UK ENG 104 - In-class Writing Strategies, Exercises, Prompts, Ideas, Etc.
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In-class Writing Strategies, Exercises, Prompts, Ideas, Etc. Many of the ideas (structure-wise) are based on concepts derived from Writing as Reflexive Action, edited by Sherrie Gradin and Duncan Carter. - Reading-Response Journal- Dialectical Notebook- Dialogue JournalFor my presentation and pedagogical uses, I have changed the names of some to protect the innocent. Other ideas, I sort of, kinda, came upwith myself.- Responding to Responses- Responding to Key Points: Application to Today’s World- Shoe-Switching: Explain the pain (of the metaphor)- Hypotheticals: Knowing what you know now, what would you, what could you?- Scoping your world: spotting the weeds in your “backyard” - Effective Tools: Top Five Rhetorical Strategies and whyQuestions that could steer a response and get students to think.Williams:Williams writes, “The United States of the 1950s was red, white, and blue. The Korean War was raging. McCarthyism was rampant. Ike was it and the Cold War was hot. If you were against nuclear testing, you were for a Communist regime” (174 Course Pack). She also writes: “Tolerating blind obedience in the name of patriotism or religion ultimately takes lives” (175). [as a teacher, you’ll need to contextualize the first quote].Write 1-2 pp. where you apply these 2 quotes U.S. current affairs in either its domestic policy or foreign policy.Write 1-2 pp. where you put yourself in Wiliams’ shoes by exploring allof the following: the personal pain she endures from loss of family life,to her country not having her and her family’s best interests in mind, to her own potential loss involving the “scarring” of her anatomy. Write 1-2 pp. where you: (1) Explore the cultural implications of breasts (how do women value them and how do men value them? (2) Explore what it means to be a “one-breasted woman” (what is the equivalent situation of physical “scarring” for men? Is there one? If so, argue, in a detailed manner—point for point—how such a situation is equivalent. If there is no equivalent then explore the ramifications of this.) Norberg:Norberg was shocked when he discovered that many Vietnamese would rather work in a Nike plant then work outdoors on a farm. He writes: “But then I am naively Eurocentric” (101). Write 1-2 pages where you explain the following: (1) What does Norberg mean by “Eurocentric?” (2) Apply that term to being an American by explaining what it means to be “Amerocentric.” (3) Re-think the concept of globalization and explain how being Amerocentric factors into globalization both negatively and positively. Norberg explains the basic concept of the Vietnamese Nike plants: that by “employing” Vietnamese workers, who work for approximately$54 dollars a month, Nike can therefore sell its goods at a reduced price (and obviously increase its profits). Norberg also writes about must Vietnamese people welcome Nike and see their job opportunitiesas a good thing. After hearing both sides, write 1-2 pp. where you explain any one or all of the following: (1) Will you feel guilty next time you buy a Nike product because you know workers are beingexploited? (2) Will you feel better about yourself because Nike, in a sense, offers the Vietnamese people something better than what they had? (3) Will you no longer buy Nike products knowing what you know? (4) Will you feel no different, that is will you feel absolutely nothing, the next time you buy Nike products? Write 1-2 pp. where you explore a scenario similar to what Norberg describes or similar to what Williams’ experiences, which is happening in your own background (Lexington, your home town, Kentucky, South, or U.S.) Remember to draw a comparison between the issue you chose to write about and either Norberg’s description ofthe Nike plant in Vietnam or Williams’ experience.Page set-upColumns A and B. Column A (left side) is what your students will type for homework and bring to class. Column B (right side) is for a student’s peer to write her or his comments, responding to the response. Note: You can always ask students to double-space their responses and have the “responding” students comment between the lines and in the margins, but I think columns are most effective.Below are two excerpts from two “fictional” responses, which could resemble what your students will likely bring to class as an assigned response to a reading. In this case, the assigned reading was Johan Norberg’s “The Noble Feat of Nike.”Eric Cartman’s response to Norberg’s NikeWell, I always liked Nike (sweet joke, dude) and their “swoosh” emblem. Their clothes are cool. If they want to pay peoplecheap wages to make their stuff I say “so what.” It’s not me they’re doing this to, plus I get to buy more stuff anyway because by paying cheap wages they can sell their stuff for a cheaper price. Also theworkers (overseas) aren’t complaining anyway; they’re happy about it. Therefore it’s a win (Nike) win (workers) win (me) situation. Protestors are all hippies anyway.Wendy Testaberger’s response:Nike, clearly, takes advantage of the disadvantaged. They purposely seek out individuals of third world nations who don’t have much to begin with and offer them slightly better circumstances while Nike profits tremendously. To make matters worse the disadvantaged are brainwashed into seeing that mere material gains are the way to a better life: bikes, scooters, bigger houses. The famous Nike “Swoop” is nothing more than a claw, hooking the impoverished into the bovine mindset of consumer-capitalism.Below (in Column B) are two “fictional” responses to the responses in Column A. Eric Cartman’s response to Norberg’s NikeWell, I always liked Nike (sweet joke, dude) and their “swoosh” emblem. Their clothes are cool. If they want to pay peoplecheap wages to make their stuff I say “so what.” It’s not me they’re doing this to, plus I get to buy more stuff anyway because by paying cheap wages they can sell their stuff for a cheaper price. Also theworkers (overseas) aren’t complaining anyway; they’re happy about it. Therefore it’s a win (Nike) win (workers) win (me) situation. Protestors are all hippies anyway.Wendy Testaberger’s response:Nike, clearly, takes advantage of the disadvantaged. They purposely seek out individuals of third world nations who don’t have much to begin with and offer them


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UK ENG 104 - In-class Writing Strategies, Exercises, Prompts, Ideas, Etc.

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