FALL 2019 RWS 200
Homework for Week 2
- Share an overview of your course plans for weeks 2 and 3 (before you start unit 1). What short texts and activities
will you assign?
- Share your syllabus.
Homework for week 3
- Create or adapt a prompt for unit 1, as well as a rubric. Remember, the prompt and rubric should line up.
- Based on your prompt, reverse engineer an outline for unit 1. You may want to start with the schedule in the
sample syllabus, and develop or rework this to provide an outline.
- Describe your plans for the first week of activities for unit 1. Try to include some detail.
- Come ready to discuss Thompson, and bring any questions you have about the text/unit.
Post your homework in the week 3 folder
At ITC we will go over some common class activities you can draw on in unit 1, how to manage peer review, and we will dive into a
discussion of Thompson
Homework for week 4
1. Draft a section of paper 1. Don't spend much time on it. The point is just to get some experience with the task you are setting your students.
Use your prompt, and compose a paragraph. Post to the week 4 folder.
Introduction
Andrew, Matt, Alma
Body paragraph 1: claims and evidence
Brett, Joe, Kevin, Caitlin
Body paragraph 2: evaluation (critically discuss an element of the text. This might be an assumption, evidence, a strategy,
or whatever you have assigned in your prompt).
Phoebe, Sarah, Rachel
2. Make some informal notes on how you plan to conduct conferences and how you plan to give feedback on your students'
writing. Be prepared to share.
FALL 2018 RWS 100
Week 6: Unit 2
Week 3 September 12
Create and share your prompt for unit 1.
- Jordan's prompt
- Jim's prompt
- Jake's prompt
- Melanie's prompt
- Bree's prompt
- LJ's prompt
- Kimberly's prompt
- William's prompt
- Jeffrey's prompt
- Betsy's prompt
- Jack's prompt
Week 2 September 05
Do one of the following
- Write and share your plans for the remaining classes in weeks 2 and 3. including main activities and text, OR compose a plan for unit 1 (include
what you will do on the first day).
- Take a few minutes to think about anything you would like help with over the next 2-3 weeks. You can also share questions or suggestions.
Week 1 August 29
No homework. Share tales from the front lines, tips and suggestions.
FALL 2017 RWS 100
Week 1
No homework. Share tales from the front lines, tips and suggestions.
Week 2
Planning Unit 1 and preparing to teach Thompson. For next week, please post the following below:
- Your Essay 1 prompt (this can be a draft and/or provisional). Creating a prompt before you begin discussing a major text serves as a nice base to help you to plan the
rest of your classes more thoroughly.
- A general outline of what you plan to do each day for Unit 1. This can be a brief skeleton (or detailed), but you should include some specifics on how you plan to work
with Thompson.
- Shared Work. We will share the following work: A) developing discussion questions, B) mapping key claims and evidence, C) evaluation (strengths and weaknesses,
especially of evidence and reasoning) D) identifying and evaluating assumptions (please see the handout on assumptions in the reader, also available here).
NOTE - there are raw materials for A-D in the file called "Unit 1 Collected Material_F2017.doc." There are also some materials below, in prior TA homework from fall 2016.
Homework
Week 3 (posted by Karen)
I believe you all have a link in your SDSUid mailbox (linked to Microsoft 365) that allows you access to the shared ITC folder titled, "ITC homework Fall 17." If you do not, please email me as soon as possible.
In the folder, you will find 2 additional folders--week 2 & 3. (I will add more as we go.) In week 2, you will find the mock up of what I did, as well as the handout from class. In week 3, you will find the homework with specific descriptions and directions on how/where to turn in your work on the "week 3 assignment page."
If you have any trouble and/or questions, PLEASE feel free to email any of us throughout the week! We want to help in any way we can!
Below you will find the shortened version of the "week 3 assignment page" :
- Revise your prompts by reviewing what other TAs have done (homework page). Review the assignment description and SLOs and make sure the prompt is in line with these. Clarify what you want students to do, what you don't want them to do, and what this will look like in the introduction and body sections. These can be notes.
- Put together a draft rubric for the assignment.
- Draft a sample introduction paragraph and an outline for the paper based on your prompt.
Again, further explanation for each is on the"week 3 assignment page," and if you have any issues accessing it, please ask!
Week 4
Share your thoughts on how you will tackle a) drafting, b) giving feedback to students, and c) arranging conferences with students.
Karen has kindly set up another folder on OneDrive (MS 365) for you to post this. Hopefully you will be able to do your homework in a single Word file.
The librarian who has arranged library visits for us is Zoe Jarocki, zjarocki@mail.sdsu.edu If you would like to set up a library visit for your class please contact her.
FALL 2016 RWS 100
Fall Week 8: Brainstorming Unit 3
Today, we discussed how our classes have been going this past week, and then we did a brief grade norming session. Next week, we will discuss various ways to approach Unit 3. To prepare for this, please review the sample prompts and collected teaching materials for Unit 3 (on the wiki). Then, please post the following below: 1) a drafted Unit 3 prompt, and 2) any ideas you have for teaching Boyd’s text and the concepts in your prompt.
Caro Raedeker-Freitas: Essay3Prompt.pdf unit3plan.pdf
Morgan Gates: here is the promised meme ppt. with my students' work and the one I used to introduce memes. BONUS: short worksheet on MLA and other styles. And, of course, my (rough) prompt for Unit 3. I do not have a schedule yet! This is something I know I need to work on. ***I know you all are busy, but I thought I would share this article on working class students and multimodal projects. I find it useful in many ways, but it might be relevant in terms of Essay 3. It's kind of long, but it is worthy and inspiring.***
Scott M. Bruner: Essay3DRAFTPrompt, Unit3DRAFTplan
Susan Shamoon: Essay #3 Draft, Unit 3 Tentative Schedule
Bryan Avelar: prompt wp3.docx
Fall Week 7: Observations
Today, we spent some more time discussing specific activities we are doing to teach Carr's text and rhetorical strategies. For this week, please use the space below to write down the time/dates your class meets, as well as 3 dates you would like us to come observe your class. Once you have posted this information, one of us will contact you with a specific date we plan to visit your class.
Morgan Gates: My class meets in LSS 241 from 9:00 to 9:50. Technically, these dates all work for me; I prefer to go later, so I have bolded my preferences. 11/4, 11/7, 11/9, 11/14, 11/16, 11/18, 11/21, 11/30, 12/5, 12/7, 12/9, 12/12.
Scott M. Bruner: My class meets T/Th from 8-9:15 in Hepner Hall 206 (we moved from our original location). The best dates for me would be 11/8, 11/10 or 11/15.
Andrea Kade: My class is MWF from 10-1050 in EBA 412. I would love to be observed on 10/21, 10/17 or 10/19 in that order would be the best dates (10/19 is our debate, probably dedicate 40 min to it)
Susan Shamoon: My class is MWF from 9 am–9:50 am in AH 2213. I would love to be observed on 11/21, 11/30, 12/2, 12/9 12/12. I would prefer to go later!
Alyssabeth Knerr: My class meets MWF from 12-12:50 in AH-2116. The dates I'd like to be observed on: 11/9, 11/14, 11/16, 11/18. 11/21, 11/28, 11/30. I'd prefer one of the later dates if possible!
Kristi Phillips: My class meets MWF from 11-11:50 in SSW 2501. The best dates for me would be 11/7, 11/9, 11/11, 11/14, 11/16, 11/18, 11/21, 11/23, and 11/25.
Fall Week 6: Grade Norming
In today's meeting, we fleshed out some day-to-day activities for Unit 2 that we can use to teach Carr's text and rhetorical strategies. In next week's meeting, we will be doing some grade norming. We will look at a few student papers from Unit 1 to discuss how we would each approach assigning a grade to them. To do so, would a couple of you mind volunteering to send us two student essays from Unit 2: one that you believe to be a weaker essay and one that you believe to be a stronger essay? Please email us if you would like to volunteer for this.
Fall Week 5: Unit 2 Prompt and Plan
Caro Raedeker-Freitas:unit2calendar.pdf CarrPrompt.pdf
Chelsea: RWS 100 paper 2 prompt.docx RWS 100 unit 2 schedule.docx
Susan: RWS Paper 2 Prompt Draft Unit 2 Tentative Schedule
Alyssabeth: Unit 2 rough schedule, Prompt draft
Scott M. Bruner: DRAFT! Essay 2 prompt and DRAFT! Unit 2 Schedule
Andrea Kade: prompt2.carr.rws100.fall2016.akade.docx unit2.schdule.rough.docx
Fall Weeks 4 & 5: Conferencing & Brainstorming Unit 2
In yesterday's meeting, we discussed various feedback strategies (for both rough drafts during the drafting process and final drafts during the grading process). We also spent some time discussing your ideas for navigating the drafting process. For next week, please post the following below:
- Your plans for conferencing. Are you planning to conference with your students? If so, will it be required or optional, and how do you plan to organize these conferences? If not, what are your plans for ensuring your students are on the right track before they submit their final essay?
Caro Raedeker-Freitas: itcconferencingexplanation.pdf
Scott M. Bruner: ITC_Conferencing Plan_092516
Chelsea: RWS 100 Conferencing Plan.pdf
Kristi: ITC Conferencing.pdf
Morgan's plan for conferencing and Essay Project Prompt 2 and ***BONUS*** Peer Review Group Reflection Worksheet. Very crude, under construction schedule.
Susan: Conferencing Plan
Andrea: Conference Plan
Because we will not be meeting as a group next week, please work on the following and post below by Tuesday, October 4th:
- Brainstorming Unit 2. As we discussed in previous meetings, it is helpful to first create a prompt before you dive into planning a unit. So, please create a draft of your prompt for Unit 2, and then work backwards to create a tentative schedule. We will discuss your plans for Unit 2 when we come together as a group again on Wednesday, October 5th.
Pietera: This is my Essay 2 prompt and Unit 2 schedule (I will be in MA for a conference during two class days, which is why class is canceled those days).
Scott M. Bruner: DRAFT! Essay 2 prompt and DRAFT! Unit 2 Schedule
In the meantime, we will get in touch with you about times to meet individually next week. Stay tuned!
Fall Week 3: Drafting Paper 1 and Providing Feedback
Compose a draft paragraph for paper 1. Doing some of the the work you have assigned your students can be helpful. Here are your assignments:
Introduction
Bryan and Morgan
Body paragraph – claim and evidence
Andrea, Chelsea and Alyssabeth
Body Paragraph – analyze a strategy
Kristi, Caro and Susan
Body paragraph – evaluate a strength or weakness
Adrian, Scott, Alex
Take a quick look at the sample student draft that was emailed to you and think about the feedback you might give the student.
Lastly, compose some notes describing how you will handle drafting. What are you going to have students do that will help them build key
elements of the paper?
Pietera: I ask my students to write two rough drafts: the first one for a peer review and the second one for an individual writing meditation. The writing meditation workshop begins with a guided meditation, and I'm attaching that dialogue as well (I know this stuff may seem weird, but I'm just putting it out here in case anyone wants to try out some version of an individual reflective drafting workshop). Peer Review Workshop; Writing Meditation PowerPoint; Mindful Breathing Dialogue; Writing Meditation Workshop
Scott Bruner: Body Paragraph Draft, Draft Support Notes
Caro Raedeker-Freitas: ITCHomework (1).pdf, DraftingThompsonHandout.new.pdf
Alex Gardella: Thompson - Critique.docx, Thompson - Unit One Plan.docx
Kristi Phillips: Thompson Paragraph, Drafting Process
Adrian Vega: Thompson Draft Paragraph and Notes on Drafting
Fall Week 2: Planning Unit 1
In our meeting today, we discussed some ideas we have for planning Unit 1 and teaching Thompson. For next week, please post the following below:
1) Your Essay 1 prompt (this can be rough or finalized). Creating a prompt before you begin discussing the major texts serves as a nice base to help you to plan the rest of your classes more thoroughly.
2) An outline of what you plan to do each day for Unit 1. This can just be a brief skeleton, but you should include some specific ideas on how you plan to work with Thompson.
We also briefly mentioned “Some Questions to Ask Any Text” in the Course Reader (p. 18). This does not need to be posted to the wiki, but please take some time to review these questions. Think about how you might answer them for Thompson and how you think you could use them in Unit 1.
Just a sidenote: Don’t be freaked out by the word “homework.” This is really just so you can get ahead of the game, and so we can all share what we’re doing and throw some ideas around.
Unit 1.pdf
Pietera Pincock: Essay 1 Prompt/Unit 1 Schedule; Unit 1 Rough Class Notes; Rhetorical Situation & Aristotelian Modes PowerPoint
Caro Raedeker-Freitas: thompsonprompt.pdf; Unit1.pdf
Scott M. Bruner: Unit 1 Prompt: Thompson, Teaching Thompson ROUGH Outline
Morgan G.: RWS 100 Fall 2016 Essay:Project 1 Prompt.pdf (My schedule is page 3 of the document.)
Chelsea: Thompson prompt.pdf Unit 1.pdf
Adrian: Essay 1 Prompt Unit 1 Outline
Kristi Phillips: Unit One Prompt, Unit One Schedule
Susan Shamoon Unit 1 Prompt, Unit 1 Schedule
Alex Gardella: Project #1 Prompt.docx, (The schedule is at the end of my syllabus) RWS 100 Syllabus (Fall 2016.9).docx
Andrea Kade: Thompson Prompt Unit 1 outline
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