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Brain storm

In my previous essay I got into technology. Many could find that boring but I do feel it’s a problem in my generation. I will continue to get into detail, maybe make it a little interesting. We all realize that technology is such a huge problem in our world today. But what is so bad about it ? it’s a good resource we can use. We’re all addicted to our cellular devices that some can’t live without. It’s like a drug to us the more we use it the more we want it. Not many people are aware of how damaging technology can be to our brains, before i continue to give you all the negative things about it , i can say it has helped me throughout my school years and many of us who weren’t sure about an answer and we quickly had to search it up or even a simple question we had. I had to brainstorm a bit of ideas for this upcoming essay to try to top my last one. I might’ve not put much effort, for my first genre I will provide a video or a slide if it’s acceptable. This will be a great way to give the readers a visual concept of my information on technology. It’s like virtual learning. We prefer to have zoom calls rather than our professors giving us a lot of work. We like to engage. My second genre would be using pictures of actual numbers on how technology is good and bad for us. This will give them an idea of how effective technology can be for many of us our visual learners, so it will definitely be a good idea to show. Lastly i believe more information on technology using actual examples that are going on in our world so everyone can be aware of it and get a deeper understanding of what i want to talk about.

 

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Week 13: 4/26-30 *UPDATED 4/28*

Welcome to Unit 3, and the last 2.5 weeks of your semesters! This week, you should do the following:

WATch:

Clip from Michael Moore’s Where to Invade Next

“The Art of Trespassing” by Justin Graffa

WRITE (BY WEDNESDAY @ *5PM*):

This week you’ll be pitching your Writing in a New Genre assignments. In order to convince me that you’ve chosen an appropriate and interesting topic, as well as the correct genre (ideally from the 3 you came up with in your Brainstorm) for your audience, you should write at least 200 words explaining what you’ll argue, what sorts of evidence you’ll use to prove those points, and what GENRE you’ll present all of this in and why that genre will best reach your intended AUDIENCE.

Please post this under the “Unit 3” Category by Wednesday before *5 PM*. 

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Week 12: 4/19-23

All,

This week, we will be launching into Unit 3. As such, I’d like to you do the following:

Read (by Wed. 4/21)

The Unit 3 Assignment page

Schools Are Killing Curiosity by Wendy Berliner

Watch (ASAP, if wanted)

Unit 3 Video Explainer 

(I made this last semester, but the assignment remains the same. Skip to 1:25 to start, the first part is about their particular weekly timing.)

Write (By Friday @ 5 PM)

As we move past Unit 2, where you learned the new genre of the annotated bibliography, it’s time now to revisit what we know about genres. As you read in Kerry Dirk’s essay on “Navigating Genres,” genres of text are as diverse as a country song and an analytical essay. All genres have a set of rules/conventions that they adhere to, yes, but perhaps more importantly, all genres have certain strengths and certain weaknesses. For example, a country song would be a questionable genre to analyze the latest jump in the stock market; just as an analytical essay would be an odd (if hilarious) genre for one’s thoughts on a recent heartbreak.

In Unit 3, it will be your task to take the research and topic you used in Unit 2 and write in a new genre. This cannot be a traditional academic essay, and I’m asking you to be a little creative. But most importantly, I’m asking you to be critical in your judgment about what genre you choose. If you are writing about climate change, you could write a press release from the White House. If you are writing about video games/film/music, you could write a longform review.

For this informal writing assignment, I want you to brainstorm 3 possible ideas for this next assignment, and explain why each of them would be more effective given your particular topic than a traditional academic essay, and fun to write. 300 words minimum!

Publish your posts by Friday at 5 PM, using the “Unit 3” category tag.Â