To Do Before Class:

WRITE:  Write a paragraph (300 words) for your intended audience for Unit 3 introducing what you have learned about your topic using one of your “quotables” from Unit 2 in that paragraph. Keep Stedman’s guidelines (from the article we reviewed in class – and linked here) in mind while writing this paragraph. Be kind to your audience! Try not to lose them by the side of the road! And remember, use language that will appeal to your specific audience!

Class Topic:

Personal Reflections

In-Class Activities:

  • Assignment for the final portfolio (which is due in 4-5 weeks.  It will sneak up on you!).  We usually don’t have time to revise Unit 3, but we might be able to begin discussions now of revising Units One and Two.
  • Genre planning project for Unit Three

To Do After Class:

Throughout the semester, we’ve seen people talking about (for example) education in a variety of different genres. In each of these instances, the author is trying to reach a different audience and they pick the genre that will best speak to that audience. Think about Lynda Barry’s comic or James Baldwin’s speech, or Sherman Alexie’s novella excerpt on paragraphs. These are all different genres.  Why might one write in any of these genres?  Who do these genres reach?  

In this unit, you’ll be writing about the topic you researched in Unit 2 for an audience of your choosing– so now it’s time to think about what genre you think will best reach your audience!

WRITE:  You will need to write a proposal of at least 200 words outlining what you plan to do for Unit 3. Post to Brightspace. This proposal should tell us: 

  • A 1-2 sentence statement of what you want to teach your audience (the most important thing you learned in Unit 2) 
  • The audience you are trying to reach
  • The genre you are planning to write in and why you chose it
  • A plan — how do you intend to get started? What will be your FIRST STEP?
  • Anything you might be worried about.  What are your concerns about finishing this project?