THURSDAY JANUARY 19TH

Analyzing the GenreCreating the Rubric

AGENDAWriting Journal Entry

Genre Analysis

The Rubric

Conferences

Homework

WRITING JOURNAL List five words that describe you when you were a child. List five words that describe you now. Have you changed? Why? Why not?

ANALYZING THE GENRE What do blog posts have

in common?

GENRE

What is your definition of genre? What genres have you accessed this week?

GENRE Stabilized yet flexible forms of communication. They are not fixed, but fluid: new genres and subgenres are continually emerging.

ANY form of communication: letters, ads, textbooks, photographs… All have ‘rhetorical moves’ – how the genre is typically structured with it’s content and language.

RHETORICAL MOVES Consider apartment advertisements:1. Where are they typically found?2. How do they look? What is their

structure?1. Why do they look like this?

3. What content is communicated? 1. What purpose is this for?

4. What sort of language is used? Terminology? Abbreviations?

1. Why is this sort of language used?

WRITING IN A NEW GENRE

1Whenever you are tasked with writing in a different way, it is

always helpful to see the expectations of this genre.

2One way of doing this is

through: Genre Analysis.

ANALZYING THE GENRE OF BLOGS Look for:StructureContentLanguage

Don’t make assumptions of what you’ll find! Start with an open mind and see what is there.

ANALZYING THE GENRE OF BLOGS

What language is used? Informal? Third person?

What are the features of the genre? What

makes it OBVIOUSLY a

blog post?

How does it look overall? Are

there similarities to the genre or is

it flexible?

What content is included? What

content is excluded? Images?

What rhetorical appeals are

used? Logos, ethos, pathos? One more than

another?

How are the texts structured?

Think organization and

paragraphing.

What layout or appearance is common on

blogs?

What kinds of sentence-level features are typical of the

genre?

Some questions to start with:

BLOGS TO ANALYZE: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ - Hyperbole and a Half

http://calnewport.com/blog/ - Study Hacks

http://college.harvard.edu/admissions/hear-our-students/student-blogs - Harvard Students

https://blog.ivywise.com/blog-0 - Ivy Wise College Admissions

GENRE ANALYSIS – BLOGS http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/ - Hyperbole and a Half

http://calnewport.com/blog/ - Study Hacks

http://college.harvard.edu/admissions/hear-our-students/student-blogs - Harvard Students

https://blog.ivywise.com/blog-0 - Ivy Wise College Admissions

What language is used? Informal? Third person? What are the features of the genre? What makes it OBVIOUSLY a blog post?

How does it look overall? Are there similarities to the genre or is it flexible?

What content is included? What content is excluded? Images?

What rhetorical appeals are used? Logos, ethos, pathos? One more than another?

How are the texts structured? Think organization and paragraphing.

What layout or appearance is common on blogs?

What kinds of sentence-level features are typical of the genre?

CREATING THE RUBRIC What will you be graded

on?

THE RUBRIC These are the marking guidelines. Where the ‘points’ go!

Almost every assignment you come across in college will have one Use it to help you figure out the professors expectations for the assignment.

I will create the final rubric but you will decide what you believe is important in this project.

You are qualified to do this!

THE RUBRICThink alone and write down some ideas of what is important in this project. You are encouraged to use the project instruction sheet! What do you think the basic standards should be?

Get into groups of 5(ish) and share your ideas. What do you think is most important in this project or equally important, and give a justification.

We’ll share as a class – I’ll be calling on each group – and decide the grade points for each criterion.

THE RUBRIC – MARKED OUT OF 40

Criteria – Basic Standards of Proficiency – 40 pointsQuality of Revision The author has addressed comments from instructor and peer feedback. There have been substantive changes compared to the first draft, rather than minor. F grade given if there’s no first draft.

Focus and PurposeThe blog post is informative on its chosen topic and doesn’t stray from the intended purpose. It is specific in detail and addresses the intended audience.Support and DescriptionThere is evidence of persuasive techniques – use of rhetoric. The blog post follows the language conventions of the genre.Appropriate images are used. OrganizationThere is an introduction and conclusion, with development of the argument.The blog post follows the structural conventions of the genre. Editing and FormatThe post has minor spelling, punctuation, and mechanical errors, but nothing that impedes meaning. It is formatted according to the standard conventions of a blog post.

FIRST DRAFT - EXPECTATIONS Take a look at our rubric I’ll post the final one tomorrow. Use my feedback – again you’ll have this back tomorrow evening at the latest.

ROUGH – don’t worry about grammar etc. as long as it’s readable. Include a “Dear Reader” letter.

THE “DEAR READER” LETTER A (very short) reflective letter Answering 5 main questions Let’s me know what you found easy/challenging

Helps you reflect on your own writing (important for later in class!)

Template is on bblearn under the dropbox for your first draft

Simply add it to your first draft document – either at the start or the end

FIRST DRAFT – FEEDBACK You will be graded on completion only – this is ‘low stakes’ writing; I want you to take some risks and make mistakes

I will give you extensive feedback on what is working, and what isn’t yet.

Please read it! It might be a little overwhelming if you are not used to much feedback.

I WILL give you a score for each criterion, so you know where you are currently at going forward to the final draft.

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES Please show up! If you can’t make it, email me to reschedule. Missing a conference is equal to 2 unexcused absences. Show up on time. We only have 15 minutes – be respectful. Come prepared with at least ONE question for me. This is an opportunity to discuss your feedback, please take a look at it before your appointment with me.

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HOMEWORKWriting Topic Proposal – tonight at 11:59pmFirst Draft – Sunday at 11:59pm

ReadingMy feedback – before your conference