Project 1 Proposal Assignment

In addition to your reading response, you should also be working on a short topic proposal-- to be posted to your blog before class Wednesday 9/5. Think of this proposal as a way for you to articulate your preliminary thinking on Project 1 and gain feedback from me about how you might go forward from here.  Before you write the proposal, be sure to read back over the assignment sheet carefully. If you  have any questions about the assignment, use this post to ask. Your proposal should address the following prompts.

Identify a specific construct about writing, a "mental framework" that is prevalent in mainstream culture that represents a misperception or simplified way of thinking about writing. Where is this construct most visible? That is, who keeps it alive and going strong? How does it influence our ways of thinking about writing/texts? How does it direct us to write in specific ways? How does it affect our conceptions about what "good" writing is?

In addition to answering these questions, make a list of search terms (key words that revolve around your topic) as a way of beginning to think about the research you'll do for this assignment. 

Once you have identified a construct, your next step really becomes about inquiry, in the sense that Greene talks about inquiry, you're writing and researching to find out what, if anything, we can replace this particular problematic construct with. How should it be dealt with or revised to fit a more nuanced, complex, and productive view of writing? You don't have to answer that here, but be thinking about it as you compile sources and read on your topic.