Class

Seminar, Fri, 8/29

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Introductions

Fastwrite

  1. Recount an aha moment you’ve had as a student of writing. Try to describe not only what you learned but the experience of learning it. Think in terms of setting, event, action, change.
  2. Describe the opposite, an epic fail as a student of writing, a moment you recall as a setback or embarrassment.  Again, think in terms of setting, event, action, change.
  3. Pick one of your narratives to read as a way of introducing yourself to the rest of this class.

Joe Harris, “Teaching ‘By Hand’ in a Digital Age“

Some Logistics

  • WordPress
  • Twitter

Aims and Plan

A First Look at E110

Some Well-Known Student Texts in Composition [pdf]

  • “The Freshman at Composition,” Josephine Miles (1951)
  • Lynn, “Terpsichordean Greetings,” Janet Emig (1971)
  • “Seeing and Hearing,” Mina Shaughnessy (1977)
  • Tony, Writing Sample, Sondra Perl (1979)
  • “The Clay Model” Paper, David Bartholomae (1986)
  • Emily Dickinson, “My Life had stood  – a Loaded Gun,” Jayne Relaford Brown (1863/2000)

To Do

  1. Wed, 9/03, 8:00 pm: Read Cross-Talk, pp. 1–125. Post r1 to this site.
  2. Thurs, 9/04, 8:00 pm: Read the r1 posts by your classmates. Comment on at least three of them.  Post at least one tweet to the #688 hashtag on Twitter.
  3. Wed, 9/10, 8:00 pm: Read selections from Sections 2 and 3 of Cross-Talk. Post r2 to this site. Post r2 to this site.
  4. Thurs, 9/11, 8:00 pm: Read the r2 posts by your classmates. Comment on at least three of them.  Post at least one tweet to the #688 hashtag on Twitter.

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