I. Today we start with a video.
Audience + Purpose + Genre = Style (how it looks) and Content (what it says)
Apply this to p. 14 Bedford?
II. Now we look at your examples.
In your daybook, create a chart for each of the terms in the "equation" and your direction examples that you brought to class, like this:
MP3 Player:
Audience-
Purpose-
Genre-
Style-
Content-
Effectiveness:
After filling in your chart, think about the effectiveness of each of your examples. What specific choices in style and content work or do not work?
Audience, purpose, genre, content and style for the Lego project?
III. Build #1 Get out your TWO sets of directions and parts and answer key picture.
To get in the mood:
Legos we love . Indeed. And professional builder #1. Professional builder #2. Lego artist #3.
Homework:
1. Fill at least one page (one side) in your daybook describing a situation where you experienced written communication (any genre) that was a rhetorical fail. This piece of writing failed to achieve its purpose. As you describe what happened, try to analyze what the specific problems were, based on today's discussions -- audience/purpose/genre/content/style.
2. Revise your typed directions. Put them into MLA style if they are not. Brainstorm possible changes on the green "revisions" handout, and then make whichever changes will help builders. Even if they built your object perfectly, there are probably ways to improve.
2 A. You must begin with a "General Description" of the object, describing in enough detail that builders have some image in their heads before they build.
3. Read "Lego Nomenclature Reading with Questions" link found in our class in Moodle. There are a lot of pictures with the reading, but look for the questions at the end for you to answer in your daybook.
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