Portfolio Requirements

 

Folks:

All portfolios are due on Monday, May 5. This will be our last day together ::cue tiny violin music:: Your portfolio is hefty. It's a big piece of your grade (40%!). Be sure to go a good job with it.

Your portfolio must include:





1. Graded copies of Parts 1-3 with my comments. If you've misplaced my comments, then instead of including this, you'll need to write a one page reflection on your revision process (what you've changed and why) for each missing paper.

2. Your original Part IV -- of course, without my comments. This will be your pre-peer review version.

3. Revised and edited copies of parts I-IV. Part II, the research proposal, can be just edited, but Parts 1, 3, and 4 should show substantial revisions.

Please be sure you're turning in polished work. At this point, I will be looking at grammar, spelling, punctuation, and formatting in addition to content. Many students have asked if MLA formatting is required. The short of my answer is "yes" -- UNLESS you have a reason for not using MLA. For example, if, throughout the semester, your writing has been focused on a science discipline, you may choose to use APA instead. Maybe your essays are all about how MLA ruined your life D-: in which case, it would make sense to use something else.

So in other words, if you don't use MLA, be sure to articulate WHY you've made the rhetorical decision not to.

How you decide to present this information to me is entirely up to you. As long as it is presented in a way that your audience (me!) can easily make sense of your work, you'll be in good shape. Is turning in a big pile of crumpled/unstapled and messy papers audience centered? I'm thinking no.

You are being graded on the quality of your finished product and the rhetorical effectiveness of your writing.

Drop off your portfolio on Monday, May 5th between 8:30am and 11am to my office, ARHU 269. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.

May the force be with you! Make it so! For Durotar!

Compocon 3

You've so totally got this (I hope...)

Monday is Compocon 3, the NEXPO! Bring your group's display to set up in the VISTOR'S CENTER. You are required to stay during our class time and man (or woman) your group's display. If your project is particularly awesome, I'd appreciate it if you could leave it there, also. If your project isn't awesome, well...

On Wednesday, we'll have in-class presentations and your reflective essays are due. Be prepared.

Part IV Deets

 Here are the four main "things" I'll be looking for in your Part IV essays! These can also be guiding questions for your peer review discussions


1. Narrative: What story is told in the essay? Does the narrative connect to the author's development as a reader/writer/thinker/gendered-self and their experience in 1302?

2. Vivid Details: Does the author include vivid details? Do these details contribute to the narrative in a meaningful way? Examples of details, for this assignment, can be quotes from class discussions, samples of your writings, quotes/paraphrases from the readings, anecdotes from your group experiences or peer review sessions, etc.

3. Significance: What significance does the essay have to your literacy i.e -- who you are as a writer today, in contrast to who you WERE as a writer before 1302? How do you apply what you learned here to who you are, going forward from here?

4. Claim: How does the author support their claims about their development as a writer? What evidence do they provide?


DUE DATES: Drafts are due WED 4/23. PLEASE BRING 3 COPIES TO CLASS. We will be having peer review. Also, this is the one assignment you won't be getting my feedback on before putting this in your porftolio, so peer review participation will be essential.

We have class 4/7!

Class,

I forgot that compocon isn't until later in the semester, so instead of going to compocon on 4/7, we'll have regular class. Never fear: we're going to be using it as a day to prepare for compocon, which maybe makes a lot more sense. Nothing is due (yay!).

So what's compocon 3 going to be like, you might be asking? Here are some deets:

• Will take place in the visitor's center
• You will be required to have something to set up as a display
• Be ready to discuss and answer questions about your group project.

So, in class today, I'd like you to meet with your groups and address the following questions:

1.  What will your group be displaying at compocon 3? Briefly describe your plans.

2. What does your group need to do in order to be ready for compocon?

3. Do you need any special equipment or materials? Who will be providing these? If you need assistance from me, let me know, too.

Part III Cover letter and conferencing

Don't stand me up >:O

We'll be meeting to discuss your Part III drafts this week. Before we do that, I'll need you to write a reflective cover letter. Here is what you'll need to include in your reflective cover letter:

• Briefly describe your research project. What are you investigating and why?
• What do you think you got right about this assignment, taking into account the four points I'm looking for (original claim, inquiry (research), discourse (connections) and citations?
• What did your peers have to say about your essay? What did you revise based on their suggestions?
• What do you feel still needs work in your essay?
• What would you like my feedback on/help with?

Below is our conferencing schedule. You will be receiving a grade for attendance, so be sure to show up ready to talk about your Stage IV. All conferences take place in my office, ARHU 269.

We will not be having class during these days. Use this time to 1. work on your Part III revisions and 2. of course, work on your group projects. You should be wrapping things up at this point.

Wednesday, 4/2

8:45 -- Olympia

8:55 -- Kaitlyn

9:05 -- Stephanie

9:15 -- Isa

9:25 -- Carlos

9:35 -- Raul

 

Friday, 4/4

8:45 -- Emily

8:55 -- Karina

9:05 -- Eva

9:15 -- Cynthia

9:25 -- Paola

9:35 -- Adriana

 

Wednesday, 4/9

 8:45 -- Lysandra

8:55 -- Amed

9:05 -- Selena

9:15 -- Francine

9:25 -- Jacob

9:35 -- Alex

 

Friday, 4/11

8:45 -- Leonard

8:55 -- Edna

9:05 -- Ydana

9:15 -- Cassandra

9:25 -- Victoria

9:35 -- AVAILABLE

Part III Peer Review Questions

BE the most interesting student in class

1. What research question are they setting out to answer here, and how does it connect to the discourse of gender studies? Why is this question one worth exploring?

2. How did the author go about conducting their research? What methodology did they use? Is it clearly illustrated? How does it connect to their research question?

3. What original claim is the author making? How do they support this claim with evidence? How is it related to the existing research?

4. Here's the big Q -- so what? What does this investigation mean? To whom? What might we do with it? Are these questions answered within the context of the paper?

5. How does the author go about giving proper credit to their sources? Do they incorporate a works cited page for both primary and secondary sources? Do they use parenthetical citations when paraphrasing/quoting?

Peer review responses due on  WEDNESDAY, March 26th. Don't forget to bring 2 copies :-)

How's It Goin'?

Hopefully, it's going a little better than this...

Since we've been working on our group projects for about a month now, this is a good opportunity to see how far we've come. In your groups, work on this progress report and answer the following questions about your current progress. Be sure to incorporate what you've learned from your compocon conversations here, too.

Progress report form 

Typed progress reports are due on:
 Friday, March 21st



Form not working? Here are the Q's.

 

1.       What advice did your group receive at COMPOCON 2? How do you plan to incorporate this feedback into your project?

 

 

2.       Briefly describe your project plans as of today. What is your public document, presentation, and report-back?  How have your plans changed since your last report?

 

 

 

3.       So far, what has your group completed?

 

 

 

4.       What do you still need to do? Here, assign the tasks to your group members and give an approximate due date.

 

 

 

5.       What do you think your group is getting right? What are the strengths of your group and project?

 

 

 

 

 

6.       What difficulties is your group encountering? How do you plan to overcome these difficulties?