Instructions for On-line Class Day: Let's Catch our Breath

Ok, guys here are the instructions for the on-line class day. Please make sure you respond properly by Thursday, September 30 BY 8:00 pm, or you will be considered absent and your work late (so it's like two whammies....).

The theme of this on-line class day is "let's catch our breath" and that's exactly what I want you to do--bring together and figure out all that you have learned so far in the last six weeks. You will be creating your own blog post NOT responding back to this post, so this means you can incorporate images, video links, play with fonts, etc, and you should do this in your post. This means you have the opportunity to really let your voice as a composer come through so I should really see this through the use of images, fonts, colors, language, etc. The genre you will be working in is a reflection.


Kathleen Blake Yancey believes that “reflection” allow students to become agents of their own learning. Other theorists view reflection as a means of looking back so that we can understand how to move forward. In this reflection, I want you to think of these definitions as you respond to the questions. I also want you to think about why reflection may or may not be important to your theory of composing.

Here are some questions:


***What are your key terms for rhetoric? For composition? How do you define these terms---you must use theorists to support your definitions. Why did you pick these terms?
***Where do you see overlap between key terms? What do you think this means?
***In terms of knowledge, do you believe that knowledge always exists; do you create knowledge or can knowledge ever really be "new"; do you rely on prior knowledge; what does knowledge mean to you? How does knowledge relate to this class?
***How does reflection fit into composing? What is it's importance?
***Reexamine your theory of composing. How does it read right now? Be specific, as in, "my theory of composing is X, Y and Z, and it includes these because AAAAA...I believe that composing is R, S, T..." Feel free to use any of your assignments to support your definition (like other blog posts, journals, readings, major assignments, reflections, etc).

You are not limited to only answering these questions, but I do expect you to answer at least three of the five questions. You can incorporate other ideas, thoughts, musings into your post.

I look forward to reading your posts--remember you are NOT responding back to this--you are creating your own post. Due by 8:00pm on Thursday, Sept 30.