Unit #1 Archive

 

§  For our next class, Monday, 9/29, please complete the following:

o   Write your final draft of essay #1!  When submitting, please include your rough draft (s) as well.  These do not need to be “clean” copies.  Also, don’t forget to include a Works Cited page.  Try using www.easybib.com to format Works Cited entries.

o   Here are the examples I showed in class, and here are some more self-evaluation questions for you.  I highly recommend that you look at the tips contained on these pages!  Good luck!

o   Note that I will be holding office hours in POT 1306 on Thursday, 9/25, from 1:00-4:00.  Please bring a copy of your essay and specific questions for me.  If you would like to talk with me about your essay but cannot make these times, please email me at Kathy.crutcher@uky.edu to arrange another meeting. 

 

 

§  We will be holding in-class workshops rather than out-of-class workshops this unit.  Therefore, for our next class, Wednesday, 9/24, please do the following:

o   Read your workshop members’ essays and respond according to these workshop guidelines.  Here is the list of workshop groups.

o   Bring marked drafts plus TWO COPIES of each peer review letter to class

o   Continue to work on revising your own essay.  Here are the examples of integrating sources and general vs. specific language that we looked at in class. 

 

 

§  NOTICE:  CLASS TODAY, WED 9/17, is CANCELLED.  I am sick.  Please pay attention to the following instructions:

o   Because class is cancelled today, we WILL have class on Monday, 9/22.  On Monday we will do what we were going to do today: exchange rough drafts, talk about integrating sources, work on style.  So bring your 4 COPIES of your drafts to class on MONDAY instead.

o   We will have to rearrange the out-of-class small group workshops.  Now they will run next week, Tues 9/23, Wed 9/24, and Thurs 9/25.  Thus I need you to send me an email telling me when you are NOT available during the following times (just like we did in class):

·         Tues 9/23: 10-11, 12-1, 3-4

·         Wed 9/24: 10-11, 12-1  (we WILL have class as usual on Wed)

·         Thurs 9/25: 10-11, 12-1, 3-4

o   I will come to class on Monday with a workshop schedule and we will work out any kinks.  Workshops will be held in the WT Young library, and you must be present for the entire hour.

o   Essay final drafts are now due Monday, 9/29 rather than next Wednesday.

o   I’m sorry for the change-up; I was hoping to be well by now, but… so it goes.  See you next week.

 

  

§  For our next class, Wednesday, September 17th, please do the following:

o   Write your rough draft!  Bring 4 COPIES to class on Wednesday (one for self, one for Kathy, two for workshop members.)

o   Bring your St. Martin’s Handbook (SM) to class on Wednesday

o   Optional: Read Sudip Bose’s Introduction to A Certain Somewhere for catalyst quote ideas; Read Suzanne Freeman’s “The Museum of Who We Were” for writing foreplay.  J

o   Extra Credit Opportunity: read this email I sent about attending a round-table discussion on the upcoming election and earning extra credit

 

 

§  For our next class, Monday, September 15th, please do the following:

o   Ignore the homework listed on the Unit #1 Calendar.  Do this instead:

o   Research your essay #1 place.  Look up info on the web or in local newspapers or brochures; interview people; find possible reflective catalyst quotes.  Bring in your research to class; we will work with it then.

o   Read WP 242-244 re: Interviewing Tips

o   Read SM chapter 15 re: Integrating Sources

o   Read both of the following student sample essays:

1.    “Am I In or Am I Out?” by Joey Shmoe

2.    “A Backward Glance” by Janie Doe

·         Now choose one of these essays to respond to.  You’ll need to print out the essay, make notes in the margins, and write the author a letter, utilizing these workshop feedback guidelines.  Read the instructions carefully, and bring your letter to class.  Also come prepared to share your reactions with the class in terms of “Things That Are Working” and “Things That Could Use Work.”

o   By the way, here’s my “Beware the BS” lecture and my own sample response to Palmer (summary + letter), if you want to check it out. 

 

 

  

§  For our next class, Wednesday, September 10th, please do the following:

o   Read WP 1-4, Harden 18-23, Lindren 24-29.  You will be presenting in small groups in class on various essay components (voice, detail, structure, outside research), so read carefully and jot down notes re: these components in the margins or in your notebook.

o   Email me a proposal for your MEA #1.  I should receive this email before class on Wednesday.  Your proposal should answer the following questions:

·         What place are you going to write about?  Why that place? 

·         What stories do you plan to tell about this place? (briefly)

·         What question(s) underlie your storytelling?  In other words, what are you trying to figure out / explore by writing this essay?  There may be multiple issues.

·         What outside research do you plan to do?  Interview someone?  Who?  Look up history / details about this place?  Where?  Use a catalyst quote to reflect?  Which one?   

·         What questions do you have for me about this essay?   

o   If you are having difficulty coming up with a good topic:  Check out the “Paths for Further Exploration” prompts at the ends of the essays in WP Chapter 1 (p. 1-56).  Those give you some specific ideas about fruitful place essays!  I’m also adding the following prompt, which relates to Harden’s essay:  (This is just another suggestion for an essay topic.  You do not need to answer this question.)

·         The Grand Coulee Dam was many things to Blaine Harden, but it was also, at least briefly, his place of employment.  Recreate one of your places of employment, describing not only the physical place, but also the culture of that environment.  What did you learn (about yourself, about work, about other people, etc.) from that place? 

 

 

§  For our next class, Monday, September 8th, please do the following:

o   Read Intro material in the following books:

§  Writing Places (WP) xv-xvii

§  St. Martin’s Handbook (SM) UK 6- UK 9

o   Read Critically Johnson, “Notes of an Emigrant Son” (hand-out)

o   Continue brainstorming about places!

o   Type Writing Journal (WJ) #2.  (see link to the left.)

 

 

§  Welcome!  I’m looking forward to a great semester with you all.  For our next class, Wednesday, September 3rd, please do the following:

o   Check your contact info (see link to the left).  If there is an error, send me an email.

o   Look through your books.  Get to know them. 

§  Read St. Martin’s Handbook (SM) UK 10 – UK 22

§  Browse Writing Places (WP).  Further reading to come!

o   Read Critically Palmer, “Community of Truth,” (hand-out.)  “Reading critically” means you should read the essay twice: Once to get a basic idea of the content, and twice to make notes in the margins, dialogue with the text.  I will expect you to annotate the essay with your questions and comments.  See SM p. 27-32 to learn how to read critically.

o   Type Writing Journal (WJ) #1  (see link to the left)

o   Complete “Survey of First Year Students”

o   Review Syllabus and be prepared for brief quiz on class policies!