Week 5 (2:00 class)

MON, FEB 15: Before our class meeting in CAR 109, please complete the following:

• Read this linked essay by Mike Bunn, “How to Read Like a Writer,” from Writing Spaces, vol. 2, pp. 71-86.
• Read this linked essay by Karen Rosenberg, “Reading Games: Strategies for Reading Scholarly Sources,” from Writing Spaces, vol. 2., pp. 210-220.
• Review these linked instructions for Project 2: Reviewing Expert Research about Writing.

WED, FEB 17: In preparation for our Zoom session (https://learnonline.unca.edu/course/view.php?id=8997#section-1), please complete the following:

• Read and comment on this linked research article, “Writing from Sources, Writing from Sentences,” by writing scholars Rebecca Moore Howard, Tricia Serviss, and Tanya Rodrigue, published in the journal Writing and Pedagogy, vol. 2, no. 2, 2010, pp. 177-192.
• See if you can find, on your own, FREE copies of the following two research articles, both of which you’re required to read and summarize for P2. DO NOT PAY FOR THESE ARTICLES. (If you can’t find free copies, note what you tried that didn’t work. If you do find them, note how you did so. Bring your observations and questions with you to the class Zoom call!)
  • Sommers, Nancy. “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers.” College Composition and Communication, vol. 31, no. 4, Dec. 1980, pp. 378-388.
  • Thonney, Teresa. “Teaching the Conventions of Academic Discourse.” Teaching English in the Two-Year College, vol. 38, no. 4, May 2011, pp. 347-362.

FRI, FEB 19: Please complete the following asynchronous tasks by 5:00 pm:

• Share your initial “design plan” ideas for P2 in this linked Moodle discussion forum: https://learnonline.unca.edu/mod/forum/view.php?id=627306
• Share the portfolio webpage for your Exploration Project (P1) in your work log (cell B20) and our shared contact list (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HOv4nMI5GgKY-wdO8y6vIKGU146_rBQQXAAfY4wEsBE/edit?usp=sharing).