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GROUP PRESENTATIONS

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2/20

We will not be meeting next class.  I will be available if needed, schedule appointment. If YOU are not in a group, you need to email me ASAP!!


Group Assignment:  Read "Pedagogy of Poverty Versus Good Teaching" - Martin Haberman

Presentation: 5-8 min 

Begin to critically analyze the text (construct/build meaning). 

You are not summarizing the essay to present. 

Pick something specific within the article that you wish to discuss as a group.  

You have the autonomy of presenting anyway you want

Medium:

• If you are using multi-media, please bring device to use in class that can be used with projector(ex. laptop computer)
• If using power point, save in USB drive
• If using YouTube, keep to minimal 
• If handing out material, please make sufficient copies

Rubric:

• Everyone must participate
• I will be providing FEEDBACK for each individual group
• ORIGINALITY of presentation will be taken into account
• Looking for thoughtful ANALYSIS and interpretations of the TEXT (Article)   

ESSAY:

• Due Next Class meeting
• 3 pages /  You can split this up between group members
• APA style
• Works Cited Page
• I don't want three seperate response papers
• I want a unified paper / cohesive / organized essay
• Construct meaning, use your writing experience, use discussions in class to guide your paper
• Use academic related information that we have used in class if you want (Pedagogy/Metacognition//Standardized Testing/Rhetorical Reading) 

2/13

Read: Haas & Flowers "Rhetorical Reading Strategies and Construction of Meaning"

• Take Notes
• Be ready to discuss article

Assignment:

• Provide 6 parenthetical citations using Haas & Flowers article 
• APA style
• 3 "direct quotations" (Copied and Pasted) 
• 3 paraphrased quotations (In Your Own Words)
• Provide Work Cited page for the article (Using Easy Bib)
• Use the citation examples I have listed under the assigned reading list

EXAMPLE

Direct Quotation:

“This constructive view of reading is being vigorously put forth, in different ways, by both literary theory and cognitive research” (Haas & Flower, 1988, p. 167).

Paraphrased:

Haas & Flower (1988) are discussing a different approach to understanding the reading process.

Another way to cite the same sentence

The authors are discussing a different approach to understanding the reading process (Haas & Flower, 1988).

2/8

MANDATORY MEETING

• If you are absent you will be lost for the rest of the semester
• We will discuss research methods, APA style citations and Works Cited

Read: 

• Begin reading Haas & Flowers "Rhetorical Reading Strategies..." for next week
• No response paper due

2/6

DOWNS and WARDLE GROUP DISCUSSION: (group activity, write notes, read for understanding and be ready to discuss in class)

Intro: Me

Group 1: Systemic Misconception and Misdirection of Mainstream FYC

Group 2: Academic Discourse as a Category Mistake

Group 3: The Open Question of Transfer

Group 4: Resisting Misconceptions

Group 5: Writing About Writing: Rationale and Description

Group 6: Grounding Principles and Goals

• Take notes as a group
• More important to understand what is being said in each subsection

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: (each person must submit this assignment)

Answer the following questions in short answer form. Write 1 page response to these questions. (at least 1 page worth):

1. What is the misconception about “how to write in college” according to Downs and Wardle?

2. Students write for various communities within the university (academic disciplines). Describe what the authors say about this.

3. Tell me about the assumptions in the writing process according to Downs and Wardle.

4. Define CONTENT and CONTEXT

5. What is content-and context-contingent according to the writers?