Tuesday, September 18th (.210)
- Amanda Hartman
- Sep 18, 2018
- 3 min read
Today we will be engaging in a little metacognitive writing...once we figure out what metacognition means. Next, we will do some deep diving into your Discovery Blogs with a focused peer review. This should be pretty informative, as this is the first officially unofficial feedback you are receiving from an audience member. Good times for all!
Reminders
You should be keeping up with your Writing Folders in Google Drive. If you haven't been, now is the time to catch up with organizing your materials.
Remember, this is a place for you to put ALL evidence of your engagement for this course (and your other courses, if you like), so you can easily access materials when you are working on your Midterm Portfolio.
There is no such thing as too much evidence!!
Those of you who are behind on your Discovery Blogs and GDDs are quickly running out of time to catch up. Please take these assignment seriously.
In addition, when I review these documents, I check for plagiarism. Failure to cite your sources will result in a zero on the respective assignments without exception.
Please see me if you have ANY questions about MLA/APA or plagiarism. I am happy to help! :)
Today
That's Meta
Think about the NWWK reading you completed over the weekend. According to the text, "...metacognition allows writers to assess which skill and knowledge sets apply in these novel situations and which do not" (76).
Let's break this down as a class. What does this quote mean?
Now, let's think about one of the "novel situations" you find yourself as a writer in this class...the DISCOVERY BLOG!
How is this a novel situation? How can you apply previous skills and strategies that you learned as a writer to this process? Do all your skills and strats. help you in this situation?
For today's writing, please spend your time discussing the sequence that you follow to complete a Discovery Blog entry.
Try to be as specific as possible. Think about your process from beginning to end. Even if you are trying to create something at the last minute, you are still making specific choices about how you complete the process.
If there is anything you feel exceptionally confident with or have concerns about, feel free to discuss them AFTER you have discussed your sequence.
Focused Peer Review
To begin, I will split you into pairs. This will be random. If we have an odd number, there will be one trio.
You should move to sit next to your partner. We will stay in this space for the remainder of the class period.
Next, open the "Focused Peer Review" document in the Discovery Blog BB folder.
Go ahead and save this because you will be sending it to your partner and turning it in to BB at the end of class.
Follow all instructions on this document. Ask questions as needed.
Note: If you have to ask your partner questions about their website or Discovery Blog #1, you should make a note of these questions. A well designed website/blog should be easy to navigate.
Once you have provided a thorough peer review, please submit your document to BB and share a copy with your partner.
Be detailed and offer significant explanation. If something is good...talk about it. If something is confusing, hard to find, doesn't make sense, use your writing to document the issue and offer suggestions for improvement.
Homework
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