Handouts

general

• English 281 Syllabus (.pdf)*
• Norms of Collaboration (.pdf)
• Guidelines for Genre Analysis (.pdf)
• Overview of Sentence Structure (.pdf)
• Active vs. Passive Sentence Construction (.pdf)
• Point of View (.pdf)
• The Known-New Contract (.pdf)
• Transitions for Cohesion (.pdf)

assignment prompts

• Genre Project Overview (.pdf)*
• Final Portfolio Overview (.pdf)
• Collaboration Assessment (.doc)

readings

• Bawarshi, Anis. "The Ecology of Genre." Ecocomposition: Theoretical and Pedagogical Approaches. Eds. Sidney I. Dobrin and Christian R. Weisser. State University of NY Press, 2001. 69-80.
• Fairclough, Norman. "Genres and Generic Structure." Analysing Discourse: Textual Analysis for Social Research. New York: Routledge, 2003. 65-86.
• Smith, Frank. "Putting Meaning into Words." Writing and the Writer. 2nd ed. Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 1994. 49-68.
• Smith, Frank. "The Writer-Reader Contract." Writing and the Writer. 2nd ed. Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 1994. 87-101.

notes, etc.

• 7/20: Genre Brainstorm
• 7/24: Collaboration Contract Drafts (compiled)
• Genre Guide Formatting Template