Assignments: Week 6

Monday, October 1

READ:

• Chapter 3 Introduction, "Literacies:  How Have You Become the Reader and Writer You Are Today?" (p. 328)
• Brandt, "Sponsors of Literacy" (p. 331)

DUE:

• Reading response to Brandt:  
• 1 "Before you read" exercise  
• summary of article (please include audience)
• synthesis connecting to at least two other articles we have read
• dialectical notebook with a minimum of 5 quotations (please type the entire quotation)
• Meta Moment (p.352)
• Your thoughts:  try to connect to your own experience
• Bring a hard copy of your Works Cited page from Project #1
• PEER REVIEW
• Follow the directions for Peer Review as outlined on the assignment sheet
• Write a cover letter addressing what you thought worked well in the paper and what you had concerns about.  Again, follow assignment guidelines.

• NOTE:  You will want to turn on Track Changes under the Review tab in Word before you begin making comments.
• Partners:  email your essay and cover letter to your partner.  If you do not receive the email from your partner containing the essay, please let me know by midnight Friday, September 28.
1. Aaron and Allison Shenk
2. Aubrey and Megan
3. Gina and Micheal
4. Wesley and Greg
5. Allison Sharpe and Ally
6. George and Peter
7. JD and Maia
8. Quinn to Taylor; Taylor to Abby; Abby to Quinn
• Your Peer Review is due to be returned to the original author before the beginning of class on Monday, October 1
• When you email the Peer Review draft back, CC me (your instructor)

Wednesday, October 3

READ:

• bell hooks, "Writing Autobiography" ROW (p. 117)
• Malcolm X, "Learning to Read" WAW (p. 353)
• Sherman Alexie, "The Joy of Reading and Writing:  Superman and Me" WAW (p. 362)

DUE:

• do 1 "Before you read" exercise from either Malcolm X or Alexie
• Dialectical notebook for both Malcolm X and Alexie with at least 6 quotations (please include the full quotation)
• hooks (posted on Blackboard) 
• do 1 "Before you read" exercise
• summarize
• synthesize with at least 3 other authors
• dialectical notebook (minimum of 4 full quotations)
• answer AE 5 from the apparatus
• your thoughts
• Post personal literacy narrative (should be at least 300 words.  can be a "shitty" rough draft)

HANDOUT AND DISCUSSION GROUP: Malcolm X and Sherman Alexie (responsible for 40 minutes discussion and 2 handouts) (responsible for personal literacy narrative, not for the reading response)

• Gina
• Aubrey
• JD
• Taylor 
• Allison  

Friday, 5 October

READ:  Dennis Baron, "From Pencils to Pixels:  The Stages of Literacy Technologies" WAW (p. 422)

DUE:

• Baron
• 1 "Before you read" exercise
• Summary
• Synthesis (connect with at least 2 other authors; try to be thorough)
• Dialectical notebook (with at least 5 full quotations)
• QD 1
• Your thoughts
• Project #1 Final Essay due with Cover Letter for Instructor
• turn in via SafeAssign on Blackboard
• due by 5 p.m.
• any hand written materials used in your process that I have not seen should either be turned in during class or scanned and emailed