What do you have to complete to be successful in class? What's upcoming that you have to worry about? Also, turn in essays up front! The sooner you rewrite for a star, the better!
2. Final Projects....
Let's finish the drafts in class and complete the final version at home- Half of the bullet points beneath each heading. I'll choose the ones I think are best to model in class.
Topic:
My Knowledge
of English 101 Concepts.
Audience:
EB
Purpose:
To prove I
know what I should know based upon the WPA guidelines bullet points using my
own work from class as evidence.
EXAMPLE OF FINAL PROJECT LAYOUT
Rhetorical Knowledge
- Focus on a purpose
DEFINE:
This means that I have a reason for writing and I can stick with that
reason throughout my essay.
EXPLAIN:
It is evident that I know how to focus on a purpose since in my narrative
essay my purpose was to entertain and I focused on that throughout the
essay. In my first paragraph I wrote, “…………………..” This, I think, is entertaining, and that is
the reason I wrote the essay. Later, in
paragraph 2 I wrote, “……………..,” and that proves that I am sticking to my
goal. Finally, in my last paragraph I
wrote, “…………………,” and from all these examples, it is clear I can focus on a
purpose.
- Respond to the needs of different audiences
- Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations
- Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
- Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality
- Understand how genres shape reading and writing
- Write in several genres
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
- Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
- Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
- Integrate their own ideas with those of others
- Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power
Processes
- Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
- Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
- Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work
- Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
- Learn to critique their own and others' works
- Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part
- Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences
Knowledge of Conventions
- Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
- Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics
- Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
- Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
