Fiqws 10301 Grade A requirements PDF

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Muhammad Azeem Iftikhar FIQWS 10301 - CP7 Mr. Michael Druffel FIQWS: Writing About Iranian Cinema

Requirements for an A grade -

Course Goals:

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Explore and analyze, in writing and reading, a variety of genres and rhetorical situations;

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Develop strategies for reading, drafting, collaborating, revising, and editing;

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Recognize and practice key rhetorical terms and strategies when engaged in writing situations;

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Engage in the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes;

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Understand and use print and digital technologies to address a range of audiences;

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Locate research sources (including academic journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles) in the library’s databases or archives and on the Internet and evaluate them for credibility, accuracy, timeliness, and bias;

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Compose texts that integrate your stance with appropriate sources using strategies such as summary, critical analysis, interpretation, synthesis, and argumentation;

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Practice the systematic application of citation conventions.

Writing Requirements: -

Conference Proposal

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Conference Paper

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Publication Research

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Journal Manuscript

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Cover Letter

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Peer Review

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Final Draft

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Portfolio and Final Reflection

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Six Blog Posts

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Two or fewer unexcused absences

Conference Paper Proposal

(Required for a C or Higher) Conference Proposal Required for Grades of C and Higher Context: You are a scholar of Iranian cinema, gender, and politics interested in applying to an academic conference. Academic conferences are meetings where scholars gather to share new ideas. Scholars are typically split into groups of three or four people and take turns reading their new research to a small audience of interested scholars. Before you can present at a conference, however, you must be accepted to speak. To be accepted, you typically write a brief proposal (~250 words) explaining the particular research problem you want to explore and why that problem is important enough to give you a speaking slot at the conference. Proposals are typically written in response to a “call for papers” (CFP), which the conference planning committee distributes. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to an important genre of academic writing (the conference proposal) and give you confidence in writing large assignments by starting with a small, manageable introduction. Proposals are used in non-academic conferences as well. Finally, this assignment is designed to help you clarify your research problem. Advice: While successful conference proposals have some differences, most contain a sentence or two answering the following points: 1) big picture problem or topic widely debated in your field. 2) gap in the literature on this topic. 3) your project filling the gap. 4) the specific material that you examine in the paper. 5) your original argument. 6) a strong concluding sentence.[1] Look over your notes and readings from Professor Sedghi’s class to get an idea of the big problems debated in Iranian cinema scholarship. Knowing the debates very well will help you identify a gap in the literature. Task: Find a CFP that might accept a paper on Iranian cinema, gender, and politics. Respond to the CFP in less than 250 words (unless the CFP has a different word limit). You do not have to actually submit to the CFP. I am sensitive to your privacy. You may, of course, submit if you want. Email me your 250-word proposal along with a two-sentence biographical statement. If you can’t find a proposal that would work, contact me. Length: 250 words (excluding biographical statement) Format: Word or google docs Due: September 26 [1] Kelsky, Karen. “How To(sday): How to write a Paper or Conference Proposal Abstract.” Theprofessorisin.com. https://theprofessorisin.com/2011/07/12/how-tosdayhow-to-write-a-paper-abstract/. Accessed February 21, 2019.

Conference Paper (Required for a C or Higher)

Conference Paper Required for Grades of C and Higher Context: Congratulations! Your proposal was accepted and you earned a spot to speak at the conference. Now you have to write a paper that you will read. Typically scholars read prepared remarks at conferences that are typed in a genre called a conference paper. Scholars typically get about 10 minutes to speak, which means that the conference paper should be about 1000-1250 words long. (One double spaced page often equals two minutes of speaking time.) Unfortunately, we likely will not have time to read these papers in class. But, if this were a real conference situation, you’d need a strong paper to read from so that you can best share your new ideas with other scholars. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with another genre of academic writing: the conference paper. By writing a conference paper, I hope you learn how to answer the question you asked and present it in a report that will effectively communicate your ideas to other scholars. Writing talking points for a presentation is a transferable skill for most jobs, and conferences are important in many professional fields. I also hope you build confidence by answering your question and thus making a new contribution to our knowledge about Iranian cinema. Advice: Successful conference papers can take different forms. But many strong conference papers will have these features in common: ● Signal early on what your intentions with the paper are. Map out the argument so your audience can get a sense of what is to come. ● Write a data-driven essay. If you are an anthropologist, load it up with ethnographic material. If you are a historian or literature scholar, delve into the primary texts. This will give your discussant a better chance of assessing your analytical points. If you mire your argument in theoretical gobbledegook that you don’t command especially well, it will be frustrating for listeners. ● Most importantly, you only have time in a presentation to develop ONE maybe two points. In any case, no one will remember more than two points, so keep it tight. It is always more effective to go in-depth into one particular aspect of your research than try to sketch together myriad pieces in one whirlwind showcase.[1] Task: Answer the research problem you developed in your conference proposal in a 1000-1250 word conference paper that could be read out loud to other scholars of Iranian cinema. You do not have to read this paper out loud to anyone. Of course, you could find a conference to present if you want. Length: 1000-1250 words Format: Word or google doc Due: October 17 [1]Angelini, Alessandro. “Art of the Conference Paper.” Insidehighered.com. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2010/11/03/art-conference-paper. Accessed August 15, 2019.

Publication Research (Required for an A)

Publication Research Required for an A Context: You presented at your conference and received positive feedback. You received some advice on how to improve the paper, and many of the audience members encouraged you to publish your work in an academic journal so other people can read your ideas about Iranian cinema. Congratulations! Different journals, however, tend to publish different kinds of articles, so now you must find an academic journal that would be a good fit for your article. You’ll need to read some undergraduate academic journals to learn which is right for you and produce with a 500-word plan to write your article for your chosen journal. Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to expose you to different undergraduate academic journals, give you practice analyzing published articles, improve your knowledge of genres, and help shape your final paper based on published models. Advice: Unlike the other assignments in this sequence, this assignment does not fit a recognizable public-facing genre. Scholars don’t formally write down their plan to turn a conference paper into a journal article. Most scholars, however, have some plan. ● You can find undergraduate journals to submit to here. ● When researching potential journals for your article, think about the “rhetorical triangle” (the author, the audience, and the message). ● Think about citations and structure Task: Your task is to research at least 3 undergraduate journals and pick one that would best house your paper. Then produce a 500-word plan explaining which journal you choose and how you can shape your eventual journal article to fit the conventions of your chosen journal. Length: 500 words Format: Word or google docs Due: October 31

Journal Manuscript (Required for B or Higher) Journal Manuscript

Required for Grades of B and Higher Context: Publishing in a peer-reviewed journal is a way to share your ideas with a scholarly community that is wider than the audience at a conference. Peer-reviewed journals are journals in which other scholars in your field read your paper and review it before it can be published to ensure that research is up to date, relevant, and correct. Before you can publish, you have to submit to the journal and get approved by the readers who will make sure your paper meets the standards. In this assignment, you will expand your conference paper with the feedback you received into a journal manuscript (2000-2500 words). Purpose: Journal manuscripts make an important academic genre. They are necessary to share your ideas with the widest possible audience. They are the culmination of your conference proposal—giving you the best chance to fully answer the important question about Iranian cinema you developed earlier after you received feedback from the conference process and planned how to present them in a particular journal. The journal manuscript is also a genre some of your other teachers will likely expect you to produce in their classes. Advice: Even though you’ve developed a data-driven paper for the conference, you’ll need to expand it to make it into a journal article. Not all journal manuscripts are exactly the same, but many build on the conference paper in some of the following ways: While the conference paper is tied closely to data you use, the journal manuscript can add in other research to help flesh out the data The manuscript can reflect on the significance of the research further than the conference paper The manuscript can include more secondary sources than the conference paper and explain how your new research fits with and challenges existing scholarship Try to address the feedback you received on the conference paper Think about the plan you developed to structure your article for the journal you chose Task: Your task is to update your conference paper into a 2000-2500 word journal article. It should try to match the conventions you noticed in your journal research assignment and improve on the conference paper. You do not have to actually submit your manuscript to the journal you chose, but you should write your manuscript as if that were true. Length: 2000-2500 words Format: Word or google docs Due: November 21

Peer Review (Required for B or Higher) Peer Review

Required for Grades of B and Higher Context: You have submitted your manuscript and now it is in the editor’s hands. Editors typically assign your manuscript to other scholars to read so that they can assess your research and offer feedback to improve it before publication. If the readers think the manuscript should be published, they’ll typically return it to you with their advice to improve it. If not, they will reject the article. Sometimes they explain their rationale for rejecting it and sometimes they don’t. You, however, are not actually submitting a journal for publication. (You can if you want.) Still, I think it is important to go through the process of both receiving and giving peer review. Therefore you will be placed in groups of three and peer review your other two group members’ manuscripts and cover letters. You’ll respond to your peers in a 300-word letter plus line notes on the manuscript. Purpose: It’s important to learn to read and critique other scholars’ work effectively. It will help you gain a valuable skill as an editor, and it also helps you improve your own writing. If you see someone else make similar mistakes, you can learn from them in your own writing. Advice: Different journals will likely have their own process for peer review. Typically it is “blind,” which means the reviewers will not know whose paper they are reading. This prevents bias or friends helping out friends. While many journals might do it differently, I am asking for a uniform format for this class because this is a format students have appreciated in the past. I want you to respond to your peers in a 250-300 word letter that answers three main questions: 1. What does the manuscript say? 2. What does it do well? 3. What is an area that could use improvement? Additionally, I want you to use track changes or similar software to make line notes on the paper. You should do this for the other two members of your group. I’ll place you in groups. You will almost certainly have time to do some of this work in class. Unlike real peer review, you should NOT recommend publishing or rejecting the manuscript. Task: Write a 250-300 word peer review letter to your two group mates and include line edits in their manuscripts. Length: 250-300 words Format: Word or google docs Due: December 5

Final Draft (Required for D or Higher) Final Draft

Required for Grades of D and Higher Context: Congratulations! Your paper has been accepted at your chosen journal! You have received the readers’ reports and the journal wants you to make some final changes before submitting the final draft. Your hard work has paid off. Purpose: This is the final step in a professional process. It gives you an idea of the work that goes into producing a great paper. It also gives you a chance to address peer feedback and thus improve your writing. Advice: If you were actually submitting to a journal, the editor would likely expect you to address your peer’s feedback. You have more freedom here. You do not necessarily have to accept all your peers’ suggestions, but you should be prepared to explain to me why you choose to accept or reject advice. Task: Update your paper with input from your peers. Consider their suggestions, but remember you are the final author. Length: NA Format: Word or google doc Due: December 12

Portfolio and Final Reflection (Required for D or Higher)

Portfolio and Final Reflection

Required for Grades of D and Higher Context: You have finally completed your research assignment! You started with a research problem and began answering it in a conference paper. You incorporated feedback and researched models of published articles to deepen your answer in a journal manuscript. And you used peer review to finish the manuscript in a final draft you can be proud of. Even if you didn’t publish your work in an undergraduate journal, we don’t want all that hard work to go to waste. Therefore, you’re going to house your writing in an online portfolio that will follow you throughout your time at City College. The portfolio will exist as a WordPress website that contains your writing. Not only will you be able to look back on your own writing and see how you’ve grown, but also your future teachers will be able to see it so that they can fine-tune their instruction for you. Having a portfolio is a requirement of the CCNY writing program and will benefit your writing instruction. Purpose: The purpose of the portfolio is to preserve your writing and store it in one place as you move through CCNY so that future teachers have more information to help you grow. The portfolio will also give you some basic experience with WordPress, which is a marketable skill in many jobs. In addition to building the website and housing your writing, you will also write one final reflection looking back on your writing and explaining how you have grown as a writer. The purpose of this assignment is to help you synthesize what you’ve learned and looked forward to how you can apply it and how you can keep growing. Advice: I hope to find time in class to go over the basics of creating the WordPress website. For the reflection, you should focus on what you have learned about writing over the semester. The reflection will serve as the introduction to your portfolio, so future teachers can see what you already know. Task: Build a WordPress website to house your writing from the semester. Write a 500-word introduction explaining what you have learned over the semester as an introduction to the portfolio. Length: 500-word intro plus organized portfolio Format: WordPress website Due: Dec 19...