Projects and calendar...

1.    Journal-   What’s the most important thing you learned from this class, if anything?

2.   WPA guidelines project entries one and two…

3.   Groups and argument essays…  (in-text citations?  Works Cited?)

4.   Schedule for the rest of class…

WPA Guidelines Final Project

Rhetorical Knowledge

◦Focus on a purpose

Define:

I know how to focus on a purpose, and I have done so in all of my essays.  For example, in my C/C essay, my purpose was to point out the differences between MCD and BK.  While staying true to my purpose, I wrote, “…………………….”    As you can see, I am discussing the differences b/t MCD and BK, so I was focusing on my purpose, which was to elucidate those differences.  In another essay, my descriptive essay, my job was to describe a lightning strike that I witnessed.  I wrote, “………………………………”  Here, too, one can see that I was writing about a lightning strike, and that quote displays how I am able to stay on track and focus on my purpose.  Later in the same essay, I wrote, “………………………….”    This shows that I am able to zero in on my purpose. 

◦Write in several genres-

Define:

Explain:

I know how to write in different genres.  Some of the genres we practiced in class included argument, description, compare and contrast, and personal narratives.  Here is an example from my argument essay, and you can tell that I am taking a side on an issue, and that’s what makes it argumentative.  I wrote, “……………………………….”  In a different essay, my narrative essay, I wrote, “……………………………………..”  Here you can see I am writing about something personal and I am using the first person, so it’s absolutely narrative.

Conclude:

Since I was able to write an argumentative essay and a personal narrative, it is clear that I can write in several genres.