Lego Build #1

"Time given to thought is the greatest time saver of all." -

Norman Cousins

I give you a green comment sheet. You put your parts (taken apart) and the answer picture (well-folded) in your bag, to pass around with the directions (both copies) and green comment sheet.

1. As a builder, you put your name on the green comment sheet AND one set of directions. Have a pencil in your hand. You SHOULD write on the directions with comments and questions that you have as you are building. Be specific about what confuses you; watch for inconsistent orientations or unclear spatial directions. Make positive comments when it is going well.

2. Then when the build is complete, you must score it and write about it on the green scoring sheet. Remember, thorough comments earn you points.

3. Everyone builds two.

When all are done, all the papers come back to you. You can see how others did with your directions. You will have some ideas for ways to improve your own.

I will pass out a green Revision sheet at the end. Even if people easily built your directions, I want you to look for ways to improve what you have; write ideas down on the green sheet, and make actual changes to you directions.

NOTE: Everyone MUST now include a "General Description" at the beginning.

Homework:

1. Brainstorm ideas for changes to your directions on the green brainstorming sheet. Come up with as many ideas for change -- even "silly" ones -- as possible.

2. Make typed changes to your directions and print the new version before class (2 copies) Monday. You do NOT have to make all the changes that you brainstormed, but you MUST now have a "general description" at the beginning.  Show that you are thinking. Have 2 copies of the revised directions tomorrow.

3. TWFTD: superfluous

Typing Your Directions

Get out the green sheets you were to have read for homework. Compare the front and back of the page with the builder pictured on it. The information content is very similar between the two.

Thinkwrite: Describe the different style of the two sides and explain which one you prefer to read and follow for class directions. Which is more effective?


Audience, purpose, genre, content and style for the Lego project? Examples?

We look at MLA style page layout: pages A-2 and A-3 in Bedford.

You make the heading, insert page number top right with your last name, and the rest is up to you.


To get in the mood:
  Legos  we  love .  Indeed. And professional builder #1. Professional builder #2. Lego artist #3.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow bring:

A. TWO copies of your directions printed

B. An answer key picture (either drawing or photo)

C. Your legos.

2. Go to our class in Moodle. In the highlighted section, click on the Lego nomenclature reading. There are questions at the end that should be answered in your daybook.Have this done by Monday.

3. TWFTD: nomenclature. Use the reading in Moodle for your quote, please.

4. No typo that I know of.

Aristotle's Rhetoric Equation

About yesterday:

      "Smart practice always includes a feedback loop that lets you recognize errors and correct them -- which is why dancers use mirrors. Ideally that feedback comes from someone with an expert eye and so every world-class sports champion has a coach. If you practice without such feedback, you don't get to the top ranks.
      The feedback matters and the concentration does, too -- not just the hours. ..."

The Hidden Driver of Excellence

Author: Daniel Goleman

 Today we start here.

Audience + Purpose + Genre = Style (how it looks) and Content (what it says)

We look at p. 15 in Bedford and consider the equation for each. Which is more effective?

Now we look at your directions.

In your daybook, create a chart for each of the terms in the "equation" and your direction examples that you brought to class, like this:

MP3 Player:
Audience-
Purpose-
Genre-
Style-
Content-

After filling in your chart, think about the effectiveness of each of your examples. What specific choices in style and content work or do not work?

Your first writing project is writing directions for a small Lego creation. I give you the handouts now, and you pick out pieces to take home and write a set of directions for building.

Tomorrow there will be time during class to type up your directions, and on Friday you will build each others' projects (NO PICTURES ALLOWED -- just written directions).

On Monday you will build each other's REVISED directions, and on Tuesday you will hand in the final version of your directions and all Legos.


Homework:

1. Read the green sheets thoroughly.

2. Write up directions for building your project. Be ready to type them Thursday.

3. TWFTD: rhetoric