Week 01Assignments -- Advanced Composition -- Tim Roufs -- University of Minnesota Duluth

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Handbook	"Sample Documents" (Handbook §51.e.) Ch. 1, "Writing, Reading, and Research" Ch. 2, "Considering Rhetorical Situations" Ch. 51, "Designing Documents"
CD-ROM Lab	same as "Handbook" above
WorldWideWeb	Read "FAQ: Writing Online," pp. 2-3 in The New St. Martin's Handbook or §2.i.3 on the CD-ROM Check out the Bedford / St. Martin's "The Writing Process" WebPage that goes with Part 1 of The Handbook Check out the Bedford / St. Martin's On-line Resources Log on to the course WorldWide Web HomePage and look it over. Its URL (Web Address) is: http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/comp3160/ http://www.d.umn.edu/~troufs/ will also get you to the course page (that's the UMD home URL plus ~troufs) Then go to the COMPforum discussion board and click on the "Welcome - Tim Roufs." Then post a followup message to the "Welcome" using the "[ POST FOLLOWUP ]" button above the message. Tell us something about yourself as a person; i.e., identify yourself. Also checkout Web Resources for Writers for The New St. Martin's Handbook
Daily Reading	TBA
Daily Writing	Write up a draft of a descriptive incident report (set of field notes?; "journaling") on the video seen in class. Focus on description. Write this piece as if you were writing a police report on what you observed. Do not evaluate! Freewrite: Sit down and freewrite for 20 - 30 minutes [yes, I know the Handbook says 10 minutes, but that is for a different type of project]; write without stopping on the video seen in class. Once you begin writing do not stop; do not stop to correct spelling, or to rewrite, or even to talk with your true love. Do not at this point worry about what the final product might look like. Describe an extended portion of the video materials as your memory allows. Establish the context first. Then describe the actions in detail. Fill in details. Make a list of behaviors non-natives might find strange or confusing or that might be interpreted differently. Provide explanation as necessary. Try to develop a sense of simply describing something without interpreting or analyzing it. Bring this freewriting exercise with you to the next class. (Handbook §3.a.1-2) "Take" wide angle shots, normal shots, and close-ups. Audience: some UMD students who have not seen the video Purpose: description -- pure description Aim/Goal: to give a detailed enough account of the action that some people who have not seen the video could re-enact the action.
COMPforum	Post COMPforum message(s)
Writing Projects	Work on Project (P#1A): Descriptive report on in-class video Due end of Week 03. (Unexcused late Case Study papers will result in a loss of 3.5% of the final course grade.)

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Week 01: Assignments