Weekend Homework

For this weekend’s homework (due Monday) you need to complete your speech outline so that we can workshop them together in class on Monday. You will need to bring two copies of your outline – one to turn in to me and another to workshop in class.

If you want to be proactive then you will have the full version of your speech in mind, too, because on Wednesday the full version of your speech will be due and you will begin to rehearse them in class. When I say ‘full version’ I also mean that you will need to have your powerpoint or prezi with your images and your citations. I will have you post the full version with the powerpoint to blackboard for Wednesday – I will post more details over the weekend, but this is a really crucial time to be asking questions, seeing me outside of class, and going to the writing center. Because we have worked on our speech outlines in class together, it is a good idea to take time this weekend to work on the full version, find images, and start to feel prepared for giving the speech. Try to figure out how much you can fit into 4-6 minutes – it is crucial that you do not go under the required time limit and that you do not drone on over the limit.

In the WRD Reader, please read “Everyone Knows This is Somewhere” by Chuck Klosterman and write a blog post about what makes this a good speech. Write about his tone, who you think his audience is, his research and use of statistics, and incorporate ethos, pathos, and logos into your response. Write at least 200 words!

If you do not write 200 words then you do not get credit for the assignment.

7 September Group Work

In groups, we’re discussing the following questions/ideas over the Ford and Norris readings (in-class work):

1. What are the themes that run through Norris’ piece? Map her piece paragraph by paragraph, thematically, paying attention to transitions and structure as well. What do you discover? How does she artfully craft this article?

2. How does Norris use research? Find specific examples throughout the piece.

3. How does Norris pay attention to audience? How does she draw on audience assumptions and either push against or refute them?

4. Map the structure of Ford’s piece paragraph by paragraph. How does he draw us along? Is his structure conventional? What is his tone and where does he go thematically paragraph by paragraph?

5. How does Ford use sensory details? How does he make us feel like we are there?

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6. How do both writers mix the personal and universal? How do they make their personal stories appealing and relatable to us?