New Assignment Schedule

Fellow writers,

Given how long it has taken us to get through the research speeches, I've had to revamp the schedule once again. Here is the link to the new schedule of assignments. Please note that deadlines have been moved around; we will have to do peer review of the documentaries the Tuesday before Thanksgiving in order let everyone show their documentaries and give their final presentations. Let me know if you have any questions!

Class Canceled

Fellow writers,

I am afraid I need to cancel class today due to illness; please see the "Handouts, Old and New" post for the rubric. I encourage you to use the rubric to edit your research speeches for next week, so we can stay on schedule. You can also watch this TED talk by Julian Treasure for some ideas on how to incorporate visuals into your speech. Please email me if you have questions, especially if we were going to meet in office hours today.

Good luck on your midterms, everyone!

Handouts, Old and New

Old Handouts
Updated Assignment Schedule (10/6)
Blog Guidelines
Updated Syllabus (8/29)

New Handouts
Research Speech Rubric
Storyboard Rubric & Storyboard Guidelines & Storyboard Example
Documentary Rubric
Final Presentation Rubric

Post-Library Assignment

Class,

Please complete the following research strategy assignment by October 29th. Beth will forward me the results and this will count towards your participation grade.

Here is the link. We're asking about the keywords you are using in your searches, so keep a running list or look back through your browser history for reminders of the terms you used in your searches on various websites.

Blog Editing Support Links

I've had a few questions about how to include various artifacts on blogs, so I am including the Google support links here. Please remember when including URLs that you are NOT using the link from where you are signed in. You can usually get a shareable link, but if you take the link directly off the page you are viewing from, it doesn't work. DO double-check on a device or computer where you are not signed in to see what your posts look like. This is part of the editing process!

For example, the Photo Essay Rubric, this link here. I got this link by logging into my own Google Drive account, right-clicking the file I wanted, selecting "Get Link" from the right-click menu, then clicking "Sharing Settings." A new box pops up with the option in the top right corner to "Get Shareable Link," which creates the link I copied to use at the beginning of the paragraph. (If I just click on the file and open it, the URL that pops up is https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive, which does NOT direct you to the file. Those of you who sent me your https://www.blogger.com/blogger.?...etc. addresses instead of blogspot.com addresses made a similar mistake, and I imagine this issue is what prevented some of your primary artifacts from displaying properly.

Here are further how-to instructions for adding artifacts to your blog posts.

Link to websites
Include photo
Include video

And lastly, a link to Student Support Services here at school (Rm 443 in the Multidisciplinary Science Building at 725 Rose St., open 8-7 M-R, 8-5 F). Ask for Valerie and tell her I sent you from my WRD class for help. 

Updated Schedule & Other Links

Here is the link to the updated schedule of assignments.
Notes about participation grades:
Participation grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 are each half based on the average of in-class writing assignment grades and half based on my subjective evaluation of your participation in class. Participation grades cut off at each of the following dates:
Participation grade 1: Thu, Sep 24
Participation grade 2: Tue, Oct 13
Participation grade 3: Thu, Nov 5
Participation grade 4: Thu, Dec 10

Other links we've looked at in class which were not included in the schedule:
Writing Center
Writing Center: Register for Appointments
VIP Center
Ellen "Bic for Her"
Key & Peele "Phone Call"
Vonnegut
MLA General Guidelines at Purdue OWL
MLA In-text Citations


  

New Homework for Next Week

For October 8th, please read Anne Lamott's article "Shitty First Drafts" here.

Room number in Library

Beth has arranged room B108A down in the basement next to the Writing Center.

Reminder!

Our WRD class meets at the WT Young Library tomorrow, inside the Rose Street entrance (facing the big open bowl and the walk up from the Chem Phys Building) - see you there!

Library Survey

Students, here is the link I promised for the survey the library has asked you to complete; if you could finish it by Friday night, that would be preferable.  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1S3PaMyQTnwVe8fIhipr7xGTxdn-9RZFEEm4ujkZKYbU/viewform

Week 4: New Homework

Hi, everyone - I want you to watch a video before class on Thursday the 17th. Here is the link:

30 Days Video

Please let me know if the link doesn't work BEFORE 5 PM on Wednesday!!

Blog Links

Here is the blog list; if your name has no link attached to it, then that means I have not yet received your blog link - so email ASAP with that! I encourage you to read each others' blogs to get a feel for what everyone else is doing in the class, and to help figure out what standards you're working within. 

11:00
Javoughn B           
Heather B         
Ava C        
Tyler C     
Jesse C          
Olivia G          
Shelby G         
Sierra G          
Rachel H         
Sydney H           
Kellie I           
Carson L      
Rachel L         
Sammi P      
Hannah P          
Steven R           
Jed S          
Matt S           
Dane S       
Brett T         
Tommy T            
Andrea V      
Benjamin W       

12:30
Cole B           
Michael B      
Dana B           
Kayla C           
Courtney C           
Ryley C           
Kaitlyn E  
AJ G          
Brenda H   
Abby J   
Luke J           
Austin L         
Omar M          
Crysta M           
Steven M         
Ethan P          
Lakin P           
George R     
McKenzie S      
Sophia S      
Jon S         
Madeline V          
Alexandra W

Also: Grades will be given as "Check+" = 100; "Check" = 90; "Check-" = 80; other minuses would be given if necessary, down 10 each time.

Trouble posting?

Class, if you're having difficulty posting to your blog, go ahead and write up your introduction post anyway. Bring your computer if you have one on Thursday, and we can talk about any issues then.

Updated Syllabus & Course Calendar; Handout & PDFs

I've gone ahead and updated the things I mentioned in class; in the syllabus the changes have been marked in red. The dates on the course calendar have been adjusted to reflect our Tuesday/Thursday schedule - note the deadline changes on the syllabus and the course calendar. Please let me know if you have any questions. 
I've also uploaded the blog guidelines and the two PDFs we currently have on the reading assignment schedule (see "What to do before class" column on the course calendar). Follow the links in the course calendar to set up your own blog; you can do this in advance of when we discuss it in class, or wait as needed.

So! Here are the new links:
Updated syllabus.

Updated course calendar.

NEW Handout: Blog guidelines.

Reading Assignment PDFs:
Week 3: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Week 4: Catherine Savini's "Looking for Trouble"

As always, email me if you have questions or concerns.

Welcome!

Welcome to the WRD 110 blog for sections 055 and 058!

Here are some useful links, to the Syllabus and Course Calendar.

Checking the most up-to-date version of these two documents WILL answer the vast majority of your questions, so be sure to look here first!