This portfolio represents my work for ENC 5700 (Theories of Composition) during the Spring 2011 semester. Select projects and assignments from the course are included along with a final reflection ( Read more... )

Originally, I was going to make a separate entry to talk about #SINGItForJapan, but the more I reflect on it, the more I feel that the project offers me a kind of touchstone for discussing a number of issues and concepts that have been significant to me over the course of this semester.

( In which My Chemical Romance is appropriate for all occasions )

Originally Submitted April 18, 2011: An experiment in alternative knowledge-making.

( In which there are quests and magic but no glass slippers or Prince Charmings )

Originally Submitted April 18, 2011: This brief blog comment was supposed to be in the form of a tweet and respond to one of the articles from the September 2010 issue of CCC.

My "Tweet"

( In which I talk about 140 characters for 418 words )

Originally Submitted April 11, 2011: This SRR on the readings for this date represents my thinking on readings towards the end of the course.

( So what would I give to a master's student? )

Originally Submitted January 17, 2011: This SRR on "The Rhetorical Situation" represents my thinking on readings at the beginning of the course.

( But what's the situation? )

Originally Submitted Febrary 14, 2011: A collaborative SRR project on cognitive and other approaches to composing.

A Wiki Dedicated to the Readings for February 14, 2011For the first collaborative SRR project, I worked with Logan, Stephen, Elizabeth, and Emani. We quickly decided that a wiki site would be a good way of coordinating our ( Read more... )

Originally Submitted February 28, 2011: A visual representation of concepts on the readings for this week (Difference II).

( Antimatter for the Masterplan )

Originally Submitted March 28, 2011: A second attempt at composition theory.

( In which some definitions are helpful )

Originally Submitted February 7, 2011: My first attempt at explicating my theory of composition and/or my understanding of the field of composition theory.

( In which there is some rather unconsidered rambling about critical thinking and a pretty okay mashup of Bazerman and Burke )