Summer 2024 WP4: THE ROLE OF LANGUAGING

Professor Daniel Dissinger
Writing 150
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2 min readJul 3, 2024

Well, you’ve come to the end of the session and there’s just one last thing to do: WP4.

This summer, we’ve explored the ROLE of writing in the learning process, how writing is connected to identity, aesthetics, ideas on beauty, oppression, and how writing can be a tool for teaching. We’ve discussed LANGUAGING and all the nuance that comes with CREATING, KNOWLEDGE SEEKING, and SELF-REFLECTING on your INTELLECTUAL IDENTITY.

We’ve written. We’ve discussed. We’ve created.

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Most importantly, YOU have cultivated a specific writing VOICE, one that is YOU, one that is confident, one that is FEARLESS.

WP4 is going to be straightforward, so don’t worry:

For WP4, I want you to REFLECT on your writing journey this semester and discuss what you’ve DISCOVERED, specifically, the ROLE WRITING has played in teaching you _________________________ about YOU. HOW? WHY?

And that’s it.

You don’t have to go over every project. I just want you to think about something specific that you feel came to the surface for you during this course that you’ve been surprised at learning.

DUE: July 7th by 11:59pm
WORD COUNT: 750–1000 words
SOURCES: NONE!

When you submit this to the Medium site, use the tag writ150wp4, and submit just like WP1, WP2, and WP3. Then, submit that link to your WP4 to Brightspace.

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Professor Daniel Dissinger
Writing 150

Assistant Professor at USC Writing Program | Podcaster | Jack Kerouac & Beat Studies Scholar | Writing, Rhetoric, & Teaching Pedagogy | Poet