Lego Project Due, On to Kickstarter

Rhetorical Analysis Again --

I. Get out the green assignment sheet for the Lego project. Compare the front and back of the page with the builder pictured on it. The information content is very similar between the two.

Thinkwrite A: 1. What differences in style and content between the two sides do you see? 2. Which is more effective?

II. Organize your Legos to be ready to hand in. (See white board.)

Nomenclature: context is key to communication. What does that mean?

How about assumptions? We watch Derek Sievers on assumptions.

Thinkwrite B: How did the Lego project go for you? Did you make any assumptions you were not aware of? How did you handle the nomenclature problem?

I show you the set of directions that taught me the key elements in this genre of writing (assembly directions with no pictures). I did not instruct you to do these; I was hoping you would discover them by trial and error. Key elements: ______.

Thinkwrite C: Assess the directions you created. Which of the key elements did you come up with on your own? Explain.

When you are done, please hand in your Lego Project. Only leave the parts in the bag if you think I might need to build it.


III. I hand out the Kickstarter newsletter. Read. Discuss.

Now I hand out the assignment sheet for Solo Paper #1.

What two Kickstarters will you write about? We discuss.

How will you write a rhetorical analysis essay? We go to Moodle to look at the example paper there. Read and colorize.

Hand in daybooks at the end of class.

Homework:

1.Finish the "colorizing" of the example essay.

2. Thursday during class you'll have 45 minutes to write a draft of Solo Paper #1. Do some prewriting/outlining/brainstorming/listing to prepare for typing that draft during class.