Overall I want you to start developing a rhetorical strategy for what you will be presenting next week. Think of our presentations today as a rough draft to your final presentation. I'm looking for centralized and focused conversation dealing with reading and writing. It is not enough to simply say that reading and writing are important in order to become successful. This is an over generalization that will require more research and investigative initiative on behalf of your individual groups.
Although I appreciate your motivational videos, motivation should also stem from a cognitive awareness that transitions into questions like: "Why we do what we do?" --> "Why do we read and write the way we do?"
This is what I need for next class period:
- RESEARCH/ SCHOLARLY WRITING RESEARCH (Bring Articles to class)
- NO VIDEOS
- CENTRALIZED TOPIC
- HALF PAGE INTRO THAT WILL EXPLAIN YOUR TOPIC and ARGUMENT
Here are my notes on your presentations:
Group 4:
Interesting how writing is being related to
physical activities: Video Presentation
Writing is physical and mental
Same perspective / Confinement à Not life à Be an individual
Writing how you want to write. How do other group members relate/or not
relate to this idea?
Grammar, punctuation, central theme.
H.S was just about passing the TAKS
Job = Making essay?
Interview with little brother. He is concerned with flow.
Good writing helps you to become
successful? Do you really believe this?
I like the Gloria Steinem reference.
Needs
more cohesion. Seems like everyone has
their own independent views. Need a
collective perspective and not veer on topics discussed. There is some things you might consider
investigating, especially looking at writing through an administrative point of
view, assessment etc…
Wish
you would have done more class activities, and engagement. You had them for a while towards the end of
the presentation.
25min
Group 3:
What makes a good writer?
Drafting, be original, grammar (technical
aspects), Express yourself.
Writing can be about anything? Pick a topic you’re familiar with.
Prewriting/Drafting/Revising/
What makes you a good reader?
Know the topic? Understand what you’re reading. What if you don’t know what you’re reading
or what the author is trying to express?
Learn about what you’re reading à use notes, re-read
Talking about a text
We
need to investigate a specific aspect about reading and writing. A lot of the information discussed in the
presentation, are things that we have been covering in class. I think focusing on a specific aspect of
reading and writing will benefit the overall theme of the presentation. During this stage, simply restating what we
have already talked about in class will not be enough. Try looking for scholarship that supports
some of this data that you have provided in your presentation.
24min
Group 2:
Interview investigation
I’m noticing the use of quotations as
citations? Why is this?
Reading from the paper directly affected
the presentation; tend to lose your audience in this manner.
Fundamental strategies for writing. à What makes
writing “GOOD”?
Specific and concrete/ Structure
Brainstorming
Colloquial (informal)
Formal
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Mistakes
are distracting!!! à YES
1.
All of my ideas are
interesting.
2.
My examples are specific.
3.
The purpose of my wiring is
clear to the reader
4.
My writing is well organized
5.
My Writing has an identifiable
voice
6.
The work is free of spelling
and grammatical mistakes
Reading and writing to become successful: I’m not sure I quite buy into this yet.
I
like how you incorporated the checklist; I will expect you all to make sure
that you use this in your own essay. If
anything, I like that you force the students to write this down and essentially
make up their own mind if they wish to use this or not. The
presentation was too long; the use of too many videos in your presentation
elapsed the time significantly. Some of
the context got lost along the way. I
appreciate your attempt at finding information online; videos are good if used
appropriately. Again the information
needs to be more specific. It’s too much
information to take in at one time.
Think about what you think the students got from your presentation. Do you think you lost them along the
way? Why?
35min
Group 1:
What is good writing?
Very strong video introduction: I hope you follow it up with the rest of your
presentation
Writing in a sociopolitical context,
religion, music, art, and literature.
Reading
off a paper really influenced your presentation. I think you would have had a greater effect
by eliminating it. I think your group
had an interesting take on reading and writing.
Talking about the historical and social significance of writing, I think
the group could have done a better job tying in the information better. There is a big transition from talking about
writing in its sociopolitical context and all of a sudden talking about the personal
interviews. Where is the
connection? How are you trying to fit
this information in to your own experience?
Are you advocates, activists, against or for, the substructure of
writing? It would be interesting to
correlate the study to something local, something students in our area struggle
with. Brainstorm and focus your
attention on something specific.
Although
I appreciate the allusions to Shakespeare, Homer, and MLK, I think it’s
important to find the core of what these people advocated for.
17min
