I hope you had a productive weekend and that you've completed most, if not all, of your research. Last week, I had you brainstorm about possible purposes, audiences, and genres for the "thing" you'll be creating as part of your researched project. I encourage you to go back and re-read the assignment for the researched project as you prepare to make some final choices about what you'll be making and why. Remember that what I'm asking you to do is likely very different than anything you've done before. It's not your typical research paper where you dump all the information you've found into an essay for some amorphic "general audience." All the things I've asked you to read this semester have been asking you to think about the purposes for research and argument differently, to see that you need to have a reason for doing this work other than "my teacher told me to":). So, based on your analysis of your sources, I want you to take one last stab at answering the following questions about the "thing" you're going to make:
1. What purpose do you want your project to serve?
2. What claim do you want to make? Or, another way of saying the same thing, what message do you want to send with your project?
3. Who do you choose as your audience? Try to be as local and specific with this as possible. If you're hoping to reach high school students, think of students at a particular school. If parents, how about parents at your kids' school? Remember that you can't have multiple audiences (parents, kids, administrators, teachers) because what you would say to each and how you would say it are quite different for each of those audiences.
4. What genre will you be writing in? For this one, remember that most people don't read essays and that brochures and Powerpoint presentations aren't the default answer either:), though for some audiences and situations, those choices make sense. Think about what your audience has occasion to read. Is it radio ads, YouTube videos, book covers, bookmarks, a letter to the editor, a parent newsletter from a school, etc., etc. Think widely here and don't worry that what you choose isn't enough work:). Everyone will be writing a reflective essay as well, and that's the thing which will look most like your typical research paper.
I'd like you to answer these questions here, and I'll try to get back to all of you this afternoon and evening. Once you get the ok from me, you'll need to start drafting your thing. We'll start workshopping your drafts tomorrow.
#1. I want my "thing" to serve as an eye opener to new college students stating that college isnt as easy as we might think it is.
ReplyDelete#2. The message I am trying to send to new college students is that to be prepared for new challanges. Nothing is easy in this world but as long as we try and give it our best anything is possible.
#3. I want my audience to be new college student and high school English teachers. New college students so they can see what is expected of them and high school English teachers so they can see what areas they need to prepare their students on.
#4. I will be drawing a sunday comic picture that will show the difference between high school English classes and college English classes. Along with that the title to the comic picture will also be stating a statment regarding if you are ready for College or not. (not necessarily in those words)
1. My project will serve as an opportunity for a high school student to be informed of how to become a critical thinker, if not already.
ReplyDelete2. I would want to let high school students know about the misconceptions about “good reading,” and of a method to become a critical reader.
3. My audience will be high school dual enrollment students, from PSJA Memorial High School.
4. For my genre, I would spread my message through posting flyers all around PSJA Memorial, or I would create a T-Shirt that said “GOT SKILLS” in the front, and on the back it would have all the misconception about “good readers” listed, on the left side, and on the right side it would have “critical reading skills.” I’ve changed my mind so many times, and I think it’s time that I’ve made up my mind, so I’m going to go with the shirts.
#1. The purpose of my project is to encourage teachers to promote the use of argument(s) on a research paper at an early stage of school years without waiting to High School or College and also, to promote critical reading amongst the students by questioning what’s being read if they don’t agree with it.
ReplyDelete#2. I want for students to know that it’s okay to bring arguments on any research paper. To learn to question everything they are reading if they don’t agree with it. And to feel free to express their opinions on any writing as long they provide enough evidence to support their point of view.
#3. My audience would be the teacher at North Bridge Elementary School since there is where my kids attend. I want for the teacher to start promoting a different way of doing a research paper, other than collect data and transfer it to a new document.
#4. I will design a caps that reads “Don’t believe everything you read, if you don’t agree argue” I will pass them to the teachers together with a flayer that would explain my objective.
• I want my project to encourage anyone who is struggling in writing. I would want my project to give students confidence in writing any kind of writing.
ReplyDelete• I would like to tell other students that there is always resources that are helpful in writing and that will lead us on the right path to writing a good paper. I think we just have to keep looking for something that works for us.
• I chose to focus on college students in general. Writing is always a challenge regardless of our classification.
• I would like my genre to be in the form of an informational paper article like in the Pan Am paper which is aimed toward students
1. What purpose do you want your project to serve?
ReplyDeleteIdeally, my project seeks to challenge and change established notions for what we see as 'good writing' by deliberately breaking out of the confinements and restrictions that rules have been taught to us throughout all our lives.
2. What claim do you want to make? Or, another way of saying the same thing, what message do you want to send with your project?
My claim would be that just because people are quick to draw the line between 'good' and 'bad', doesn't mean we have to follow suit. We should challenge these ideas, especially if we wish to continue progressing the concept of 'writing'. If anything, just to get people to question and analyze why we have the rules we do, and whether or not they make sense.
3. Who do you choose as your audience? Try to be as local and specific with this as possible. If you're hoping to reach high school students, think of students at a particular school. If parents, how about parents at your kids' school? Remember that you can't have multiple audiences (parents, kids, administrators, teachers) because what you would say to each and how you would say it are quite different for each of those audiences.
I feel my message really should go out to everyone if it's to accomplish the task I have set out for it. Every person at different stages in education should ideally be exposed to this idea, but if I had to pick just one group to try to sway, I'd have to go with administrators. They could potentially be the hardest group to sway, but once I've won them over, taking on the other audiences would become a much easier task, as they kind of maintain dominance over each other. Administrators influence the teachers, teachers influence the students, students influence the kids.
4. What genre will you be writing in? For this one, remember that most people don't read essays and that brochures and Powerpoint presentations aren't the default answer either:), though for some audiences and situations, those choices make sense. Think about what your audience has occasion to read. Is it radio ads, YouTube videos, book covers, bookmarks, a letter to the editor, a parent newsletter from a school, etc., etc. Think widely here and don't worry that what you choose isn't enough work:). Everyone will be writing a reflective essay as well, and that's the thing which will look most like your typical research paper.
Initially, I was thinking that my project could take on the form of a brochure, but I feel a complete ad campaign could be a good idea. As a graphic designer, this is something I have had some experience with, and I feel that I could best reach my audience through use of not only brochures, but posters and advertisements as well. These would probably be set up at education or teaching seminars or conventions.
I've been responding to you all through emails as I see that you've posted, so check whatever email you've used to sign in to Blogger to see my responses, ok?
ReplyDelete1.I want my purpose to provide information to incoming college students the information on how teachers can help students to make a research paper easier to be written.
ReplyDelete2.The message I am trying to send to incoming college students is that although sometimes teachers can make research papers hard to understand but, if students find different kinds of resources that can help them maybe they will understand better.
3.I would like my audience to be incoming freshman and maybe even seniors from high school .
4.Well I think maybe bookmarks would help for example, writing down FAQ that students make so students that are confused about certain things the bookmark would answer them. Or, even a webpage that talks about different types of research paper and what a research paper should contain more into detailed.
1) I want to be able to inform the parents that all the learning we do as far as writing goes, does not transition well to the university level.
ReplyDelete2) I want the parents understand that a lot of time is being taken away from other learning experiences just to pass a standardized written exam.
3) I want my message to be reached by all the parents of the kids who attend the local middle school and high school.
4) With almost everyone having access to the Internet, a website would be a good place to start off. Brochures with some info, and the website link, can be handed out on "meet the teachers" night. This website would be able to show the curriculum that the teachers are teaching to pass the standardized assessments as well as additional information on how to teach their child to be a more effective writer.
1. I want my project to help enlighten teachers in ways that they can benefit the writing of their students. I want it to help teachers make better writers and make the writing process more enjoyable due to the fact that they can show students how to overcome writers block.
ReplyDelete2. I want to let people know that they shouldn't give up on writing just because they have trouble with it. I want teachers to help educate their students in ways that help them overcome and avoid writers block.
3. I choose high school english teachers, Particularly the ones at the local high school nearby where I live. Hanna High School.
4.For a teacher I think maybe article for a teachers newsletter would work well.
1.) I want my project to show students that there are many ways to ease the transition between high school and college writing. I want to show what affects students the most and what can be done before to ease those difficulties.
ReplyDelete2.) That many students experience this and that finding it difficult doesn't make students any less competent. That there is help for this issue.
3.) My audience would be incoming freshman to the university. If possible also high school seniors.
4.) A bookmark with information leading to a blog where students could interact with others and trade tips, ask others if the tips helped or not, find more information related to good writing, etc. The bookmark would include tips to help with college writing, the differences that should be most challenging for incoming freshman writers. It would include brief information about the Writing Center at the UTPA Library for those who prefer a more hands on experience.
1. The purpose I want my project to serve is to inform students who question themselves about the same reason why I did after learning the different ways to improve reading and writing skills.
ReplyDelete2.Students can be prepared for college by learning what they do the first couple years in college. The basics they learn should be taught in high school so they can be ready as the year’s progress.
3.I want the message to reach out to all high school students especially those who struggle in college because they weren’t correctly prepared when they were in high school.
4. Youtube video's I think would be best because it has become popular and it would interest students to watch instead of reading.
1. I want my project to serve as an understanding for teachers to demonstrate how some students that don’t have “good writing” deal with certain problems and constraints and show students that those things can be overcome.
ReplyDelete2. The message that I’m trying to send to teachers is to comprehend that there are “problems” to which why some students can’t write as great as others and for students to understand that they can overcome this and be better at writing.
3. I want my audience to be high school teachers and students from high school trough sophomore year in college. This is because those are the years to which most students deal with writing classes and after that they are off on their own. Probably focusing on my local high schools (Weslaco High/Weslaco East High School) and Pan Am for the college students.
4. I would like to think that maybe a newsletter or brochure would be good for my genre, if not maybe a power point and a bookmark for students.
I know you said to chose one audience but particularly I believe my aim is towards both students and teachers.
1. I want my project to inform teachers that the way they teach their class affects their students' educational career.
ReplyDelete2. I want to send a message to the teachers that if they have a passion for writing, and if they allow their students to express themselves in writing, they will allow their students to be successful in writing.
3. I want my audience to be high school teachers from public school districts here in the valley. I don't know if that was specific enough.
4. I want my genre to be a newsletter that will be read by teachers. Maybe a newsletter that circulates around the campus.
1. I want my project to serve as a learning tool that has quick access reminders. My project will also show how students reading skills are different.
ReplyDelete2. Just because your reading doesn't mean your are understanding the material.
3. I want my audience to be High School seniors, to be given by teachers in the English department.
4. I want my genre to be a one page story. This will test how well the story was understood, if they remember key points about the story and it will test if besides just reading the text more critical thinking was involved. It will also be timed. With it will be a bookmark highlighting key points to remember for the future.
1) I want mine to serve as a realization to students how important learning how to cite sources correctly and not plagiarize while understanding the results of plagiarizing. For the teachers to show them how to teach their students way to cite their sources.
ReplyDelete2) I want to show to teachers that being able to cite sources correctly to not be plagiarism is harder than it looks to a student, and for a student to understand the reasoning behind being able to cite why we cite.
3) I want my audience to be high schoolers and incoming freshman because these are the years where you learn majority of your more technically writing instructions and teachers throughout any grade because as a teacher it's never to early to begin to plant good citing sources method in the minds of students.
4) As more performing type I was thinking a youtube video showing different scenarios involving students using good citing and bad citing with the outcomes from both of them, something like that.
1. What purpose do you want your project to serve?
ReplyDelete-I want my project to serve as a reminder that school writing and scientific writing can still be creative.
2. What claim do you want to make? Or, another way of saying the same thing, what message do you want to send with your project?
-Be creative!
3. Who do you choose as your audience?
-Our English class!
4. What genre will you be writing in?
-I will be making a T-shirt and probably a blog.
1. The purpose of my "thing" is to efficiently inform educators and parents of the teaching methods for writing used at Montessori public charter schools.
ReplyDelete2. I want people who read my magazine advetizement to consider Montessori schools when thinking about alternative teaching methods.
3. My audince is educators, future educators and parents
4. I will make a magazine advertizement
1) Purpose – to better research technique and skill for nursing students
ReplyDelete2) Claim – That here are better ways to do research, and there are programs for undergraduate students to help with better research technique.
3) Audience – Nursing students
4) Medium/Genre – Letter to the editor over an article stating that research done by students is inferior to that done by professors and professionals.
I want my thinkg to explain how to decipher the pros and con's of sources being used. Critically thinking what sources are aligned with your "biased" ideas/views and defending it with the arguments you are using as "weapons"
ReplyDeleteWhen doing research and realizing who to believe about whats being written is the start; and it takes off when you are able affirm your argument
I'd like the audience to be high school and college students
The thing will be geared towards writing reflectively in either a jouranl, newspaper or newsletter.
Naya, are you saying you want to show people to use ideas as "weapons" or you're NOT trying to do that? Also, what thing are you leaning towards? You're a couple of days behind, so you need to make some decisions quickly, ok?
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