Category: Rhet-Comp 102 / ENG 8A DC
Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, February 3rd
Book Talk & Indie Read w/ ✓ in
Quickwrite #14: YOUR Shakespeare Experience
STUDY: Shakespeare background + reading tips for Elizabethan English
TO-DO: Take the MLA Citations Understanding Survey in GClassroom
DEADLINES:
- PART IV CCR assignment – teacher-ready draft submission due in Dropbox submissions folder no later than end of day Tuesday 2/7 (details on yesterday’s post & at RCAssignment tab above)
- Memory Book Short (1st) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/12* (see directions on the Memory Book Info sheet)
*updated and delayed due date from the original
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, February 2nd
Quickwrite Share: Share QW 13 with members of your writing group.
WRITE CLUB: Cited Commentary Edition
ASSIGNMENT: Part III (already done) & Part IV Cited Commentary – submission details
UPDATE: Memory Book Short (1st) will be due in Dropbox Sunday 2/12 (was 2/5 but too rushed with other due dates)
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, February 1st
Read Aloud: After the Fall by Dan Santat
Indie Read
Quickwrite #13: What do YOU want out of WRITE CLUB this semester?
WRITE TIME ⌚
DEADLINES:
- CCR draft (2-3 pages + citations) due no later than end of day TODAY!
- Optional – pre-conference sheet for the CCR (can help you make sure you are “on the right track”)
- Memory Book Short (1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/5 (see Digital Memory Book directions for details)
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.
Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, January 31st
Indie Read
STUDY: WRITE CLUB data analysis – Take a look as a class at what the best members did for our groups as well as what was frustrating. . . Let’s use this knowledge to move forward this semester.
STUDY: Example CCR paper with MLA citations. Check it out on GClassroom if you missed or just want to look again at the work/citations.
DEADLINES:
- CCR draft (2-3 pages + citations) due no later than end of day Wednesday 2/1
- Memory Book Short (1st of 4) due no later than end of day Sunday 2/5 (see Digital Memory Book directions for details)
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.
ALL Classes – Monday, January 30th
Snow Day!! No Class.
Rhetoric & Comp – Friday, January 27th
Book Trailers & Indie Read.
STUDY: Research Time ⌛ Continue thinking, reading, and making notes for your cited commentary paper.
DEADLINE: For your cited commentary paper (CCR) – know your focus, examine and choose sources (3 or 4), and get familiar with them.
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.
Rhetoric & Comp – Thursday, January 26th
Book Talk & Indie Read
STUDY: Research Time ⏰ Get thinking, reading, and making notes for your cited commentary paper. Today’s goals – a big idea, read and/or add sources (from the provided ones – you’ll end up using 3 or 4), and make notes as needed.
IMPORTANT: If you missed the online Quickwrite #12 or the video about the new writing assignment on yesterday’s e-learning day, go back and check them out.
PAST DUE: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate – was due Monday 1/23
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.
ADDITIONAL SOURCE OPTIONS:
“Googling Strangers” by John Green from The Anthropocene Reviewd podcast link here ▶️https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anthropocene-reviewed/episodes/episode-3-googling-strangers-and-kentucky-bluegrass
Rhetoric & Comp – Wednesday, January 25th (e-learning day)
Check GClassroom for your attendance question (complete by 11:59pm today)
Quickwrite #12: Your Research Experience (this is a GForm on today’s GClassroom stream)
TO-DO: Check out the Cited Commentary & Response assignment (quick video run-through on GClassroom), do some thinking, and maybe read something awesome. 🙂
PAST DUE: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate – was due Monday 1/23
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.
Rhetoric & Comp – Tuesday, January 24th
Book Talk & Indie Read
STUDY: MLA Works Cited page – continued in-class practice with citationmachine.net (add a couple of the sources you wrote about in your notebook) *BE SURE YOU ARE USING MLA FORMAT (not APA)
NOTES/VIDEO: Research Is a Conversation + make a notepage (example in class)
https://www.library.unlv.edu/node/233
PAST DUE: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate – due yesterday
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.
Rhetoric & Comp – Monday, January 23rd
Indie Read
Quickwrite #11: Table Topics ?s about your Indie Read
STUDY: MLA Works Cited page – tutorial (video – find it on GClassroom if you need to review or missed class) + in-class practice with citationmachine
ASSIGNMENT: Take a photo of your BEST 4-part note page (of the 8 you should have in your notebook) submit it in GClassroom where appropriate
UPCOMING/REMINDER: Hamlet is on the horizon. We’ll start reading it sometime in the week of February 6th. I recommend your own personal copy, so go out there and find a Hamlet.