and your top 10 list
from Friday the 29th. You will work on getting
your writing posted today or Friday if you run into a problem.
|
Cluster:
IACC 116 (changed 9/29) |
| 9/5 |
Fri. |
Read
Chapter 15: Communicating Online especially 492-99 and 508-510.
Read what has been posted to the
class weblog. Respond to others' posting if you are "called
to blog." |
Short
Writing assignment:
Respond to the questions under
"exploring your experience" (493). Post your response
to the class weblog, or to your personal weblog with a short introduction
and link in the class weblog.
Follow up on Wednesday's tasks.
Make sure you know how to post to the class weblog, how to use
a personal weblog, and how to link from the class weblog to your
personal weblog and other sites. |
Cluster:
IACC 116 (changed 9/29) |
| 9/8 |
Mon |
Read
Chapter 11: Reviews,
especially 386-391. |
Bring
a copy of at least one music review you found on Amazon.com or
another e-commerce site. We will compare Rob Marriott's album
review in Call to Write to the reviews you have found,
and try to figure out the amazon.com review conventions.
|
|
| 9/10 |
Wed. |
Read
Chapter 12: Case Study
of a Writing Assignment: 428-46. |
Bring
three copies of a complete draft of your amazon.com review to
class. We will look at the writing assignment as a whole,
and we will play around with language a bit. |
|
| 9/12 |
Fri. |
Read
you classmates' reviews during class time or after class today.
Give each other feedback! |
First
graded assignment due:
Have someone read your review,
make final changes, post review, create link in class weblog. |
IACC
116 (changed 9/10) |
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