For Friday No Traditional Class

Hello all,

Today, we started the day by having Alex tell a fib, and then we thought about how the fib operated.

Next, we dove into exploring the reading, which was actually a chart for James Kinneavey. I was very excited to hear and to listen to your observations about encoder, decoder, style, and referential positions of discourse. We went slowly through the reading and explored what discourse was and how Kinneavey sees it operating.

Remember encoder driven discourse is focused on the writer's expression, decoder driven discourse is focused on the persuasion of the reader, style driven discourse is focused on the literary or the actual structure of the discourse, and refereintial discourse is driven by the need to reference and to research i.e. to demonstrate knowledge.

This discussion lead us to examining how our annotations function in our peer review groups. As we reviewed our peer's annotations, we used ? marks and MORE statements to think about how to help our peer revise their annotations.

For class on Friday, we will not be having a traditional class. Instead you will be prompted to go to a place on moodle and watch a podcast. You will then need to follow the directions to receive credit.

For Friday:
Submit revised drafts of your annotations to me via email.
Go to podcast and follow exercises

For Tuesday:
Read Yancey piece on moodle
Post a response on your blog.

Thanks and take care,

Kat

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Kat Robinson