Week 7: Organizing our writing, using images, charts, and graphs
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Instructor Notes:
This week does not have any interactive lesson/lecture as it’s intended to afford students an ability to catch up on their work and to ease their stress during midterm season.
Student Notes:
It’s Week 7, so we’re more than halfway through the course. Time flies! Your first blog post is due this week and I know that everyone has midterms, so I’ve decided to lighten the load. We have a bit more reading this week, so we won’t have an interactive lecture. Instead, you’ll help each other out by summarizing the readings.
This week, you will:
- Read Chapter 5 and Chapter 12.
- Pick one concept that you learned about in one of those 2 chapters. Then, either
a) make a visual (chart, graph, infographic, etc) that teaches your classmates about the topic or
b) Use what you learned about paragraphs to write a clear paragraph that summarizes the topic. - Hand in your first blog post.
- Bonus point: Since we’re working on revision skills, call up someone in your pod (or another friend) and read your blog post out loud to them. Write a paragraph about how the experience felt and what you learned.
- Do the Questions of the Day.
- We won’t have an interactive lecture, but I’ll use the optional weekly synchronous lesson to hold extended office hours. Drop in, show me a draft of your blog post or ask me a question about your blog.
Participation Activity
Let’s help each other learn the readings. Read Chapter 5 and 12, then pick one concept you learned. To help your classmates learn the material, you can either:
- Create a chart, graph, infographic or other visual that illustrates the topic. You can use free image makers like Venngage (you have to make an account) or Canva.
- Use what you learned about paragraphs to write a clear, well-edited paragraph to explain the topic.
Bonus Forum
For the bonus point, call up someone (a member of your pod, a friend or family member) and read them one of your blog posts. Write a short paragraph about how the experience went and what you learned.
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