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They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
(But don’t worry–I’ll be providing all the chapter readings online through Canvas!)
I really like this book’s approach to teaching about writing. To me, it uses language and examples (even templates if you want them!) that “demystify” academic writing (that’s a fancy way of saying the book makes academic writing seem less mysterious, complicated, or scary!).
I’m excited to see what you think about this first reading. Here are the steps you’ll need to take:
Download the reading, which is They Say/I Say Chapter 12 “I Take Your Point. Download They Say/I Say Chapter 12 “I Take Your Point.” The focus of this reading is on class discussion! While a lot of the chapter is really about in-person conversation (the kind that you have to be sitting in a classroom to do!), the writers note that most of the same principals can be applied to online discussions (which is what we’ll try to do!).
Read and think about the chapter. Your goal is to “digest” the reading by making it useful to you.
Once you’ve digested, created a synthesis of the reading. You have a choice in how to do that, but you’ll need to upload a minimum of 100 words. You may either write a 100-word summary of the reading OR 100 words highlighting something in the reading you found particularly interesting OR a 100-words application statement of how you will use the concept/skill discussed in the reading during this semester, in our class or elsewhere.
You’ll receive full credit for submitting your synthesis on time according to the instructions. I hope you enjoy the reading!