Wednesday 3/11

Place Analysis Essay

Place Analysis Video Lecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p44ut2Fz8zA&feature=youtu.be&hd=1

Place Analysis Readings

Create Reading Response DB Post

• Read the articles “The Generic City” and “Here’s How Nature Can Make You Kinder, Happier, and More Creative.” Both describe scientific studies of how particular types of places affect people psychologically. Post a 200-400 word reflection responding to these prompts:

• Choose one of the two articles.
• Chose one place you have experienced personally.
• Now apply the article’s findings to the place you chose. How do the findings resonate with your own experience of this place? What can you relate to personally? Is there anything that does not resonate with you?
• Respond to two classmates’ posts:
  • Explain what you found meaningful or insightful in their posts
  • Build on and expand their insights or ideas about the writing

Saturday 3/14

Reply to two Reading Response DB Posts

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Wednesday 3/18

Spring Break

No Homework: Enjoy Your Spring Break!

Saturday 3/21

No Homework: Enjoy Your Spring Break!

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Wednesday 3/25

Place Analysis Essay

Citing Sources in MLA Video Lecture

Citing Sources in MLA Readings

Create Writerly Practices DB Post

This activity is designed to help encourage you to both recognize the parts of your writing process that work for you. Not all writerly practices work for every person. Every writer is unique. Throughout this course, you’re going to post about the different writerly practices you’re engaging in to help you draft this essay.

Directions

• Look at the examples of Writerly Practices below and choose one to write about. For each Writerly Practice Discussion Board, you need to write about a different kind of practice you’re trying out.
• Post a 100-250 word explanation of a Writerly Practice you are using.
• Respond to two classmates’ postings, explaining
  • What you found valuable in their postings
  • How they could expand or alter their writerly practices to be more useful
  • What your experiences have been with the writerly practice they wrote about

Writerly Practices

• How do you go about generating idea? Do you make a word cluster, read a lot on the topic, doodle, stare at the wall, just start writing?
• Reflect on a discussion you had about your topic or paper with another person. Transcribe that discussion and explain how it helped your process with writing this essay.
• Describe how you create space for your writing. How do you create an environment or setting that helps you work through a piece of writing? How specifically does that environment help you? Your writing environment could include
  • Location (bedroom, coffee shop, library, etc.)
  • Sound (music, silence, tv, etc.)
  • Beverage (coffee, tea, water, etc.)
  • Activity (going on a run or walk, taking a shower, brushing your teeth, petting your dog or cat, etc.)
• Explain what you do when you’re feeling stuck with your writing. What do you do that helps you move forward?
• Anything else relevant to your writing process!

Saturday 3/28

Reply to two Writerly Practices DB Posts

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Wednesday 4/1

Place Analysis Essay

Submit Place Analysis Essay Rough Draft to Brainfuse and Submit Feedback to Blackboard When Received.

Saturday 4/4

Submit Place Analysis Essay Final Draft