Post 3: "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community"

Before class Monday (4/2), read Porter's "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community (WAW 86) and respond to the following prompt: What harm is there, according to Porter, in imagining writing "as individual, as isolated, as heroic"? What problems does doing so cause? 250 words on your blogs before class Monday.

Post 2: "The Phenomenology of Error"

Read Joseph Williams's "The Phenomenology of Error" (WAW 37). If you still don't have the book, you can access the article here. Then answer the following question on your blog before class Thursday.

What would you say Williams's text does? It might be helpful for you to think about why Williams wrote it, where it was published, and who was meant to read it. We think that Williams's article indicts someone or something. If this is true, then what or whom does it indict, and why?

250 words on your blogs before class Thursday. 

Post 1: Introductions

Before class Wednesday, please create a personal blog on www.blogger.com. You can call it anything you like, but it's fine to reference the class or to use your name in the title, whatever your most comfortable with. Once you've created the blog, add a new post in which you do provide an introduction about yourself as a writer. You might choose to begin the post with a metaphor "Writing is like __________." Then discuss some experiences you've had in previous writing courses. What was most rewarding? Least? What could have made the class better? What could have made the teacher better? Finally, end the post by discussing your hopes and apprehensions about this course. What do you hope to gain? What are you worried about? Once you've finished, please e-mail me a link to your blog. My e-mail address is on the syllabus.

Homework for Tuesday 2/27

No writing assignments for Tuesday, but you do need to complete two readings:

1) Intro to Chapter 1 "Texts/Constructs" on p. 34 in  Writing About Writing
2) please print, read, and bring to class the following essay: ttp://writingspaces.org/sites/default/files/purdy--wikipedia-is-good-for-you.pdf.

Welcome

Welcome to Writing & Rhetoric II. The blog component of this course will allow us a space to communicate and share writing outside of the classroom. Check this blog frequently for announcements, homework and major project assignments. You'll each also create your own blog where you respond to homework prompts and occasionally post essays and drafts. You'll also be expected to read and comment on other students' blogs periodically. I'm looking forward to a productive quarter with you! 

-Matt