writin/ reading as inquiry

Community Building:

Partner Introductions

Journal

Q: What did you find most surprising about how writing was described in Ch 1? What was most convincing? Least convincing?

Why?

How does that match what you’ve learned/ thought about writing?

Writing and Reading

as InquiryJackie Hoermann

What does it mean to

inquire?

What does it mean to

inquire?=/ Rant

To communicate, to discover

“The best essay topics are an itch you need to scratch.”

--Bruce Ballenger

What’s Fastwriting?

What’s Fastwriting?No rules.

Let yourself write badly.

Think through writing, not before.

Keep your pen moving.

…

Silence your inner critic.

Don’t censor yourself.

What are Ballenger’s

beliefs about writing?

What are Ballenger’s beliefs about writing?

• Allatonceness

• The belief that writing is something that can be taught and that everyone can write well.

• It’s okay to write badly—that’s how we can get to good ideas.

• Thinking happens while you write.

What are Ballenger’s

beliefs about writing?

What habits of mind do

you need to develop?

Start with Q’s, not A’s

Suspend Judgment

Being Willing to Write Badly

Searching for Surprise

The Rhetorical

Situation

The Rhetorical

Situation

GASP!

GASP, there are so many!

The Rhetorical Situation

Genre/Medium

Audience

Subject

PurposeStrive for a gasp-worthy reaction on your reader’s face after s/he realizes your handle on the rhetorical situation.

The Rhetorical

Situation

When might you use GASP in later college

classes? In your future careers?

Reflecting on the

Writing Process

Reflecting on the

Writing Process“In short, the more we understand the writing

process, the more control we get over it.

Getting control of the process means the

product gets better” (Ballenger 16).

Reflecting on the Writing Process

“In short, the more we understand the writing process, the more control we get over it. Getting control of the process means the

product gets better” (Ballenger 16).

What does your writing process look like?

Reflecting on the Writing Process

“In short, the more we understand the writing process, the more control we get over it. Getting control of the process means the

product gets better” (Ballenger 16).

What does your writing process look like?

Recursive. Flexible.

Reading as Inquiry

Reading as Inquiry

Let’s make a class list.

Call out key points.

Reading as InquiryDiscussion: What are your beliefs about

reading? Do they ring true to how he described,

the assumptions you might have about reading?

What were the most important points, in your

mind?

Reading as Inquiry

Purposes: explore, explain, evaluate, reflect.

Frames: genre, audience (you), subject,

purpose. (Ballenger 46).

Reading as Inquiry

How has standardized testing influence how

you read?

How about social media?

Reading as Inquiry

It’s time to talk back to what you read.

Reading as Inquiry

Later, we’ll do this with double-entry journaling

(for the more research-oriented pieces).