PB3A, Composition/Writing Studies Journals, and WP3

Writing 2rs,

Here's a list of our in-class lottery results from Wednesday's class so you can remember which article you landed and, if there's still space, which ones you could swap.  (Remember: no more than 3 people can pick the same piece, please.)  If you wanna swap, shoot me an email and I'll update the list as soon as I can.

If you're still not satisfied with the options in the list I provided, that's totally cool -- you can choose other scholarly pieces from the composition/Writing Studies field.  Make sure, though, you shoot me an email just so I can give you a thumb's up on your pick.  Here's a super-useful link to a site that provides a comprehensive list of the journals in my field.  Below is a more curated list of some of the more popular journals -- at least the ones I'm most familiar with -- that you can find within that aforementioned link.  The ones that aren't hyperlinked aren't "open access" -- they require a library-authenticated sign-in.

• College Composition and Communication
• College English  
• Across the Disciplines 
• Written Communication
• Kairos

Lastly, as far as PB3A goes, try not to over-think it or psych yourself out toooooo much: your only job at this point is to pitch your WP3 Genre Transformation idea.  Tell us (your classmates and I) what your scholarly piece is all about, then describe which two genres (one to/for an older audience, and one to/for a younger audience) you're planning on creating and why.  Then: what will you do in the transformed genres?  What ideas from the scholarly piece will you "foreground" and why?  As always, be as specific as possible.  On Tuesday (the day after PB3A is due), I'm going to provide some feedback to your ideas.  Also, as I mentioned in class, I'd like you to finish commenting on each other's PB3A blog posts by 8pm on that Tuesday.  (I'll be commenting throughout the morning/afternoon on Tuesday, so if you hold off til Tuesday afternoon, you'll be able to get a glimpse into my thought process in the comments that I leave on everybody's PB3A posts.)

Okey dokey, artichokeys.  That's all for now.  Hang in there and keep working hard -- the quarter's almost over.  :)

Z