EN 105 Week 8 Discussion

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Unit 8: Discussion

Welcome to this unit's discussion! In this discussion, you will look ahead to the writing you will do in your EN 106 course and in your major.

LEARNING GOALS: By participating in this unit's discussion, you will:

·         Reflect on writing genres used by scholars in various disciplines

·         Discuss rhetorical strategies you might use in future writing assignments

TASK: To participate in this unit's discussion, please follow instructions for both prompts below.

Prompt 1: Locate the most recent Park University course catalogLinks to an external site. and look up EN 106: First Year Writing Seminar II: Academic Research & Writing. Read the course description. Then, write a brief paragraph predicting what will happen in the course. What sorts of topics do you expect will be covered? What kinds of assignments do you expect to complete? What needs do you have, as an academic writer, that you hope will be addressed in EN 106? What fears or worries do you have about the course?

Prompt 2: Write a paragraph reflecting on the sorts of writing you expect to do in your major coursework. In other words, how will you write in your major? What genres do you expect to use, and why? What audiences will you write to? What styles and formats will you be expected to write with? Do you expect to write reports, arguments, narratives -- or all three? And how will you take the lessons from this course and apply them to your major coursework?

In follow-up discussion, please reply to at least two classmates' initial posts, offering feedback, response, suggestions, or your own perspective on EN 106 and/or the sorts of writing assigned in your major. Hopefully, you will come away from this discussion with a clear plan of how to apply the lessons of EN105 to your future coursework.

GRADING: Please see the rubric for this assignment to see how your participation in discussion will be graded. Please note that the rubric places more importance on thoughtfulness, insight, and creativity than on grammar, punctuation, or even citation style. So, make it your goal to create posts that fully explore the prompts.

REMINDERS: Your initial discussion post is due by Wednesday, 11:59pm (Central). Your follow-up posts are due Sunday, 11:59pm (Sunday). For a possibility of full credit on discussion, you must not only create a well-crafted initial post, but also engage in constructive, thoughtful follow-up discussion. Finally, remember that in most discussions, you are required to post before seeing your classmates' responses. Why? Because your instructor is interested in your responses, your ideas, and your interpretations.