instructor: Jentery Sayers 
~ classroom: smi 309 
& ougl 101 ~ TTh: 9:30-11:20
What are the assignments? [ Submit Them Now! ]
>>> Start thinking about your relation to sound and composition.
>>> What's service-learning anyway? Building upon previous volunteer/community service.
>>> Get familiar with why sonic culture studies matters. Or begin wondering if it does!
>>> Take a closer look at how "voice," "over," and "narration" function in "voice-over narration" and learn a bit of theory in the meantime.
Podcast 1 (Before Service-Learning)
>>> Commence broadcasting to the class! Regarding service-learning, what are your initial thoughts, reservations, and goals?
>>> Practice rhetorically analyzing sound and its role in media composition.
>>> Demonstrate your understanding of how to engage the work that others do, as well as how to write about, for, and with it.
Podcast 2 (Starting Service-Learning)
>>> Take a moment to respond to your first visit to your service-learning site, ask some questions, and return to your previous thoughts on service-learning.
Paper 1.4 (Writing Sound, Sound Writing)
>>> Start articulating your new "sound-script" by responding to your peer's 1.3 and arguing through your first sequence compositions.
Blog 4 (Conference Thought Piece)
>>> Prepare for your first conference and begin unpacking the claim, stakes, and evidence for Major Paper 1.
Major Paper 1 (A New Sound Script)
>>> Compose your first sustained, academic argument for English 121 through a research-based articulation of why your new sound-script matters. (See the Sound-Script Worksheet
Podcast 3 (A Critical Incident)
>>> Take the chance to focus on a particular service-learning incident, unpack it, analyze it, and talk about how it ostensibly influenced the ways in which you speak for and listen to others.
Paper 2.1 (Now Hear This! (Speaking "About"))
>>> Use your and a peer's podcasts in the service of writing for the radio! Consider how writing for listening and writing for a public alters how you write.
Paper 2.2 (Collabcast (Speaking "For"))
>>> Collaborate toward, produce, and present an audio public service announcement that draws awareness to important needs relevant to your local Boys and Girls Club.
Major Paper 2 (A New Campaign (Speaking "With"))
>>> Put your understanding of sonic culture and media activism, as well as your service-learning experiences, to work campaigning for your local Boys and Girls Clubs.
Blog 5 (Prepping for the Porfolio) (Prompt coming soon)
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