As I’m reading the reading on rewriting, I’m drawing a blank. Mostly because, I have to be honest here, it’s really, really boring. But then I think about how my fellow classmates are going t responded and I know what to write about. I apply the three moves from chapter 1 to my fellow blogger’s posts. Problem solved. This task was made slightly easier by the fact that many classmates had yet to post their blogs. A fact that is a little concerning because I waited to an hour before the due hour to get the most posts in my comparison. The fact that a lot of people haven’t posted anything scares me a little bit.
Moving on, move one: Define the Project. Not to had to do because we all got the same prompt and we all (with the exception of me) stuck to it pretty well (I’m stretching it a little bit). Reflect on Rewriting, compare to Sullivan. Simple
Move two: Note keywords. I’ve picked out some quotes that I liked from the posts I read, and I’ve added my thought on them. I stayed away from tings I didn’t like because I didn’t want t hurt anyone’s feelings:
“ I think Joseph Harris’s Rewriting is an appropriate text for a course focused on ‘civic literacy.’” I liked how this person thought about how the book works with the class.
“ reading is the scanning through of someone’s work and noting, copying, or rewording those portions of the text that you find useful in some particular way.” I found it interesting that this person focused a bit on reading instead of commpletl focusing on writing, which is what I would have done.
“Harris makes writing out to be a social activity rather than a personal one.” I agree that it is important to think of writing as a social activity.
“Harris defines writing as a process or a journey, not a fixed position or stance.” I’ve never thought of writing as a journey before, but it is. If I think about major pieces that I’ve written I have a storyline of memories to go with them.
Move Three: Asses the Use and limits: honestly this part kind of confused me a little bit. What I think can apply to this is when everyone is talking about Rewriting compared to “Why I Blog”. No two posts look alike. Everyone takes a different stand on how the two are similar or different, even though we all read the same two texts.
I would go into it a little bit more but I am running out of time.
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I like the way you did this blog. It was like reading the discussions we have during class, relating to everyones posts and quotes, but you did it one your own. Creative.
ReplyDeleteClever solution, Emma. I really liked how you tried to incorporate the moves from Harris in your post. I also enjoyed, as Meagan said, that you're essentially doing what I do each time. It's fun to see somebody else do the same, and you pick out some good points.
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