All students are responsible for monitoring the class website and calendar, keeping up with work. Weekly reading and response writing will be posted here, with weekly writing work submitted using Dropbox Paper, our preferred writing tool.
Mid-Term Writing
All Mid-Term writing has been read and graded. Great work! Overall, the research and writing was excellent, and I'll be sharing grades with everyone beginning the week of March 23rd. Feedback is made directly on your Dropbox Paper. Google Docs users should see comments within that document.Response Writing, Dropbox Paper
- Weekly reading and response work will continue, and count towards your participation points for the term, up to 200 participation points can be earned this term.
- The weekly response writing will happen using a single Dropbox Paper.
- Create that Dropbox Paper, titling it XMEN-LastName-FirstName-weekly.
- Example here.
- Share your Dropbox Paper with the instructor's Winthrop email address.
Using the weekly reading and response as note-taking, and research in and of itself, can be very helpful, and extremely beneficial! (See below.)
Final Writing, Research Paper
- Much of your weekly reading and response writing could and should be used to scaffold and build towards your Final Writing. But not every weekly assignment may do that, so don't fret if you can't connect it back to your own research.
- In preparation for planning your Final Writing, read Winthrop Writing Center's advice on thesis statements and outlines
- Student's Short Writing 3 and Short Writing 4 will be used for planning your long-term, Final Writing, due April 30.
- Short Writing 3: due April 1, write a thesis, an abstract, your statement of intent, this driver directs your research and your writing and should be 100-200 words; also include a 1-2 page annotated bibliography, a list of proposed sources used for your Final Writing
- Short Writing 4: due April 8 for extra credit, late submission (if needed) April 15, create a two-page outline that plans out your Final Writing; have each numeral I or II or III represent a paragraph, each subsequent item acts as ideas within that paragraph; see Dr. Fike's outline overview online
- Follow the class website for Short 3 and Short 4 and Final Writing briefs and rubrics, and consider using an app such as Feedly so you get RSS push notifications when new posts debut here on our class blog.