Agenda for Weeks 14 & 15 [Tentative]

Tuesday, November 25th

• Peer Review Project 2 Full Draft
• Homework
• revise Project 2 Essay
• due in Google Drive for instructor feedback on Wednesday, November 26th by 10pm
• continue revising ALL previous assignments

Tuesday, December 2nd

• Peer Review Project 3 Full Draft
• Homework
• revise Project 3 Essay
• continue revising ALL previous assignments

Friday, December 5th

• FINAL PORTFOLIO DUE BY 5PM

Final Portfolio Guidelines

A writing portfolio is a collection of REVISED writing assignments that are representative of a student's work throughout an entire semester. 

Your Google Drive shared folder will count as your final portfolio for this course. As discussed at the beginning of the semester, your final portfolio is worth 60% of your final course grade. Bear in mind that I will grade your final portfolio as a whole--not as the average of different project grades. Also, incomplete portfolios may not receive a passing grade. 

Your final portfolio is due by 5pm on Friday, December 5th. No late work will be accepted.

Below is an up-to-date list of all the files that you should have in your shared Google Drive folder by the assignment deadline. I have also included the correct file names. Finally, I would encourage all of you to visit the UTPA Writing Center (STAC 3.119) prior to the deadline for assistance with any grammar or MLA-related issues in any of your assignments. To avoid the long lines, call (956) 665-7977 or email bcastellan@utpa.edu to make an appointment.

ASSIGNMENT	FILE NAME IN GOOGLE DRIVE
Q&R1 (Greene)	Q&R1_YourFullName
Q&R2 (Haas & Flower)	Q&R2_YourFullName
Q&R3 (Kantz)	Q&R3_YourFullName
Q&R4 (Penrose & Geisler; Anzaldua)	Q&R4_YourFullName
Project 1: Making Connections	Project1Essay_YourFullName
Project 2 Proposal	Project2Proposal_YourFullName
Project 2: Annotated Bibliography	AnnotatedBibliography_YourFullName
Project 2: Entering the Conversation	Project2Essay_YourFullName
Project 3: Looking Forward Back	Project3Essay_YourFullName

Questions to Help You Compose Your Project 3 Reflective Essay

Your primary audience for your Project 3 reflective essay will be me since I will be using it as a guide to your portfolio. Your essay will offer me a way of reading the work of your portfolio, and by extension the work of the class, and should help me understand what you have learned from reflecting on your work in the class and from the portfolio together.

To help you compose your reflective essay, here are ten questions to ask yourself about your overall 1302 experience and your development as a college writer:

1. What is your “English 1302” story? Where did you begin? Where have you ended up? What happened along the way?
2. Check out the course syllabus again. What are the goals for this class? Which goals do you feel you’ve accomplished this semester?
3. What were the challenges you faced this semester? How did you deal with those challenges?
4. What do you see in all the work you’ve completed for this class (Q&Rs, Project 1, 2, etc.)? Discuss each assignment individually, if you wish. What was difficult/easy? How has all the work in this class helped you develop as a writer? 
5. What do you know about yourself as a writer now that you didn’t know before the start of this class?
6. What strategies have you learned to use to make your writing more effective?  What were the things that helped you learn in this class?
7. What were some of the important questions for you this semester? What important questions about reading/writing/learning do you plan on investigating after this class is over?
8. In terms of your development as a writer, what do you still need to work out in your mind to reach your educational goals? 
9. What do you still want to know more about? After all of our readings/discussions in class, what do you plan on investigating further?
10. Overall, what have you learned in this class? What have you learned about composing, about rhetoric, about revision, about yourself? Do you consider yourself a more confident writer now?

Week 13 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, November 18th

• Discuss Drafting Project 2 and Project 2 Checklist
• Homework
• begin/continue drafting Project 2 Essay
• in Google Drive, title file like this: Project2Essay_YourFullName
• read/print/bring Project 3: Looking Forward Back to class for discussion on Thursday

Thursday, November 20th

• *IN ARHU 140 (COMPUTER LAB)*
• Discuss Project 3: Looking Forward Back
• Final Portfolio Guidelines
• Course Evaluations
• Homework
• begin drafting Project 3 Essay
• in Google Drive, title file like this: Project3Essay_YourFullName
• print/bring three (3) copies of Project 2 FULL draft for peer review on Tuesday, 11/25

Week 12 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, November 11th

• Activity: Research Update
• Workshop Project 2 Interview/Survey Questions
• Homework
• continue primary/secondary research for Project 2
• read/print/bring Drafting Project 2 and Project 2 Checklist to class for discussion on Thursday

Thursday, November 13th

• ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE BY 5pm IN GOOGLE DRIVE
• Discuss Drafting Project 2 and Project 2 Checklist
• Homework
• begin drafting Parts 1 & 2 of Project 2 Essay
• in Google Drive, title file like this: Project2Essay_YourFullName
• print/bring three (3) copies of Project 2 draft for peer review on Tuesday

On Your Primary Research

By 10pm on Friday, November 7, answer the following in the comments section of this post:

1. What type/s of primary research will you conduct (interviews, surveys, etc.)? Explain why your chosen form/s of primary research are the best choice for your project.
2. Which population/s will you focus on in your primary research (students, professors, professionals, etc.)? What kinds of answers do you expect to get from these populations?

Please be sure to include your name in your post; all ANONYMOUS posts will be deleted and will not receive credit for this assignment.

Statement of Consent

Make sure you include the following on all your survey and/or interview questionnaires:

 

Hi, my name is _______, and I am conducting this [survey][interview] as part of a research project for my ENG 1302.XX class. The purpose of this project is to answer the question "_____?" Completion of this [survey][interview] is voluntary and all responses will remain anonymous.