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Final Week Extended Office Hours
Extended Office Hours
Monday: 1-2:30
Tuesday: 12:30-2:30
Wednesday: 11:00-1:30
Thursday: 3:00-5:00 (please let me know if you plan to come to office hours. If I have no rsvps, I will not hold office hours).
Friday: TBA depending on demand
Final Due Dates
Due Dates (NO EXTENSIONS):
Friday, May 15th at 8:00 pm: Any outstanding blogs must be posted
May 18th by 8:00am: Final Projects are Due
Wednesday May, 20th at 5:30pm: Self Evaluations and Group evaluations are due [For evaluation form, click: Final Project Self&Group Evaluation]
Friday May 22, at 10:00am: Extra Credit Assignment Due [For extra credit assignment prompt, click: Writing 2_Extra Credit Assignment]
Final Project Information
I have made some revisions/additions to the site so as to make navigating the parts of the final project requirements hopefully a little easier.
“Final Project” drop down menu: On the top menu bar.
Final Project Checklist: Under the “Final Project” menu bar and as a link on the page that comes up if you just click “Final Project.”
Descriptions of the required parts of the final project: Under the “Final Project” menu and as links from the page that comes up if you just click “Final Project.”
Writing A Group-Authored Introduction Handout: under the “Group Authored Introduction”
Sitemap questions
Before you create your site map, your group should answer the following questions:
1) How do you want your viewer/reader to engage your theme and your particular arguments? [Do you want them to take an action like joining a political group or writing a letter to a CEO? Do you want them to engage in dialogue in offer their opinion on the ideas offered? Do you want them to buy something? Do you want them to feel something (guilt, happiness, etc.)?
2) What is the number one strategy you can use in your layout to aid the goal you express in response to the above question?
3) What do you want your viewers to encounter first when they view your project? Why?
4) Do you want to integrate the papers throughout the site (as conversations around a particular text) or do you want to cluster your papers together as a scholarly section? Or some combination of the two strategies? Explain your choice.
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I should be able to discern the answer to these questions in looking at how you layout your site. Please include notes about page content, navigation, and links in your sitemap.
Project Check-Ins
In order to make sure your group is making timely process, I ask that your group make the following project check-ins. For each check-in I have specific questions. The questions should not take long to answer if you have used the in-class time successfully.
[Please click the link for the specific questions.]
Individual Contribution Check-In Thursday, April 16th at 5pm
Project Layout Check-ins Tuesday, April 21st at 5pm
Future Research Check-ins Thursday April 23rd at 5pm
Project Questions Check-ins Tuesday April 28th at 5pm
First Two Intro Paragraphs Check-ins Thursday April 30th at 5pm
Annotated Bibliography Draft Check-ins Tuesday May 5th at 5pm
Project Link Check-Ins Thursday, May 7th at 5pm
Project Questions Check-Ins Tuesday, May 12th at 5pm
Individual Contribution Check-In Thursday, April 16th at 5pm
One person should post a tentative list of who will be responsible for what in the final project. You should be able to put a group members’ name for each of the following blanks:
Individual Contribution Assignment
creative piece:________________________________________________________
primary text with description: ______________________________________
primary text with description: ______________________________________
primary text with description: ______________________________________
primary text with description: ______________________________________
primary text with description: ______________________________________
primary text with description: ______________________________________
close reading analysis paper: _______________________________________
close reading analysis paper: _______________________________________
close reading analysis paper: _______________________________________
scholarly analysis paper: ____________________________________________
scholarly analysis paper: ____________________________________________
scholarly analysis paper: ____________________________________________
Project Layout Check-ins Tuesday, April 21st at 5pm
In class, I asked you to map out how you want your project site to look. Please post a photograph of your site map.
In your post, please include the answer to the following two questions:
1) Are you making your own site and linking it to the course page or do you plan to upload your content within the existing course site (meaning, you will work within the project menus)?
2) What text (image, quote, etc) do you want to be the central text of your project?
Future Research Check-ins Thursday April 23rd at 5pm
Please post a list of the remaining research tasks your group has. Alongside each item, please list the name of the group member who will head up that research task. You can use the below form as a template. Add or delete blank rows as necessary.
Research Task Member Responsible for Task ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________ ___________________________________ ______________________________________
Project Questions Check-ins Tuesday April 28th at 5pm
Please post 2-3 questions your group has about your final project or the final project in general.
First Two Intro Paragraphs Check-ins Thursday April 30th at 5pm
Please post a well-written and thoughtful draft of the first two paragraphs of your group authored introduction.
Annotated Bibliography Draft Check-ins Tuesday May 5th at 5pm
Please post a draft of your groups annotated bibliography. This draft should have at least four entries. It should be well written, and the citations should accurately follow MLA citation guidelines.
Project Link Check-Ins Thursday, May 7th at 5pm
If you are using a separate site for your project, please include a link to the site you are putting together, so that I can see where you are. If you are uploading your materials into the already existing site, you should have already designated a point person. Please have that point person confirm with me about what has already been posted.
Project Questions Check-Ins Tuesday, May 12th at 5pm
Please post 2-3 questions your group has about your final project or the final project in general.
On Writing Your Intros
First decide who is contributing what to the final project.
Then:
First Paragraph: What themes, tensions, or questions emerge when we put our papers together?
Second Paragraph: Do we have a particular perspective, angle, or even argument claim that we could put forth about that theme, tension, or question?
Workshop Deadlines
Workshop Dates [Turn in dates and read by dates]:
Turn in Dates:
Mon., April 20 – Sports Group (1) turns in papers before class.
Wed., April 22 -Technology Group (2) turns in papers before class.
Mon., April 27 – Feminism Group (3) turns in papers before class.
Wed., April 29 – Fashion Group (4) turns in papers before class.
Mon., May 4 -Drug Group (5) turns in papers before class.
Read by / Workshop Dates:
Wed., April 22 – Read and Workshop Sports Group (1) papers.
Mon., April 27 -Read and Workshop Technology Group (2) papers.
Wed., April 29 – Read and Workshop Feminism Group (3) papers.
Mon., May 4 – Read and Workshop Fashion Group (4) papers.
Wed., May 6 – Read and Workshop Drug Group (5) papers before.
(Sports) What Your Group Needs . . .
Ben, Usman, Arturo, and Elijah:
In addition to the group authored introduction, reflection, and annotated bibliography, here are some notes on what your group should include:
—One Creative Piece
Your group must have one creative piece. If it works, you may submit someone’s poem from our in class activity.
—4 Analysis Papers
2 people will have to do a scholarly analysis paper.
2 people will have to submit a close reading paper.
—4 Description Papers about 4 Primary Texts
Your group should have at least 4 primary texts, each accompanied by a 1-2 page description paper (super long caption).
You may decide to include more than five papers if the primary texts actually help your group to make more of a cohesive central argument in your introduction.
These description papers can come from your first description paper, or you might write new ones for new text.
You may decide to each contribute a description paper or ask one or two people to do more than one description paper while other people do more for the introduction.
(Technology) What Your Group Needs . . .
Jo, Robert, Guan, Akim, & Wei:
In addition to the group authored introduction, reflection, and annotated bibliography, here are some notes on what your group should include:
—One Creative Piece
Your group must have one creative piece. If it works, you may submit someone’s poem from our in class activity.
—5 Analysis Papers
2 people will have to do a scholarly analysis paper.
2 people will have to submit a close reading paper.
1 person will be a toss up. It depends on what works best for your group.
—5 Description Papers about 5 Primary Texts
Your group should have at least 5 primary texts, each accompanied by a 1-2 page description paper (super long caption).
You may decide to include more than five papers if the primary texts actually help your group to make more of a cohesive central argument in your introduction.
These description papers can come from your first description paper, or you might write new ones for new text.
You may decide to each contribute a description paper or ask one or two people to do more than one description paper while other people do more for the introduction.