Welcome to Class!

How does this blog work?

Each Tuesday, you'll be contributing to the blog. The goal here is to work toward expanding our understanding of the writing projects we are working on by continually engaging in discourse about the work we are doing in class. The blog will serve as a place for our community to gather and share the process and progress of completing these projects. Some weeks you might be in charge of posting a full blog entry. The next week you might be a lead commenter. The week after that you could be in charge of linking (in context) to something else as a response to the full entry. And the week after that you'll be responding to commenters with insightful rebuttals or furthering their arguments with additional claims. We are going to create a schedule and it will be your responsibility to know what you need to accomplish during our online class time. All work will be due Tuesday night before the clock strikes midnight. Any late, missing, or incomplete work will be grounds for being marked ABSENT. This is not homework--it is class time. 

Full Blog Entries: 500-750 words due by "class time."
Lead Comments (4): 150+ words each due by midnight
Context with Explanation (4): 150+ words each due by midnight

Secondary Comments (4): 150+ words each due by midnight

 Schedule (subject to change)

Week 2   
ENTRIES: Group 1; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 2; CONTEXT: Group 3; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 4

Week 3   
ENTRIES: Group 2; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 3; CONTEXT: Group 4; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 1

Week 4  
ENTRIES: Group 3; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 4; CONTEXT: Group 1; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 2

Week 5
ENTRIES: Group 4; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 1; CONTEXT: Group 2; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 3

Week 6
ENTRIES: Group 1; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 2; CONTEXT: Group 3; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 4

Week 7
ENTRIES: Group 2; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 3; CONTEXT: Group 4; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 1

Week 8
ENTRIES: Group 3; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 4; CONTEXT: Group 1; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 2

Week 9 -- SPRING BREAK

Week 10
ENTRIES: Group 4; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 1; CONTEXT: Group 2; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 3

Week 11
ENTRIES: Group 1; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 2; CONTEXT: Group 3; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 4

Week 12
ENTRIES: Group 2; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 3; CONTEXT: Group 4; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 1

Week 13
ENTRIES: Group 3; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 4; CONTEXT: Group 1; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 2

Week 14
ENTRIES: Group 4; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 1; CONTEXT: Group 2; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 3

Week 15
ENTRIES: Group 1; LEAD COMMENTS: Group 2; CONTEXT: Group 3; SECONDARY COMMENTS: Group 4

In class Thursday, we'll discuss our first topic and do a little practice.