The document discusses expectations and topics for a hybrid first-year composition course. It introduces the course website and explains that Twitter will be used as a "virtual margin" for student notes and discussions. Key concepts to be covered include entering academic conversations, revising ideas rather than just editing, and considering effective arrangements and definitions of literacy.

1. 8 September 2010 Agenda Attendance Expectations for hybrid First-Year Composition Key syllabus points & tech issues Role of Twitter in WRA 110.744 What is college writing? Projects 1 & 2 & issues from homework Next steps: hitting the library

2. http://aristotlejulep.com/wra110 Our course website and home base We (probably) won’t be using ANGEL. Why “Aristotle julep”? Anagram of my name. Julie Rose Platt = Aristotle Julep Aristotle is one of the fathers of rhetoric. A julep is a sweet drink. The word “julep” comes from the Persian word “gulab” meaning “rosewater.”

3. Twitter in WRA 110.744 Analogy: If our class is a book, think of Twitter as a kind of “virtual margin” for notes, doodles, etc. I’ll give you short Twitter assignments each week. You are required to complete these, and to follow me and your classmates. You’re welcome to Tweet as much as you want and follow whomever you want. Explore!

4. Entering the Conversation

5. They Say, I Say “ The underlying structure of academic writing—and of responsible public discourse—resides not just in stating our own ideas, but in listening closely to others around us, summarizing their views in a way that they will recognize, and responding with our own ideas in kind. Broadly speaking, academic writing is argumentative writing, and we believe that to argue well you need to do more than assert your own ideas. You need to enter a conversation, using what others say (or might say) as a launching pad or sounding board for your own ideas.” - Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein

6. Old School: Writing for the Teacher Writing in college is more than just writing papers for an audience of one. You are writing so that your voice can be heard in the midst of a much larger conversation in which many have participated before you and in which many will participate after you are gone.

7. Writing for a Wider Audience Begin with a good inquiry question First find out what others are saying about the topic before deciding on a thesis statement Once you find out what the experts are saying, construct a central argument and think it through In your writing, incorporate what others are saying by responding to those who might disagree with you and using what others say as evidence to assert your claims Be sure to cite all your sources accurately

8. Old School: Revision is Just Editing Revising a paper does not mean that you simply fix the bad grammar, poor structure, or confusing parts. When you revise in your writing, not only do you fix problematic parts of the paper, but you revise previous ideas, attitudes, and arguments. If I just fix the parts my teacher marked in red, I’ll get an A on this!

9. Revising College Writing Revising can involve editing a text to fix grammar When you revise a paper, you also revise your ideas so that they flow more easily or make more sense Revision might also include changing the structure of your paper, reorganizing quotations, or even refocusing your thesis statement Revision takes time and can result in substantial changes to your paper…for the better

10. Old School: A Good Essay Is Always Arranged as a Five Paragraph Theme

11. Effective Arrangement Can Take Many Forms There is no “right” or “wrong” way to arrange the ideas in your paper, as long as it follows a logical progression and works as a, effective and cohesive piece Finding an effective arrangement may take many revisions to achieve The way you arrange your argument, your sources, your examples, etc. can greatly impact the overall impression that your writing leaves on your audience

12. Old School: Invention is Just Prewriting Coming up with ideas to put into your writing can happen in a variety of ways. There is no set list of techniques for an author to use in order to gather and organize ideas. There are many ways to invent a text. Likewise, there are many ways to invent ideas. Invention is more than just prewriting. A text can use several strategies to invent just as it can invent a variety of strategies. Freewriting! Bubble Graph! Lists! Venn Diagram!

13. Rethinking Invention Invention is discovery. It’s what gets you on the page, but may not involve prewriting or even any writing at all But, when inventing a new piece of writing, you might try the old prewriting techniques to help you discover new ideas and to organize them Many things can be invented in a text, from the core argument to a revising of an old conversation

14. Old School: Literacy is Being Able to Read and Write Literacy used to be discussed only in the context of reading and writing. Today literacy is being explored as a more ubiquitous, broad, and diverse topic. Literacy can encompass many forms of communication, personal expression, and interpretation. One can be literate in more than just textual understanding. Literacy! Literacy! Literacy!

15. What is Literacy? Literacies in plural Culture and literacy Literacy in academic disciplines and careers Technology and literacy

16. Old School: The Writing Process is Always Linear Prewriting Rough Draft Revision Editing Final Paper

17. Writing is Recursive and Epistemic One can begin and end the writing process with any component of the process. It does not necessarily run linearly A writer might cycle through or choose to revisit one or more components of the process before finishing a piece. This means it is recursive (goes in a circle) In addition to being recursive, writing is epistemic—it produces knowledge Writing leads to ideas, not the other way around

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