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Project 3 Topic

Please post a link to the text you wish to analyze for Project 3. Remember that it needs to be published, credible, at least 1,000 words, and interesting to you. It must also be a strong argument so that you can pick it apart to determine if it is effective or ineffective in convincing its intended audience.

After you post the link, please write briefly about why you chose it. What is interesting about it to you? How does it connect to your topic/conclusions from Project 1? Does it connect to the impact of your film from Project 2?

Post by 5:00pm Monday, March 16th.

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Project 2 Thesis Statement

Please post your draft of your working thesis statement for Project 2 here.

Due after class Monday, 2/17, 11:59pm

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Project 2 - Criteria Description

Experience your piece of media (a few times if you can).

Determine a list of elements you think might be relevant for your analysis (pick several – more than you think you’ll end up using)

Choose one of these elements (relevance!)

Write a paragraph breaking that criteria down

Describe that criteria in detail

If image, how it positions the information of the image for a viewer

If video, how it progresses through the scene/trailer/etc. shot by shot

Try, if you can, to not just write what’s going on in the piece of media, but start to make connections and describe the meaning of what is in the piece of media.

I expect at least 150 words.

Post to Tumblr by 5:00pm Wednesday

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“Happy” or “Zuckerberg’s Hoodie” Reading Response

Get into small groups, designate a “writer,” and figure out brief answers to the following questions:

What is the rhetorical situation of this essay?

Purpose

Topic

Audience

Writer

Context

Genre

-What is the author’s argument in this essay?

-How did the author describe the piece of media? Please write out one sentence from the essay that provides details as evidence to identify where in the essay they do so.

-How did the author use context to build the argument? Please write out one sentence that gives context in the essay as evidence.

-How did the author use sources to support the argument? Please explain what one of the sources was, and how it helped make the case.

Post your response to Tumblr (pick a group member to post; write out everyone’s names to give credit to your groups!)

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Project 2 Topic Choice

Please post your topic choice for Project 2. You need the following things:

1. The piece of media you want to analyze

2. The reasons why you’re interested in analyzing it

NOTE: If you can link to or upload the media to your Tumblr post so that I can see what you’ve chosen, that would be amazing. If it’s a movie poster, you are required to upload it. If a scene or trailer, you are required to link to it.

Due Monday, February 10th, 5:00pm

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Film Citation

Please post your MLA 8th edition citation for your chosen film here so I can check and make sure you’ve got proper formatting.

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Why Writing Matters

Write at least 250 words about why you think writing matters. What is important about writing today? What will be important about writing to you in your courses? Your career? How will you use writing? Are there any ways you think writing won’t be helpful to you?

This is due before class on Wednesday, 1/29, 5:00pm.

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Project 1 Thesis Statement

Please post the draft of your thesis statement for Project 1 here for my review. If I see any significant issues that can’t wait until peer review, I will email you. Keep an eye out. No news is good news.

Due by 11:59pm tonight, 1/27/2020

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Freewrite 1/22/2020

Write out your thoughts about your topic thus far. Take stock of what you know, and what you don’t yet know.

Here’s some thoughts to get you started:

What made you pick this film? What about it piques your interest? A scene? A character?

What is the connection to social justice? Remember to go beyond the –ism and think about a specific aspect or problem that the film represents or explores.

What story might you want to tell from your life that you can connect to the film? Think specific – not “my senior year,” but “when I went to this one party that lasted a couple hours.”

What can the film teach you about this memory you have? What does it make you realize about your own life experience and how it connects to a larger community? What does it help you understand about yourself and who you are as a person?

Post due by Friday, 1/24/2020, 11:59pm

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Project 1 Topic Choice

Please tell me what you want your Project 1 Topic to be. You must include the following elements:

1. What film you chose

2. What social justice issue it connects to

3. What impact the film has had on you - what’s the significance?

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Freewrite 13 January 2020

Tell us all something interesting about your winter break - something you did, something that happened to you. It can be anything - but make sure you entertain us! Give as much detail as you can so that we enjoy your story as much as possible. I expect at least 200 words.