9.0 Overview of Week 9
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| Course: | WR122 - English Composition: Argumentation (OER) |
| Book: | 9.0 Overview of Week 9 |
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| Date: | Friday, May 3, 2024, 11:35 PM |
1. What's up this week
Well, we're nearly at the end! Hooray? This week is strange in a few ways. Mostly, it's because your work will happen primarily behind the scenes this week, as opposed to the multiple forums of the past two.If you run behind this week, just let me know as soon as possible. I've made the peer review process a little more open this time so that we can accommodate anyone running behind.
2. Special Note about the presentation
I often get this question about the final presentation: Is it the same as the essay?
Yes. And no. The idea here is that you'll write an essay about a topic that you're interested in and care about (or at least want to know more about). Then, you'll create an overview -- something about 5 minutes long -- for the class to view that helps us understand your process. So, for example, if I research the health effects of television for children under age 5, my paper would be about that. I'd argue for or against it, with plenty of research to back up my argument.
Then, I'd also put together, say, a short video that explains what I found to my classmates. The video would answer the questions laid out in the assignment sheet -- so it's not a video of you reading your paper. It's a video of you saying, "I wanted to find the answer to ____" and "what I found was ______" and "I found this by doing ______" etc.
I am absolutely open to creative presentations: I have had people do fake interview videos before, songs, a poem once, a cartoon... it can be made into something that's fun. It can also be just Powerpoint or Google Slides, though if you go that route, set aside some time to find good images or ways to design your slides so that they aren't just copies of what you wrote in your paper.
Please, please let me know as soon as possible if you have questions about this!
3. To-Do in Week 9
Assignments to turn in this week:
- Take the research quiz by Wednesday ideally, though you have through Sunday if you need it(9.4)
- Post your final paper Works Cited page to the 9.5 Forum if you want feedback from me on your sources and/or if you want to brainstorm finding sources with me and your peers.
- Post a check-in for me on your presentation progress, so I know where you are. Be honest! If you haven't started by Thursday, let's brainstorm together.
- Post your in-progress draft of Essay 3 by Sunday night to the Peer Review Workshop (9.7)
- Post and reply to your classmates in the last reflection/response forum (9.6)