Session 3: Writing in Place/in Context

8:45-9:15       Breakfast

9:15-10:30     Opening Discussion: Place-based writing and communication

10:30-10:45   Break

10:45-12:00    Designing place-based writing assignments

12:00-12:45     Lunch

12:45-1:45       Independent Work Time and Gallery Walk

1:45-2:15         Closing Activity, Wrap-up, and Reminders

 

Required Texts

• WAC Clearinghouse. “What is Writing to Learn?”
• WAC Clearinghouse. “What Makes a Good Writing Assignment?”
• Holmes, Ashley. “Public Writing for Social Change.” in Driscoll, Dana, Megan Heise, Mary Stewart, & Matthew Vetter (Eds.). (2021). Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 4. WritingSpaces.org; Parlor Press; The WAC Clearinghouse.

Additional Texts

• Gaillet, Lynee Lewis and Jessica Rose. “At Work in the Archives: Place-Based Research and Writing.”