March 2021

Giles

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Sandra L. Giles.  “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking” Writing Spaces, Volume 1, 2010, 15. 
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words

This article gives an explanation to us on how  reflective writing uses our thinking.  They may write about their invention, drafting, revision, and editing processes. They may self-assess or evaluate their writing, learning, and development as writers. These activities help cement learning. They also help writers gain more insight into and control over composing and revising processes by helping them gain critical distance and by providing a mechanism for them to do the re-thinking and re-seeing that effective revision requires. The article gives examples of student reflective writing, explains how they function in a student’s learning, and gives scholarly support for why these kinds of activities are effective.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. “False Information” 

Now, I do appreciate when she says she doesn’t want to include any “false information.”  

Metacognitive Writing
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

 

 This article connects to us because our final project will be on something that we have to think about and come up with.  
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.  How can we use Metacognitive Writing?

 

RJ Melzer

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Dan Melzer. “Understanding Discourse Communities.” Writing Spaces, Volume 3, 2020, 17. 
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words

This article focuses on  what a discourse community to give us a better understanding on why this is important. He tells us why different discourses are important. The article relates the concept of discourse community to a personal example from the author and an example of the academic discipline of history. The article looks in to the concept of discourse community, discussing both the benefits and constraints of communicating within discourse communities. The article concludes with writerly questions students can ask themselves as they enter new discourse communities in order to be more effective communicators.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. documentary analysis genre
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

 

 We are currently working on a paper about discourse communities, so this article related to me in that aspect.  
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.  What is the importance of a Discourse Community?

 

Dirk

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Kerry Dirk. “Navigating Genres.” Writing. Spaces, Volume 1, Issue, 2010, 15. 
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words  In the article Navigating Genres Dirk talks about how writing is the focus on one specific genre. He talks about how each genre differs from one another. He talks about how a genre helps us write on a specific and certain topic. He also talks about how important it is to understand context and put it together with the genre. 
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. Transferability 

Location may not be the first, second, and third most important qualities of writing, as it is for real estate, but location is surely among the situational elements that lead to expected genres and to adaptations of those genres in particular situations” (“Transferability” 218). 
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

 

 This reading connects to my research because he talks about focusing in on one topic.  
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. How do rules shape our writing?  

Dasbender Analysis

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page Gita Dasbender. “Critical Thinking in College Writing: From the Personal to the Academic.” Readings on Writing, Volume 2, 2011, 16. 
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words  This article defines ways for us to critically write in our first year of college writing. This article provides us with a process on how to write and how to become a better writer. It shows us how to read the article so that we can properly write on the subject. It shows us how to analyze and look for the main ideas. This article also gives us an idea on how to make our writing personal, and how to make our writing academic even if it is based off of a personal topic. 
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.  mindlessness 

“but I might learn something of mindlessness, something of the purity of living in the physical senses and the dignity of living without bias or motive”.

“stalk your callin”
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?

 

 This reading connects to our other articles in class in that it is focusing on how to properly read through and analyze in order to form a well written essay.  
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.  What is the best way to make a personal essay become academic? 

Lessner excercise

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Exerrcise 1:

For exercise number one we are to free write for ten minutes about anything that may come to mind. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw I could write about anything but would have to be for ten minutes was how I feel social media impacts us teenagers. In my opinion I feel that social media has both negative and positive effects to not only teens,  but to everyone who partakes in social media. A benefit that I feel personally impacted by is the simplicity of communication it provides, with social media, I am able to reach friends quickly and share what I am doing at any given time. I also think it is very cool to be able to stay in touch with people you used to be close with that have moved, or friends that are in college across the country. With social media I have been able to stay in touch with friends from across the country and my family. Another benefit is that it is an easy way to make friends before meeting them in person. For instance, I am from Arizona so coming to Ole Miss I did not know many people but with social media I was able to come in contact with people I did not know before the school year and make connections before even getting to the school . I now have some really good friends that I made on social media before even coming here. Now, Social media also has its negatives. Social media makes us believe in false realities, it shows us peoples lives and looks that are not necesarily accurate. Social media can bring down peoples body images and make them compare themselves to things that are not true. Lastly, a negative is that social media can be very unsafe and can lead to bad things unintentionally.