Week 10: Finishing Opinion Essays & Starting to think about multimodal texts
Class Info
- Dates: Monday, 4/13, Wednesday, 4/15
- Meeting Info: 11:30am-12:45pm in room N517
Objectives
- To finalize the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay and all related work; to write a reflection about the Op-Ed/Opinion Essay
- To complete any unfinished work, including making a plan for revising Project 1: Discourse Communities.
For Monday, 4/13
Reading
- Research for Project 2: read several resources that you can consider referring to in your opinion essay.
- Writing resource: “IQIAA Method for Discussing Source Material, by Prof. Mazumdar“
- Reading/Writing resource: “Handout: Quoting Others (Purdue OWL).
- Reading/Writing resource: “Introducing the Quote Sandwich” by Carrie Hall.
- Writing resource for opinion essays: “Tips for Aspiring Op-Ed Writers” by Bret Stephens
- Reading/Writing resource: “Op-ed Writing: Tips and Tricks” (The Op-ed Project).
Writing
- Finish Project 2, which is due at the start of class on Monday, 4/13.
- It’s National Poetry Month–so consider writing a poem!
In Class Monday, 4/13
- What is your thesis statement in your opinion essay? Where is it?
- contribute to our opinion essay thesis statement discussion
- make any changes to our thesis statements in our Project 2 opinion essays
- Reviewing the other features of the op-ed
- how have we incorporated these features in our essays?
- sharing features of our op-eds
- how have you incorporated research? what do we want research to do?
- what examples of ethos, pathos, and logos do we find in our own writing?
- Reviewing the Bibliography or Works Cited
- Reading/Writing resource: “Citation and Formatting Guide.” (City Tech Library).
- Reading/Writing resource: “MLA Sample Works Cited Page (Purdue OWL).
- Project 2 (The Op-Ed/Opinion Essay) due: Monday, 4/13. Post it on our OpenLab site using the category Project 2 Work. Consider adding any tags to represent what you’re writing about. Please be in touch if you have any concerns!
- Project 2 Reflective Cover Letter: Now that you have finished your opinion essay, write a letter to me in which you reflect on your work by considering the following questions in any order that works for you:
- What did you write about in Project 2?
- What did you learn from completing this project, both about your topic and about yourself as a writer/researcher/reader/collaborator?
- What are you proud of in your opinion essay or in your writing process?
- What would you like help or support with as you revise this project?
- What grade do you think your essay has earned, based on the Project 2 grading criteria?
- What kind of feedback do you want on your opinion essay?
- Is there anything else I should know about?
- Checklist: have you included the following:
- a proposal
- an opinion that you write about in approximately 750 words
- research to support your opinion
- in-text citations via linking or parenthetical citation
- a works cited list (also known as a bibliography or reference list) that conforms to your field’s citation style, or else to mine, MLA (including, when available, author’s name, title, publication venue, date published, and possibly date accessed), with a short explanation of each source
- a post on our OpenLab site with a title and the category Project 2 Work
For Wednesday, 4/15
Reading
- Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen
- Reading/Writing resource: “Op-ed Writing: Tips and Tricks” (The Op-ed Project).
Writing
- If you haven’t finished Project 2, continue writing
- Work on your Project 1 revision
- It’s National Poetry Month–so consider writing another poem!
In Class 4/15
- Opinion essay: “Let’s provide free subway and bus fares for those who need them most” by City Council Members Shaun Abreu and Crystal Hudson
- how does this do what we think it should do as an opinion essay? let’s review it.
- Reading/Writing resource: “Op-ed Writing: Tips and Tricks” (The Op-ed Project).
- Peer review of opinion essays:
- goals for peer review:
- in your own words, what is this essay about?
- Note a part or two that stand out to you. What do you understand from those sentences? Let your classmate know what’s working with a sentence like “When you said…this really caught my attention because…” or “Your piece got me thinking about…”
- What parts did you want to read more about?
- What do you need to understand better? Let your classmate know what you needed clarification about with a sentence like “I got confused here when you said…because…”
- What parts felt like they didn’t belong, if any?
- Any other feedback or suggestions?
- What’s a good title for this project?
- ALSO: where do you see ethos, pathos, logos having an affect on you as the reader?
- What kinds of texts do you engage with for school? in your own life? What are you expectations of those genres?
- What is a multimodal text? A text that includes multiple modes: writing, audio, sound, image, video
- Examples: social media eg instagram, tiktok; graphic novel or non-fiction; podcasts; documentary, film, video; newpapers, also online versions and the multimodal texts they can showcase; advertisements; posters; zines
- Podcast/Interview: “On Passing” (both audio and written transcript available)
- Novel: Passing by Nella Larsen
- Film: Passing directed by Rebecca Hall (2021).
Photo Credit: Free to use photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels.
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