Overview of Week:
As we begin the course, please read the Introduction to Composing a Life, which introduces this section of the course.
This week, we will spend time thinking about what it means to be a student at St. Catherine University. We will introduce you to our university’s mission and history as you learn about our identity as a Catholic, women’s, liberal arts institution. This week will also serve as an introduction to college-level reading and writing skills, and will introduce you to pre-reading and post-reading techniques. We will also discuss and practice how to annotate a text, which will become a routine expectation for this class. Finally, this module will contain your first writing assignment: a 1-2 page personal narrative.
We will address the following outcomes this week:
As we begin the course, please read the Introduction to Composing a Life, which introduces this section of the course.
This week, we will spend time thinking about what it means to be a student at St. Catherine University. We will introduce you to our university’s mission and history as you learn about our identity as a Catholic, women’s, liberal arts institution. This week will also serve as an introduction to college-level reading and writing skills, and will introduce you to pre-reading and post-reading techniques. We will also discuss and practice how to annotate a text, which will become a routine expectation for this class. Finally, this module will contain your first writing assignment: a 1-2 page personal narrative.
We will address the following outcomes this week:
- Apply knowledge and skills, using various perspectives from the liberal arts traditions, women-centered scholarly work and Catholic social teaching
- Apply excellent critical thinking, critical reading and scholarly writing skills (including excellence in sentence level fluency, organization, voice and audience)
Read:
Critical Thinking Questions:
Write:
Post:
- Mission Statement of St. Catherine University
- Roman Catholic Identity Statement
- Annotation Guide
- Annotation Sample
- Writing Made Simple
- Joan Mitchell, CSJ : “All Women Can Be: The Spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph”
- An Introduction to the RTW Method
- An Application of RTW
Critical Thinking Questions:
- Based on what you have learned from Joan Mitchell’s article, how have the Sisters of St. Joseph worked to reflect the values found in the Roman Catholic Identity Statement?
- How does/might the mission statement of St. Catherine University relate to your life and career?
Write:
- A Personal Narrative
- A 6-10 sentence response to Critical Thinking Question #1
Post:
- Your annotations for "All Women Can Be: The Spirit of the Sisters of St. Joseph"
- Your Personal Narrative under Week 1
- Your 6-10 sentence response to Critical Thinking Question #1 on the discussion board and your response to two of your classmates with posts of 4-8 sentences
