Monthly Archives: September 2011

750: Mudpit & Billy Sim

Mudpit: Naming & Noticing: Your small-groupmates helped you get a start on this phase of analysis on your text or artifact. Now you’ll extend this phase in your mudpit by adding a whole bunch of concrete, specific things you notice … Continue reading

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750: Invention Work & “The Great Escape”

Invention Work: List TV shows, cartoons, video games (new or old) that you’ve enjoyed. List board games or toys (new or old) that you’ve enjoyed. Required: choose a cultural artifact from your lists, or from some other part of your … Continue reading

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Contribution and Learning Log: Executive Summary

(10 point assignment) : : : First, look at your data. Read your log entries, looking for patterns, connections, holes or missed opportunities. Write a one or two page summary, using the guiding questions below as a springboard. Specific detail, … Continue reading

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Mudpit & Process Writing for “Shitty First Drafts”

Quick Announcement: While I can’t breathe, talk, or hear . . . I can still type. So the good news is that I’ve been able to finish up reading & commenting on your writing autobiographies. Not all of them seem … Continue reading

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750: Map & “Up, Up & Away” Process Writing

For this 750, you’ll write out your map (this part of the 750 is necessary), then move on to the following process-writing questions. The first prompt is necessary; the rest are optional. What does this essay mean? To get at … Continue reading

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