In Class Wednesday, we will…

  • Look as a group at 2 online publications, Slate and Buzzfeed, and compare them using the following KNOW-YOUR-PUBLICATION QUESTIONS:
    • What kinds of articles/ stories/ media  (and ads and videos for that matter) are on that site?  
    • What does that tell you about who they think their audience is? How do you draw that conclusion?
    • How long are the pieces usually? (pages, words, minutes)?
    • What is the tone, usually? (funny, serious, casual)
    • What kind of diction is usually used? (casual, formal, academic, etc.) 
    • How do they usually use evidence/ support (such as data, quotations, interviews, etc)?
    • What can you tell us about their visual presentation?  Is it all black and white text? Video with lots of graphics? 
    • Do you think this would be a good publication or forum to reach your intended audience?  Why or why not?
  • You will then apply the KNOW-YOUR-PUBLICATION handout to an online site where you can find the genre of writing that you will use for your Unit 3 Assignment.
  • Remaining classrome will be used to continue working on your Unit 3 Assignment.

On Friday, we will…

  • Review and Analyze Several Examples. We will look at the text of the Black Holes Twitter Thread and the Vaccines TikTok. We will also look at 2 examples of Listicles (text only).
  • Time to work on Unit 3 projects.