Summer 2016 WR39C Week1
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WR39C GETTING STARTED
OR….
What did I get myself into?
Hopefully by now you’ve
had a chance to readthrough the syllabus..
If you haven’t,then make that
a priority!
This presentation willgo over a few importantpoints that I don’t want
youto miss…
The Major Assignments(and what they’re worth in the final
grade)
Historical Conversations Project (25%)
Advocacy Project (45%)Social Media=15%; AP=30%;
Portfolio & Reflection Essay (30%)
As part of the three major assignments,you’ll have several minor assignments that will all
help you build your knowledge and skills so that you can complete the major assignments.
Think of the smaller assignments as scaffolding—they are foundational to your work and
thus, very important!
That’s why the Grade Contract says thatif you complete all the assignments, both major and minor,
you are assured of a B as your final grade
If you don’t know what the Grade Contract is, go back and review the syllabus at Canvas (it’s
explained at the end of the syllabus)
The next slide is a visual representation ofthe basic tasks we’ll be working oneach week of the quarter,and how they fit in with themajor assignments:
The first few weeks of the class, you’ll be doing a lot of reading in order to begin gaining some expertise on the topic of Animal Studies. We’ll read some articles from a special issue of TIME and then we’ll read Carl Safina’s book Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel. There will be reading quizzes on this material at the end of each week.
Weeks 1-3 Weeks 4-6 Weeks 7-8 Week 9 Week 10Starting your
research
LearningUCI’s
Library
Learningabout your
topic
Choosing,Annotating
sources
Blog & Portfolio
ScholarlyTexts:AnimalScience
Choosing,Annotating
sources
Draft, Review,Revise HCP
BeginningSocial Media
ProjectBlog & Portfolio
Social MediaProject
Continues
AskingPhilosophical
Questions
Choosing,Annotating
Sources
Defining aProblem
Blog & Portfolio
FindingSolutionsDrafting
APChoosing,Annotating
SourcesCounter-
Argumentsand
VariousPerspectives
Blog & Portfolio
FinalizingAP
DraftReflection
Essay
Review,Revise
ReflectionEssay
Blog & Portfolio
Historical ConversationsProject (HCP)
Advocacy Project(AP)
Portfolio and Reflection
it’sall
connected!
HCPIn this essay, you will write a historical review
of the scientific literature about a specific type of research in Animal Science
The TIME articles we read in weeks 1-2 will give you some ideas about the current kinds
of research being done in Animal Science
In every discipline—science, social science, engineering, computer science, humanities—
scholars begin their texts by first reviewing what other scholars/scientists have written
about the topic. That’s what you’ll be doing in your HCP
Before we begin the HCP, we’ll first do a bit of research and reading to find out what kinds of issues are out there for the Advocacy Project—why? Because your HCP is going to end up as a “Literature Review” that sets up a foundation for the issue you will define and propose solutions for in the AP.
In other words, although the HCP and the AP are two separate essays, the HCP is really the first part of the AP. If you want to get a better idea of how that looks when it’s all done, look at the essays in the student sample portfolios on the home page of Canvas this week (week 1).
SAMPLE HCP TOPICS<you’ll review a specific area of animal science research
and a specific species>
• Intellect and Cognition
• Social Groups
• Emotion and Mourning
• Communication
Notice that the HCP is NOT about an issue and it’s not yet making an argument—it’s a review of what
we know through scientific research, which also provides a bit of
history on how the research has developed. This review of the science will act as a
foundation for the argument you will be making in the
Advocacy Project
SOCIALMEDIACAMPAIGN
This is the first step of the AdvocacyProject, where you will research about the issues that interest you and with a group of colleagues, create a social media campaign that informs and persuades
As part of your Social Media Campaign,
you will create an “infographic”
You’ll research tofind facts and
statistics aboutyour issue, andthen provide a
graphical illustrationof that info
like this!
APThe Advocacy Projectis a multimodal essay in which you define a currentproblem concerning the animal-human relationshipand then recommendsolutions to that problem,making an argument aboutwhy the solutions you aresuggesting are the bestways to solve the problem
The next page illustrates the basicstructure you’ll follow as you createthe AP—notice that it beginswith material from your HCP
Review of the Scientific Literature
Ask Philosophical Questionsbased on what we know from the science
Define a Problem—History of the Issue
Recommend Solutions
The Advocacy Project
Cons
ider
alte
rnat
ive
voice
s
We’ll write the partsof the AP in chunks—
all the while continuing our
research and annotationof sources
This will help insurethat you can’t
procrastinate andget behind
You’ll also build your own website portfolio
You’ll add a little to it each week….
Phew! There isa lot of work ahead—
I’m already tired!
You’ll be fineas long as youkeep up withthe weekly
assignments!!
My daughter’s husky— “Diesel”
This is Watson; he lives with meHe hates it when I put him in costumes
Thanks for taking the time to read through this presentation!
[email protected] can always email me if you have questionsBut please check Canvas first—syllabus, home page, assignments—to see if your question is already answered there.
Magic Katie< my two cats >
—Mahatma Gandhi
“"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its
animals are treated…I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection from the cruelty of human
kind.”