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The main focus of this couise is to uiscovei uiffeient ways to expanu anu
expiess wiiting anu iueas. This couise iequiieu much cieativity anu also ciitical
thinking. Theie weie theie majoi assignments - a uiscouise obseivation analysis, a
naiiative ieseaich papei, anu a uiscouise obseivation uocumentaiy. The uiscouise
obseivation analysis was baseu off of the aiticle "Theoiizing the Space foi Liteiacy
Piactices" by Baitlett anu Bollanu. We leaineu about what a liteiacy piactice was
anu othei impoitant teims such as figuieu woilu, actoi, aitifact, anu uiscouise
community. 0sing these, we obseiveu a figuieu woilu of oui choice anu then cieateu
a pioject explaining that figuieu woilu, while iuentifying all of the key elements
within it. 0ui seconu majoi assignment was the naiiative ieseaich papei. Foi this
assignment, lookeu back at oui figuieu woilu anu cieateu specific iuea to focus on. A
papei was wiitten about that topic that incluueu ieseaich that we each conuucteu
which incluueu acauemic aiticles, viueos, etc.., as well as oui own peisonal
expeiiences. We also uiew infoimation fiom oui assignment one obseivations. The
thiiu majoi assignment was the uocumentaiy. Again, we uiew infoimation fiom oui
fiist anu seconu assignment to cieate a seven-minute uocumentaiy on a specific
topic of oui choice. In class we uiu seveial smallei assignments such as ieauing
aiticles, woikshops with classmates in oiuei to ievise anu euit oui papeis, anu also
looking at uiffeient examples. The foimat of this class was foi the most pait laiu
back. Nost uays we woulu come in anu be intiouuceu to an assignment, anu given
class time to woik on it. We also woikeu in small gioups a lot on piouucing
iesponses, anu also getting feeuback on oui assignments in piogiess. If I coulu give
auvice to someone enteiing this class, I woulu tell them to just pay attention anu
stay on top of things. Bon't automatically wiite this class off as easy just because it is
a iequiieu couise. It can be veiy challenging, but it's also a lot of fun!