This document provides an agenda for the first week of a writing class. It includes: conducting interviews with classmates and posting the interviews to individual blogs; reviewing the class syllabus available online; and an introduction to the first project which will be analyzing a cultural artifact. The document reminds students to check the class website frequently for new content from the instructor and to check emails daily. It concludes with handing out bookmarks from the writing center and reminding students to check the class schedule.

1. Week 1 – 12 January 2011Wra 110.742

2. AgendaAttendanceClassmate interviews and blog postsSyllabus reviewIntroduction to Project 1: Cultural Artifact AnalysisWriting Center swag & class wrap-up

3. AttendanceToday: Please correct me if I butcher your name; also tell me if there’s a name you’d rather be called.The Attendance Sheet:will go around every F2F class day

4. is your responsibility to sign

5. is primary evidence of your presence in class!Classmate InterviewsPartner up with the nearest person to you, or get in a group of three and distribute yourselves…Interview each other and find out the following information:What is your classmate’s name, major, hometown?

6. What does he/she think about writing in general?

7. What is his/her favorite thing about technology and/or science?

8. What does he/she hope to get out of this class?