Three due dates are listed at the bottom of this document!

Assignment

For this assignment you will repurpose the information you gathered for your Unit 2 annotated bibliography, and present it in another medium. This medium should be the one you think will best convey your information to a specific audience of your choice.

Your final product will go beyond the written word and communicate using multimodal composing. To accomplish this, here are examples of modes you might choose: TED Talk, audio Podcast, YouTube video, song lyrics, Wikipedia entry, video or graphic essay, blog, informational brochure, short movie, or play. (You might think of something else!)

Note: Regardless of the genre you choose, you must turn in a written component. For example, if you create a TED Talk or podcast you might turn in a transcript. For a visual or graphic art piece, you might turn in an artistā€™s statement. As you can see, the nature of the written component depends on the medium you choose. If you are unsure about what the written component should be, you can discuss it with me.

This project is (in my opinion) the most fun of the three units, but it necessitates a lot of work ahead of time. Waiting until the last minute to turn this assignment in is NOT AN OPTION.

To keep you on task, there are three due dates…

Due Dates

  • By Wednesday, 11/4, post a plan for your project. Include the following:
    • Tell me the mode you selected and why you feel this is the appropriate choice for your audience. Also, tell me what you hope to accomplish with your piece (do you wish to persuade, inform, something else?).
    • Discuss the main elements or features of your chosen genre (including the length, tone, format, organization, desired effect on the audience, and other key features). Make a list and describe each element in a few sentences.
    • Tell me about how you will go about composing your piece: What technologies will you use? What information will you include in your final product? How will you organize it? Include any and all details that pertain to your specific project.
  • By Monday, 11/16, on the course site (under ā€œQuick Commentsā€) submit a progress report. Let me know how things are going. What’s working? What isn’t? What do you need to do before the final due date?
  • By Wednesday, 11/18, Unit 3 project is due.

How will this be graded?

  • Careful and thorough thinking: The format and ā€œvibeā€ of the piece you produce fits the genre you chose. In addition, it is polished and well-developed. Note: There is no particular word count for your assignment as the length will be determined by the genre in which you choose to work.
  • Audience: The genre you have chosen to work in and the choices you made when composing your piece are appropriate for your audience.
  • Repurposing: The piece you produce uses the research from your annotated bibliography and is related to your research question.
  • Timeliness: Your project is submitted on time.