Category: Unit 3

Topic Question- What should be the limitation or changes to American foreign policy?

I want to make a speech about American foreign policy and I want to grab the attention of young Americans who probably don’t know nothing about what’s going around the world. The main objective with this speech is too give these readers a better understanding on American involvement in world affairs.  So first I want start off by introducing myself just like in any ordinary speech. So I want talk about first about the events that’s going with American foreign policy and the effects that are having to other countries. Also go into more meaningful explanation about the effects and are the results good or bad? I would also ask my audience the question which is ” what do you see on tv or have you read anything about American involvement in foreign countries ?” So I would also give a brief explanation of how did we get here or in other words what have we’ve done in the past that would make the United States into a world superpower spreading our influence around the world. We talk about events such as both world wars and the cold war which was during the peak of American involvement . My audience should also understand of the political decisions that were made that would determine the military activity. I also want to address the concerns people are having with America’s current foreign policy or if there has to be any changes or changes that are necessary that we  would hopefully see improvements to American influence on foreign soil.  At the end of my speech I would basically summarize everything and hopefully give my audience the information that they want to know about Foreign policy.

 

Aisse Tounkara

Professor Hall

11/21/2019

                                Genre How To (How To Make a Ted Talk) 

 For my Genre i’m choosing to do a TED Talk video. I feel like TED TALK Videos are very useful especially when it comes to this topic. Police Brutality and implicit bias. To make a TED Talk I would need to find an idea that I would like to discuss. I already have an idea on what I’ll be discussing with everyone. I would then need a great starting point to keep everyone engaged. When doing this TED Talk I need to be specific one specific topic. Implicit bias has to do with a lot of things. I don’t want to have my audience confused. Also in order to even do a TED Talk you have to have confidence. That plays a major role. Your speaking out into the audience and that’s very important.Speaking into the audience isn’t easy because you may get nervous, start shaking and other things. You have to make your TED Talk videos very interesting and not boring. If the audience is bored they are going to tune out everything that you are saying. You have to always have their undivided attention. It would be a waste of time to go up and make a speech but not anyone learned a single thing or understood the point you were trying to get across. People often do TED Talks to get their point across and to educate us on things we may have very little knowledge on. I’m not a shy person so this TED Talk will go pretty smooth for me overall. Basically TED Talk is public speaking but with an idea in mind. That idea is what you will use to guide you throughout everything. You may also want to see if your audience is engaged by asking questions. 

 

I want to start off the whole video by doing some form of unboxing that shows off the political parties and gives a brief history of them. The actual script will be included within this writing, however, the whole video will try to add some satirical moments to keep viewers interested. I’m fully aware that somebody who doesn’t give a shit about politics won’t care for what I have to say, or die-hard Democrat/Republican voters, however, I plan to reach out mostly to undecided voters who don’t like either party or felt abandoned by the aforementioned parties.

 

Script:

 

Now look, I ain’t no youtuber but I’m boutta do an unboxing for y’all. Here we got a package by [insert some stupid ass name] from [random place].

 

*here I would open the box and dump the content of the box by exclaiming “money shot!”*

 

Contents within would reveal some funny, appropriate, items but what would be highlighted are the two major political parties, Republican in the form of an elephant and Democrat in the form of a donkey.

 

Wow look at these pieces of shit, you got a conservative backing up leftists views by losing roots of conservatism and being more progressive, and you have a literal jackass of a party that can’t get behind anybody and ultimately destroy this country with its policies and fantasy laws.

 

Yes, both parties suck.

 

A porcupine representing the Libertarian party, a leaf for the Green, and the US Constitution representing the Constitution party.

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Most of my script, however, will be improv and me going on and on with facts and details, however, I know exactly what I want to do when I start this video. That’s the introduction for now and I plan on actually filling the video with satirical moments along with adding facts about third parties and giving a short history of third parties. Mainly in regards to the election of 1968 where George Wallace of the Independent Party gained electoral votes, registration amongst third parties, the rise of popularity for a third major political party, etc. All this would conclude with my question, how do we introduce a third major party in American politics?

1. You must bring in a rough draft of your “genre how-to–” at least 300 words. PLEASE BRING A PAPER COPY AND POST ON OPEN LAB BEFORE CLASS. This is part of your grade for Unit Three and will also be included in your final portfolio. No Unit Threes will be accepted without a genre how-to.  If you did not do your proposal yet, see #2

What is a genre how-to? Well, if you are writing a political You Tube video, you would write instructions about to make a political YouTube video (or, if you’re making a TED talk, how to make a TED talk– you get the picture.) You need to be kind of specific here– not just “a video,” but “an unboxing video” or “a movie review.” Narrow it down a bit.

It’s okay to look up “How to make a TED talk,” but I also want you to look at at least three examples in your genre and see what YOU notice (not just what some random guy on the internet said about TED talks).

Then write at least 300 words about how to do it– what are the ingredients of the piece of writing you’re trying to make (how does it start? What does it look like? What do you need to make it? What problems might you encounter? How does it end?) This is pretty informal, but it will help you learn about your genre and get unit three done!

2.  Only for those who missed class or didn’t give me proposals: I need a proposal for Unit Three from you. You may post this on line. This needs to be approved by me!  Please answer the following questions:

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. What audience are you trying to reach (that is, who needs to know about the research you did in Unit 2) and WHY?
               2. What genre would be best to reach that audience? A declaration? a standup comedy routine? A TED talk? WHY?
               3.  What are you planning to do for Unit 3– be specific! Not just “an article,” for example, but “an article for a sports magazine like Sports Illustrated.” Not just “a letter,” but “an open letter to Congress.”