Today class does not meet.
You are to type up your five paragraph essay on Audience Awareness.
Be sure to follow the formatting on the yellow handout that you got when you typed your Lego directions. A copy of that handout is in our Moodle class.
The Audience Awareness essay is due Monday; so is your daybook.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Writing a Short Essay
1. We go over the apostrophe exercise, Ex. 41.1. Do you have any examples to add to this site?
2. Instructions for the Apostrophe Quiz: Number in your daybook 1 - 16. Write down each italicized word and decide whether or NOT it should have an apostrophe added to show possession. Some words need an apostrophe, some DO NOT.
1 Scudders teacher made him look at that fish three
2 days.
The experience paid off since Scudder became an entomolgist who got to work on some amazing 3 insects 4 classifications. {classifications of some amazing insects}
I saw his picture in a little 5 museums display about the best-preserved insect 6 fossils ever found. This is in Colorado, almost in 7 Pikes 8 Peaks shadow, in the 9 mountains west of Colorado Springs.
Unfortunately, 10 Scudders education was weak in this area. He wasn't trained in digging up 11 fossils. At that time, no one was; it was a new science.
As a result, Scudder did not record every 12 fossils position in the 13 layers of the shale as he dug them out of the hillside. The modern 14 museums opinion of this failure was clear in 15 its 16 displays.
3. We look at the short (five paragraph) essay as a way to analyze/synthesize/evaluate information. See yellow handout.
4. Now for a prompt (green handout):
A key to effective writing is considering the audience. At least, that's what I've been saying and trying to cause you to experience for the last week.
Do you agree or disagree? Take a stand on whether or not it's important to modify your writing based on who your audience is; then give examples that support your position.
Homework:
1. Fill at least one page in your daybook brainstorming about the prompt. You may write out an entire essay if you wish.
Class tomorrow is a work day. I will be at a conference in Lincoln, so class will not meet. You should use the time to type up your essay. It is due on Monday, as is your daybook.
2. TWFTD: fanatic
2. Instructions for the Apostrophe Quiz: Number in your daybook 1 - 16. Write down each italicized word and decide whether or NOT it should have an apostrophe added to show possession. Some words need an apostrophe, some DO NOT.
1 Scudders teacher made him look at that fish three
2 days.
The experience paid off since Scudder became an entomolgist who got to work on some amazing 3 insects 4 classifications. {classifications of some amazing insects}
I saw his picture in a little 5 museums display about the best-preserved insect 6 fossils ever found. This is in Colorado, almost in 7 Pikes 8 Peaks shadow, in the 9 mountains west of Colorado Springs.
Unfortunately, 10 Scudders education was weak in this area. He wasn't trained in digging up 11 fossils. At that time, no one was; it was a new science.
As a result, Scudder did not record every 12 fossils position in the 13 layers of the shale as he dug them out of the hillside. The modern 14 museums opinion of this failure was clear in 15 its 16 displays.
3. We look at the short (five paragraph) essay as a way to analyze/synthesize/evaluate information. See yellow handout.
4. Now for a prompt (green handout):
A key to effective writing is considering the audience. At least, that's what I've been saying and trying to cause you to experience for the last week.
Do you agree or disagree? Take a stand on whether or not it's important to modify your writing based on who your audience is; then give examples that support your position.
Prompt: Write a short essay (5+ paragraphs) that explores the importance of analyzing/considering the audience for any written task. Use specific examples to support your points. Any kind (genre) of writing can be used as an example to support your point: texting, email, job tickets, forums, ads, books, etc.
You should state your point in a thesis; your 5 paragraphs should include an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Your purpose in this essay is to take a position on just how important it is to consider your audience before you write, using interesting, relevant, and detailed examples to support your view.
Homework:
1. Fill at least one page in your daybook brainstorming about the prompt. You may write out an entire essay if you wish.
Class tomorrow is a work day. I will be at a conference in Lincoln, so class will not meet. You should use the time to type up your essay. It is due on Monday, as is your daybook.
2. TWFTD: fanatic
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Writing for the Audience
You turn in all related Lego papers, including the final version of your directions. You decide whether you turn in your parts in the bag or dumped in the bin.
A. And how did the Lego build go for you? Assumptions?
We discuss the nomenclature problem, and you thinkwrite about it.
Did you spend time considering what your audience might need? How did that work for you?
B. Now, read Bedford pages 609-612, "Lazy Eyes" by Michael Agger. See it online here. You will answer the questions below in your daybook:
1. Which one of the blue links in the article would you click on if you were reading this online? (You must list at least one and tell why.)
2. What is btw (in paragraph 5)?
3. To go with the heading "It's a Jungle Out There" Agger explains Nielsen's hunting metaphor.
What are readers ("humans") called?
What are we looking for in an online article?
What is information equivalent to?
4. List at least 3 ways Agger shows (illustrates/demonstrates) what he's writing about.
5. Finish this sentence in a way that sums up the point of this article. Copy it ALL down:
In his article "Lazy Eyes," Michael Agger ....
C. When you finish this, look at Section 41 in The Everyday Writer about apostrophes (pages 341-343).
Then do Ex. 41.1 on page 105 in the Exercise book. Number 1-10 in your daybook and just write down the italicized words with possession added.
Homework:
1. Fill one page of your daybook with a freewrite on this topic: think of examples from your past where you thought carefully about the audience you were writing for. Or give examples where you WISH you had thought carefully about your audience for a piece of writing. How might things have been different? Texting and FB count as well as other writing. If you have no personal examples, write about whether you think Agger's points about online writing (and online readers) are true.
2. TWFTD: ludic
A. And how did the Lego build go for you? Assumptions?
We discuss the nomenclature problem, and you thinkwrite about it.
Did you spend time considering what your audience might need? How did that work for you?
B. Now, read Bedford pages 609-612, "Lazy Eyes" by Michael Agger. See it online here. You will answer the questions below in your daybook:
1. Which one of the blue links in the article would you click on if you were reading this online? (You must list at least one and tell why.)
2. What is btw (in paragraph 5)?
3. To go with the heading "It's a Jungle Out There" Agger explains Nielsen's hunting metaphor.
What are readers ("humans") called?
What are we looking for in an online article?
What is information equivalent to?
4. List at least 3 ways Agger shows (illustrates/demonstrates) what he's writing about.
5. Finish this sentence in a way that sums up the point of this article. Copy it ALL down:
In his article "Lazy Eyes," Michael Agger ....
C. When you finish this, look at Section 41 in The Everyday Writer about apostrophes (pages 341-343).
Then do Ex. 41.1 on page 105 in the Exercise book. Number 1-10 in your daybook and just write down the italicized words with possession added.
Homework:
1. Fill one page of your daybook with a freewrite on this topic: think of examples from your past where you thought carefully about the audience you were writing for. Or give examples where you WISH you had thought carefully about your audience for a piece of writing. How might things have been different? Texting and FB count as well as other writing. If you have no personal examples, write about whether you think Agger's points about online writing (and online readers) are true.
2. TWFTD: ludic
Monday, October 8, 2012
Legos: The Build
"Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all." - Norman Cousins
First of all, everyone brings their directions up to the front tables. Everyone picks up three loose Legos and votes for the three easiest-looking sets of directions that you see up here.
Then, here's what you'll do. When I hand them out, you'll follow the directions. As you build, you should have a pencil in your hand. You MAY write on the directions with comments, question marks, and questions that you have as you are building. Talk back to the page.
Then when the build is complete, you must score it and write about it on the green comment sheet. Remember, thorough comments earn you points.
Everyone builds two.
When all are done, you can see how others did with your directions. Hopefully you have some ideas for ways to improve your own. Remember, even if people easily built your directions, I want you to look for ways to improve what you have.
Homework:
1. Brainstorm ideas for changes to your directions. Come up with as many ideas for change -- even "silly" ones -- as possible. List them on the green brainstorming sheet.
2. Make typed changes to your directions and print the new version before class. You do NOT have to make all the changes that you brainstormed. The revision is worth 1/3 of your grade on this project. Show that you are thinking. You will hand in all versions tomorrow -- two typed versions and your rough draft and all green sheets.
3. TWFTD: superfluous
First of all, everyone brings their directions up to the front tables. Everyone picks up three loose Legos and votes for the three easiest-looking sets of directions that you see up here.
Then, here's what you'll do. When I hand them out, you'll follow the directions. As you build, you should have a pencil in your hand. You MAY write on the directions with comments, question marks, and questions that you have as you are building. Talk back to the page.
Then when the build is complete, you must score it and write about it on the green comment sheet. Remember, thorough comments earn you points.
Everyone builds two.
When all are done, you can see how others did with your directions. Hopefully you have some ideas for ways to improve your own. Remember, even if people easily built your directions, I want you to look for ways to improve what you have.
Homework:
1. Brainstorm ideas for changes to your directions. Come up with as many ideas for change -- even "silly" ones -- as possible. List them on the green brainstorming sheet.
2. Make typed changes to your directions and print the new version before class. You do NOT have to make all the changes that you brainstormed. The revision is worth 1/3 of your grade on this project. Show that you are thinking. You will hand in all versions tomorrow -- two typed versions and your rough draft and all green sheets.
3. TWFTD: superfluous
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