Assignments: Week 9

Monday, October 22

READ:

• Glenn, "Constructing Consumables and Consent:  A Critical Analysis of Factory Farm Industry Discourse"  ROW (p. 144)
• Pollan, "Farmer in Chief" (posted on Blackboard in "Readings")

DUE:

• Project #2 Peer Review:  bring 2 copies of (1) peer review cover letter to group, (2) comments on project, and (3) answers to questions on peer review handout.  Be a thorough as possible.  Go into detail.  Be constructive.
• Reading response for Glenn (apparatus is posted on Blackboard); include
• one pre-reading activity
• summary
• synthesis (include at least 2 works we have read for class)
• dialectical notebook (include at least 5 quotations typed out all the way) 
• answer QD 1
• Your thoughts (this should be a small paragraph.  try to connect the reading with your life. at least 4 sentences)
• Reading response for Pollan (no apparatus)
• summary
• synthesis
• dialectical notebook (include at least 5 quotations fully typed out)
• Your thoughts (minimum 4 sentences)

Wednesday, October 24

READ:

• Chapter 4 introduction, "Discourses:  How Do Communities Shape Writing?" WAW (p. 463)
• Swales, "The Concept of Discourse Community" WAW (p. 466)
• Gee, "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics:  Introduction" WAW (p. 481)

DUE:

• Reading response for Swales
• one Before you Read activity
• summary
• synthesis (at least 3 connections)
• QD 5 and 6
• your thoughts (at least 4 sentences)
• Reading response for Gee
• one Before you Read activity
• summary
• synthesis (at least 3 connections)
• dialectical notebook (at least 5 quotations)
• MM
• your thoughts (at least 4 sentences)
• Compare and contrast Swales and Gee:  should be at least 2 paragraphs

Friday, October 26

READ:  Wardle, "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in New Workplaces" WAW (p. 520)
DUE:

• Project #2 with group cover letter due by 9 p.m.
• One page individual evaluation of how you feel the project went, of the feedback you received from your peers, and of your partners in the project due by 9 p.m.
• Reading response for Wardle
• one Before you Read activity
• summary
• synthesis (at least 3 connections)
• dialectical notebook (at least 5 quotations)
• QD 4
• your thoughts (at least 4 sentences)