Full Description
Welcome to some of the most important conversations of our time:21st century literacy
social (dis)connection
neuroplasticity
love * appropriation *
* AI * generation studies (OK, Boomer) * happiness studies *
Even while new discourses define a new era, others remain as timeless as medicine and mindfulness, love and literacy, the latest technology, generational discontent, or the pursuit of happiness. (Not to mention that AI will soon displace me.) Engaging Discourse 2.0 seeks the most relevant discourses of the 21st century to engage cognitive development and critical thinking.
Contents
Welcome to Engaging Discourse 2.0
Brief Contents
Contents
Author's Note
The Definition of "Discourse"
Read This Now! A Preface for Students and Instructors
Three Levels of Essay
How to Use Engaging Discourse 2.0
About the Author Unit One: Literacy in the Twenty-First Century
Nicholas Carr, "Does the Internet Make You Dumber?" (2010)
Finding Connections: Political Literacy in the Twenty-First Century
Resources
Introducing Texts or Sources for the Benefit of the "Outside" Audience
Example: Text Introduction with Citation
Level I Analysis-Response Guidelines
Quotation Integration
Attribution
Unit One Writing Assignments
Sentence Exercises
Unit One Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit One Further InquiryUnit Two: Social (Dis)Connection
Alice G. Walton, "6 Ways Social Media Affects Our Mental Health" (2017)
Finding Connections: Generation Stress, version 1.0
Resources
Three Effective Ways to Integrate Quotations
Further on Seamless Quotation Integration
Example: Text Analysis Paragraph that Uses Seamless Quotation Integration with Citation
Level II Making Connections Guidelines
Unit Two Writing Assignments
Sentence Exercise
Paragraph Exercise
Unit Two Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Two Further InquiryUnit Three: Brain Plasticity
João Medeiros, "How to 'Game Your Brain': The Benefits of Neuroplasticity" (2017)
Finding Connections: Aging and the Plastic Brain
Finding Connections: Love and Happiness
Resources
Identifying a Public Discourse
Unit Three Writing Assignments
Sentence Exercises
Paragraph Exercise
Making Connections Template Exercise
Unit Three Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Three Further InquiryUnit Four: Romance in the Twenty-First Century
Barbara L. Fredrickson, "Love's Biology" (2013)
Finding Connections: Wild Ecstasy and Positivity Resonance
Resources
MLA or APA? (Or Something Else?): Formatting Your Work
Online Resources
Unit Four Writing Assignments
Making Connections Template Exercise
Unit Four Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Four Further InquiryUnit Five: Appropriation
Jonathan Lethem, "The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism" (2007)
Finding Connections: Copyright Era and the Public Domain
Finding Connections: Getting Woke
Resources
The Rhetorical Situation
Text: Author or Audience
Understanding the Rhetorical Situation
Unit Five Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Five Further InquiryUnit Six: The Future of AI
Max Tegmark, "Welcome to the Most Important Conversation of Our Time" (2017)
Finding Connections: The Workforce of the Twenty-First Century
Resources
Your Major Research Question
Unit Six Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Six Further InquiryUnit Seven: Generation Studies
Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell, "All Play and No Work: Entitlement" (2009)
Finding Connections: Generation Stress, version 2.0
Resources
How to Start Your Research Paper
Drafting Your Introduction
Embrace the Role of Author
Unit Four Writing Assignments
Making Connections Template Exercise
Unit Seven Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Seven Further InquiryUnit Eight: Happiness Studies
Daniel Gilbert, "Paradise Glossed" (2006)
Finding Connections: Can We Choose Happiness? Or Can We Even Choose?
Resources
Sample Student Paper
Unit Eight Writing Assignments
Paragraph "Translation" Exercise
Unit Eight Essay Prompts
Level I: Response-Analysis
Level II: Making Connections
Level III: Research
Unit Eight Further InquiryUnit Nine: Research in the Twenty-First Century
Identifying a Public Discourse
The Research Process
Your Major Research Question
Designating a Public Discourse
Annotated Bibliography
How to Start Your Research Paper
Drafting Your Introduction
Embrace the Role of Author
Start Playing Games: Using a Fictional Scenario to "Make It Real"
Purpose and Audience
Incorporating a Contrary Viewpoint
Drafting Pages
Self-Check Workshop
Examining Your Draft Essay: Tips for Editing and Revision
Research in the Twenty-First Century
The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Definition of Twenty-First Century Literacies
Unit Nine Further InquiryA Note on the Further Inquiry Sources
Unit Notes on Questions for Comprehension and Exercises
Course Theory and Design
An Afterword for Faculty and Department Chairs
Quality Control
Universal Objectives
Objectives for First Year College Composition
Reading, Literacy, and Composition StandardsAcknowledgements
Index
