04.01.09
McLuhan Annotation
Chose a passage from The Medium is the Massage and write a one to two-page response following the annotation guidelines for Project 3.
Due: Monday, April 6.
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01.15.09
McLuhan Annotation 2
Chose a passage from The Medium is the Massage and write a one to two-page response following the annotation guidelines for Project 3.
Due: Monday, April 20.
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01.13.09
Reflective Journal Guidelines
Using the blog function within the CompClass web site, you will want to keep a reflective journal in which you engage in reflective learning. Pages 17-19 of Portfolio Keeping deal specifically with the kinds of topics you should engage in your journal. All told you are expected to write a minimum of 30 journal entries throughout the term, starting in Week 2., which works out to less than one entry per class. No more than four journal entries will be counted in any week (Sunday-Saturday) period, so you will need to make reflective journal writing a regular and ongoing activity throughout the semester. A good reflective journal entry will range from 150-300 words, which is roughly ½-1 page double-space typed. Posting between 25-29 journal entries during the course of the term will result in a grade of “C+.” Fewer than 25 entries will result in a grade of “C.” Read the rest of this entry »
More on Project 3 Annotations
Some further comments to help you think about Project 3:
In deciding what to annotate, essentially what you want to do is figure out what kinds of information you might have found useful when you were reading The Medium is the Massage for the first time. For instance, you might have wanted to have a word or phrase like “nose counting” defined for you, or you might have wanted to know the various meanings McLuhan invokes with the term “collide-oscope,” or you might have found useful an summary/explanation of what means in the section “Your Education.” Any of these would make good annotations. Likewise, you might have found it useful to have an image or series of images (with our without accompanying text) serve as additional examples to illustrate/explain an idea, or you might have found a brief summary of Poe’s “The Descent into the Malestorm” or Renaissance perspectivism useful since McLuhan assumes his readers are familiar with these topics. Additionally, it’s possible that a response to something McLuhan wrote—whether that response disagrees, agrees with a difference, or disagrees and agrees—illuminating. These too would make great annotations. Read the rest of this entry »
Project 4: Rhetorical Analysis of McLuhan
RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION: MEDIA AND THEIR EFFECTS
ENGLISH 150-H
SPRING 2009
PROJECT 4: RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF MCLUHAN
Goals/Objectives
The goal for this assignment is three-fold. First, this assignment asks you to use your knowledge of the rhetorical situation to analyze a text. Second, it asks you to continue applying what you have learned about summary, analysis, and commentary. And, lastly, this assignment asks you to support a thesis-driven essay with evidence based claims. Read the rest of this entry »
Project 3: Annotating McLuhan
RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION: MEDIA AND THEIR EFFECTS
ENGLISH 150-H
Spring 2009
PROJECT 3: Annotating McLuhan
Goals/Objectives
The goals for this assignment are four-fold. First, this assignment will build upon what we have learned about the rhetorical situation. Second, this assignment will apply what we have learned about summary, analysis, and commentary. Third, this assignment will introduce us to research. And, finally, this assignment will continue our engagement with composing visually, document design, and the interaction between words and images. Read the rest of this entry »
Guidelines for Program Assessment Materials
As explained in the course syllabus, in order to help the Composition Program assess how it is doing in meeting its goals, you will be asked to submit some of your work at the end of the term for the Program Assessment. While these pieces will be projects you create for this course, they will be submitted separately from any material you are asked to submit for the course such as the Final Portfolio. Read the rest of this entry »
Final Portfolio
Assignment
The purpose of the final portfolio is to allow you to reflect upon the material we have covered and the work you have done in this class. Specifically, it is to allow you to take stock of the course and what you have learned. Your portfolio will consist of three sections:
- a table of contents,
- a portfolio essay with supplementary material supporting the portfolio essay, and
- two revised writing projects.
The purpose of your portfolio is to demonstrate your learning and achievement at the end of the course. Your portfolio will contain the various documents necessary to help you make your case, the essay in which you make your argument, and a table of contents to help make your portfolio clear. Read the rest of this entry »
Midterm Portfolio
Assignment
The purpose of the midterm portfolio is to allow you to reflect upon the material we have covered and the work you have done in this class. Specifically, it is to allow you to take stock of the course and what you have learned. Your portfolio will consist of three sections: 1) a table of contents, 2) a portfolio essay with supplementary material supporting the portfolio essay, and 3) a revised writing project. The purpose of your portfolio is to demonstrate your learning and achievement in this course to date. Your portfolio will contain the various documents necessary to help you make your case, the essay in which you make your argument, and a table of contents to help make your portfolio clear. Read the rest of this entry »
Project 1: Your Life in Media
RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION: MEDIA AND THEIR EFFECTS
ENGLISH 150-K AND M
FALL 2008
PROJECT 2: Your Life in Media
[Project 1: Your Life in Media (.pdf)]
Goals/Objectives
The goal for this assignment is five-fold. First, this assignment will allow me to assess your writing for the first time so that I may begin offering you feedback. Second, this assignment should allow you to use the knowledge that you have already learned about writing. Third, this assignment will serve as an introduction to making claims and supporting those claims with reasons. Fourth this assignment will get us started thinking about media not just as something we consume but as an active, dynamic force that we use to understand and shape our environment. And, finally, this assignment will get us started in thinking about composing visually, about document design, and about the interaction between words and images. Read the rest of this entry »