201 Syllabus Jeopardy

SLOs

100

What is the first SLO?

Goal 1: Rhetorical Awareness

Learn strategies for analyzing the audiences, purposes, and contexts of texts in order to strengthen reading and writing.

• 1D. Explain how and why a text’s audiences, purposes, and contexts influence rhetorical options.

• 1E. Adapt composing practices (including rhetorical choices) to a variety of audiences, purposes, and contexts.

200

What is the second SLO?

Goal 2: Critical Thinking and Composing

Use reading and writing for research, problem solving, critical thinking, action, and participation within and across different communities.

• 2C.  Use a variety of research methods, including primary and/or secondary research, for purposes of inquiry.

• 2D. evaluate the quality, appropriateness, and credibility of sources.

• 2E. Synthesize research findings to develop arguments.

• 2F. compose persuasive researched arguments for various audiences and purposes, and in multiple modalities.

300

What is the third SLO?

Goal 3: Conventions 

Understand how purpose, audience, and context relate to genre conventions such as structure, style, design, usage, mechanics, and citation practices.

• 3C. Explain why genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics vary within and across genres.

• 3D. Identify and effectively use variations in genre conventions within and/or across genres, including formats and/or design features.

• 3E. demonstrate familiarity with the concepts of intellectual property (such as fair use and copyright) that motivate documentation conventions.

400

What is the fourth SLO?

Goal 4: Revision

Understand composing processes as flexible and collaborative, drawing upon multiple strategies.

• 4E. evaluate and act on peer and instructor feedback to revise their texts.

500

What is the fifth SLO?

Goal 5: Reflection

Use meaningful, ongoing reflection to inform writing processes, foster the development of a writing identity, and think ahead to future writing situations.

• 5A. Narrate their processes and progress as writers throughout Foundations Writing courses.

• 5B. Recognize and articulate how their values, goals, and/or circumstances inform their choices as writers

• 5C. Assess how writing experiences and artifacts might influence future writing situations.

Grades

100

How much is Project 2 worth of your final grade?

20%

200

How much is Project 4 worth?

15%

300

What are Supporting Assignments worth?

15%

400

What is Attendance worth?

10%

500

What is Project 3 worth?

20%

Policy/ Logistics

100

What is your required textbook?

There is none!

200

How many unexcused absences are you allowed?

4

300

What is the late work policy?

You will lose 1 point for every day your assignment is late.

400

How soon after the due date can you expect your grade?

2-7 days

500

How many projects do we have?

5

Projects

100

What is Project 1?

Annotated Bibliography

200

When is Project 1 due?

September 17th (midnight)

300

What is Project 4?

DIY Zine

400

What is Project 5?

Reflective portfolio

500

When is Project 2 due?

October 14 (midnight)

Misc.

100

What is your professor's name?

Aaron

200

What is the theme of this course?

The Rhetoric of Storytelling: Conspiracy Theories, Short Stories, Clashes of Popular Personas

300

What are your professor's office hours?

By appointment (official office hours TBD)

400

What program is your professor in?

MFA Creative Writing - Fiction

500

What is your professor's dog's name?

Monty