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- Fairy tales, science fiction, mystery, children’s stories, study guides, and much more.
- I believe their audience mainly consists of children, mainly due to the genres they showcase at the forefront of their catalog. Such as fairy tales, science fiction, mystery, children’s stories, etc.
- The pieces can typically be read in 5-10 minutes.
- The tone, depending on the story, is usually either casual, or enthusiastic, the tone of a story is never too serious.
- Formal diction is either casually or enthusiastically delivered to the reader trying to figure out more of the genre they’re visiting.
- When they cite evidence, they insert images found on the sources website to grant more insight. Additionally, they highlight they italicize the sources, the quotes found in said source, and information the source contains.  Â
- The website isn’t all black and white. Once you open the website, you’ll notice the background is in beige. Random images of popular genre’s on its website are posted, with the image of it’s genre as well to grab the readers attention. Lastly, as you scroll down the homepage, you’ll notice that most of the genre’s that are in the websites catalog are scattered throughout the homepage. Only the most popular genres are found on its homepage.
- This publication forum would be a marvelous place to reach my intended audience, due to the fact that my short story is a fictional narrative about the life of the species closely related to the Locc ness monster. Since science fiction is a genre in this forum’s website, this is perfect for the direction I want to go in. The audience seems like it’s mainly American children and that’s great for me because that’s the demographic I want to reach out to the most. This website is ideal for my story.
Part 2:
- I need to find a mentor text still
- I need to figure out which species specifically I want to write about in my short story
- Once I specify the species I want, I gotta do research on said species.
Schedule:
Week of 11/27- Find mentor text and identify which species you’d like to research. After doing so, begin conducting research on it.
Week of 12/4: Research on species should be finished.
Week of 12/11: Finish short story on unit 3.
Category: Discussions
Tuesday, 11/29
A letter will be my genre for the unit 3 assignment, my main target audience are the people in charge of the congress, people who can change laws who can change peoples mind. I want my letter to be published in CNN news, their website is big with lots of audience people are most likely to see it. My point of view will mostly be focusing on persuading the people in charge to alter and make laws on racism so it won’t affect people of color anymore and their lives. I would like to start off by researching how to write persuasive letters, how to format my letter, and put it on the website.
In-Class Work: Unit 3 Plan/Schedule and Finding a Mentor-Text
Part 1
Write a plan and schedule for your Unit 3 Assignment. Give yourself specific deadlines (dates and times) by which to complete aspects of your Unit 3 assignment. This will include (but is not limited to) any additional research you may need to do, finding a mentor-text, learning how to use a particular software and/or application, and composing your Unit 3 assignment. For each deadline, you should lay out a brief plan that details what you expect you will need to complete by that date/time.
Part 2
Sometimes, if we are trying to write in a particular genre, or for a particular publication, we study a particular source that fits that category so we can write in that same style. We call this a “mentor text.”
Last week, we looked at publications and online forums where you might want to publish or present your work. Now, let’s look a little closer. Go back to this site (magazine, webpage, youtube channel etc) and find a SPECIFIC source that you like. It SHOULD NOT be about your topic. You’re not looking at it for that! You’re just looking at what features make this text fit this publication (and this genre!) This can be an article, TED Talk, You Tube Video, etc…
Remember: You’re not looking for any old article. You’re looking for an article that can be published in the magazine you want your work to be published in, or a youtube video that fits on the channel you want your video to go on… get it? This should be something that you want to emulate.
Once you’ve found your mentor text, answer the following questions:
- What tone/ type of language does this example use?
- How does this source use research? Do they quote from outside sources, use a lot of statistics, etc…
- What can you tell us about this source visually (and auditorily, if applicable)? Does it use a lot of imagery and color? Is the layout very clean? Is there a soundtrack?
- How long is it? (Words, pages, minutes)
- Who do you think is the audience of this source? What makes you think that?
- What aspects of this source would you like to emulate in your own writing? How might you do that?
- What aspects of this source would you like to avoid in your own writing? How will you do that?
**Include a link to your mentor text (or upload the file)**
Post your answers (and link/file) to the openlab under the category “In-Class Writing”. Whatever you do not complete today you can finish at home.Â
