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For Freshmen Composition at TCU.
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Community Building:
Partner Introductions
Journal
Q: What did you find most surprising about how writing was described in Ch 1? What was most convincing? Least convincing?
Why?
How does that match what you’ve learned/ thought about writing?
Writing and Reading
as InquiryJackie Hoermann
What does it mean to
inquire?
What does it mean to
inquire?=/ Rant
To communicate, to discover
“The best essay topics are an itch you need to scratch.”
--Bruce Ballenger
What’s Fastwriting?
What’s Fastwriting?No rules.
Let yourself write badly.
Think through writing, not before.
Keep your pen moving.
…
Silence your inner critic.
Don’t censor yourself.
What are Ballenger’s
beliefs about writing?
What are Ballenger’s beliefs about writing?
• Allatonceness
• The belief that writing is something that can be taught and that everyone can write well.
• It’s okay to write badly—that’s how we can get to good ideas.
• Thinking happens while you write.
What are Ballenger’s
beliefs about writing?
What habits of mind do
you need to develop?
Start with Q’s, not A’s
Suspend Judgment
Being Willing to Write Badly
Searching for Surprise
The Rhetorical
Situation
The Rhetorical
Situation
GASP!
GASP, there are so many!
The Rhetorical Situation
Genre/Medium
Audience
Subject
PurposeStrive for a gasp-worthy reaction on your reader’s face after s/he realizes your handle on the rhetorical situation.
The Rhetorical
Situation
When might you use GASP in later college
classes? In your future careers?
Reflecting on the
Writing Process
Reflecting on the
Writing Process“In short, the more we understand the writing
process, the more control we get over it.
Getting control of the process means the
product gets better” (Ballenger 16).
Reflecting on the Writing Process
“In short, the more we understand the writing process, the more control we get over it. Getting control of the process means the
product gets better” (Ballenger 16).
What does your writing process look like?
Reflecting on the Writing Process
“In short, the more we understand the writing process, the more control we get over it. Getting control of the process means the
product gets better” (Ballenger 16).
What does your writing process look like?
Recursive. Flexible.
Reading as Inquiry
Reading as Inquiry
Let’s make a class list.
Call out key points.
Reading as InquiryDiscussion: What are your beliefs about
reading? Do they ring true to how he described,
the assumptions you might have about reading?
What were the most important points, in your
mind?
Reading as Inquiry
Purposes: explore, explain, evaluate, reflect.
Frames: genre, audience (you), subject,
purpose. (Ballenger 46).
Reading as Inquiry
How has standardized testing influence how
you read?
How about social media?
Reading as Inquiry
It’s time to talk back to what you read.
Reading as Inquiry
Later, we’ll do this with double-entry journaling
(for the more research-oriented pieces).