RWS 305W Online Journaling: An Exercise in Revision and Reflection
This summer we have been journaling twice weekly to push our thinking, explore ourselves and our minds, and make sense of the world around us.In class this term, we have approached various genres in order to understand how “real†world writers write and discern common elements across multiple models of any given text type – letters, profiles, resumes, blogs.Often as writers, we struggle to take our best ideas, our most instinctual writing and make it public.
For this assignment, I want you to select one journal entry and make it “audience ready†by crafting it into a new piece of writing that conforms to the genre of your choice.Your journal entry as it stands now is a starting place, not an end product.It is your job in this assignment to take an idea, issue, prompt or response you like from your journal and transform it into something with a larger meaning an audience will understand.
This field is wide open!You can write for any genre you choose from the list here, or seek approval for an alternate style not listed.
Tips:
Formatting should be dictated by the genre you choose (and you will likely have to investigate and research the “rules†of a new genre); you can pick from any prompt in the Hank Kellner’s Write What You See folder or from your own responses, even if they were “off-promptâ€; 25% of your grade on this assignment is the reflection.The grading criterion revolves around the success, form, impact and creativity of your writing in the genre you select.
Journal Revision is due Sunday, July 7, 11:59 pm via the Turnitin link under Module 4.
Writer’s Reflection: 25% of your Module 4 Grade
In your Turnitin submission, please answer the following questions. You are being evaluated on your thoughtfulness and thoroughness, not on whether I agree with your answers.
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