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Interwiki Activity: Interacting with Text

A collaborative activity among multiple sections of ENGWRT112: Introduction to College Writing.

Contents 1 directions 2 Prelude Sentences 2.1 Final step

directions

This is a first-come, first-served activity.

This activity will bring you in contact with the coursewiki currently being produced by a section of ENG112: College Writing. With a partner select one of the following statements, described as "Prelude Sentences." Without following through on any links (yet), discuss and select the single statement that intrigues you the most. Verify with your teacher that this particular statement is still available before you continue!

1. After your choice is approved by the teacher, and
2. still before you click through on the link embedded in your sentence,
3. discuss with your partner why the statement intrigues you and what you think you are going to find.
4. Email your explanation to your teacher.

Prelude Sentences

"Would I rather be feared or loved? Um... Easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." - from The Office

"Family nurtures, Europe intrigues, a student ponders the confident oddity."

Hard life experiences yield hard working people.

"My heart's keeping time to the speed of sound I was lost then I heard the drum and I found my way---'cause YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT."- "Hairspray"

From one continent to another while keeping family ties.

"Determination to reach my goals and succeed makes a young girl move states away from home."

"I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap." - Fred Allen

"Love Life and Live for Laughter"

"Flying, flying, Wing is flying."

"A Brand New Christine Lee."

"'The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time'" ~ Jack Kerouac

Final step

Please click through on your approved Prelude Statement.

1. Ignore grammar and focus on the a) ideas, b) organization, and c) rhetorical strategies of the biographical statement. Discuss these three areas with your teammate and generate a brief statement of constructive feedback to the author. Include at least one strength and one area for improvement in each of these three areas.

1. Finally, explain the evidence in the biographical statement that supports or lends itself to the Prelude Statement. In particular, what relationship(s) do you perceive between the Prelude Statement and the writing which it introduces?

Procedure: construct your answer in a Word document and save it. Email your (collaborative) answer to your teacher.