Announcements - updated 3/23
If you have questions or comments about the readings, assignments, anything related to this class -- please post in our chat room (direct link). You have all been invited, so you can go to chat.google.com and login with your Rowan account. You will see our chat room on the left hand side.
I will also be available for drop-in virtual office hours on Google Meet every Tuesday from 2:00-3:00pm. Click here during that time slot to join me. Google Meet has video/audio capabilities and also includes a running chat on the right side. You can choose to turn off your video and/or audio if you prefer and just type, or we can have some face-to-face interaction.
Your Final Portfolio is due on Friday, May 8th. I strongly suggest you start thinking now about which major writing project you will revise, and begin working on it as time allows. Read the full criteria for the Final Portfolio here.
I will also be available for drop-in virtual office hours on Google Meet every Tuesday from 2:00-3:00pm. Click here during that time slot to join me. Google Meet has video/audio capabilities and also includes a running chat on the right side. You can choose to turn off your video and/or audio if you prefer and just type, or we can have some face-to-face interaction.
Your Final Portfolio is due on Friday, May 8th. I strongly suggest you start thinking now about which major writing project you will revise, and begin working on it as time allows. Read the full criteria for the Final Portfolio here.
Addendum to Syllabus - Spring 2020
Due to the unusual circumstances as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, slight changes will be made to the grading breakdown for this course.
- Preparedness and Participation worth 5% of your grade will be based primarily on your work during the first half of the semester. There are also a two small assignments to help build toward your Braided Narrative Assignment, which will be included in this category of your grade.
- We will no longer be doing the Oral Presentation worth 5% of your grade. Instead, all students will automatically receive full credit for this 5%, provided you continue with assigned course work.
- Peer Review workshops worth 5% of your grade will include previous in-class workshops (genre analysis and poetry) as well as one digital workshop (braided narrative assignment). This workshop will be done by sharing your draft with several assigned peers via Google Docs and commenting on your peers' work.
The Writer's Mind at Rowan University examines the principles and practices that guide how writers think and develop creative, expository, and argumentative writing. This class addresses the connections and interdependencies between thinking about a complex topic and writing intelligibly. Students will examine how writing errors often reflect thinking errors, how writer's block develops, as well as strategies to overcome it, how metaphor functions in writing to structure thought, and how a writer's thought process matures over time. (3 credits)