Tuesday, October 23rd (.210)

Today we will dig in with our first piece of the Intersection Project. Individually, you will work on completing a mind map and share your progress with a small group. As a class, we will answer any additional questions you have about credible/scholarly research moving forward.

The perfect .gif representation of the Intersections Project...

Reminders

• Most of you are eligible for Registration at 12:01 AM on Friday, November 2nd.

• I strongly suggest that you have at least two rough schedules planned out in advance of this day/time to make sure you are in the running for some of the more "choice" classes.

• See my previous class plans for all the links you need to help complete this process.

• Make sure that you have cleared all your holds. You will not be able to register if holds are still in place.

Today

• Research

• As we progress, the emphasis is on locating and incorporating scholarly and/or credible sources.

• Check out my class plans from Thursday of last week for additional information about this process.

• If you aren't sure how to located these types of sources, come visit me during office hours.

• You can also seek help with your research in the library. Librarians are awesome at research!

• Map it Out (Stolen from Prof. Flores)

• Check out this worksheet. I gave you a physical copy, but it is also online.

• Check out this image. This image is the result of completing this worksheet.

• At the end of class today, you should have an image very much like this.

• This will be your guide for creating your first genre for the Intersections Project.

• Drafting Begins

• The next step in this process is drafting. You should begin drafting the genre that you discussed above for peer review sometime next week.

• Remember, none of you are writing a 20 page research paper. Most real-world genres are a combination of smaller "texts" and highly specific to their target audiences.

• Don't be afraid to incorporate visual elements.

• Walk around and look at all the different physical genres you are exposed to in a day. Pay attention to your own online browsing and notice all the different ways people/companies try to communicate with you

Homework

• The long term plan is to have a completed draft of your Genre 1 to use for peer-review in class on Thursday of next week.

• Tentative Plans moving forward

• Genre #1 Drafting (10/25)

• Genre #1 Peer Review (10/30)

• Genre #2 Drafting (11/01)

• Genre #2 Peer Review (11/06)

• Genre #3 Drafting (11/08)

• Genre #3 Peer Review (11/13)​​​​​

• Final Portfolio (12/07)

• Note: There is no guarantee that these days will be spent entirely on drafting or peer review. You MUST find additional time outside of class to engage with this assignment sequence.