March 3 in-class work

 

A. Research & Reading Journal Work

--Read through together the handout on Research & Reading Journals.

--Open your own journals files.

--Code your journals following the taxonomy of journal entry types.

--Now use your research/reading journal to launch this week’s entry if you have not already done so by responding to what your comment advisor told you last week. What will you do with this information? This kind of entry is a planning/reflection entry.

 

 

B. Follow-up on Editing:

Citation as Power over Readers   Or  

Where Does Information Come From and What Do I Want Readers to Do with It?   Or

Moving from Writers’ Conventions to Writerly Power

                                                                                                

  1. You paste in some information or a URL you found somewhere.

Signal: This is true because I put it here. Reader response:_____________

 

  1. You paste in or paraphrase some information or a URL and cite a source. That’s all.

Signal: This is true because so-and-so said so. Reader response: __________________

 

  1. You paste in a URL for a video and say “this is cool—take a look.”

Signal:_____________. Reader response: ___________________

 

  1. You paste in a URL after summarizing it in one sentence.

Signal: ___________. Reader response: ____________________

 

  1. You write a sentence telling readers specifically what to look for when they watch the video.

Signal: ___________________. Reader Response: _________________

 

  1. You ask readers a question about a sequence in the video you’re inviting them to watch.

Signal:­­­­­­­­_________________.  Reader Response: ________________________.

 

  1. You spend a paragraph talking about the screenwriter or producer of the video you ask readers to watch.

Signal:_______________.  Reader Response:________________________

 

  1. You paraphrase information in your own words, but you provide no source.

Signal: ________________. Reader Response: ______________________.

 

  1. You paraphrase information and embed links to your sources in your own prose.

Signal: ___________________. Reader Response: _______________.

 

  1. You take a block quote from a source, reproduce it, and comment on it.

Signal: _________________.  Reader Response:___________.

 

  1. You make a strong critical statement about a video—then provide the URL. Or you follow the link with a critical comment.

Signal: ______________________. Reader Response: ___________________.

 

  1. You use startling combinations of visuals with minimal commentary.

Signal: ____________________. Reader Response:__________________.

 

Think about how you respond to each of these moves as a reader. Under what conditions will these moves work well and under what conditions will they not? Which make you a more active participant? How so?

 

Look in your own blogs to see how you’ve handled information and citation.