Final Projects... What's left.

1.  Journal-  What do you have to complete to be successful in class?  What's upcoming that you have to worry about?

2.  Quick reminder:  Final Essay-  Food Day or College related-  Due when you're ready-  Sooner is better than later.  How can I help?  Any questions?

3.  Final Projects....  Let's finish the drafts in class and complete the final version at home-  Half of the bullet points beneath each heading.  I'll choose the ones I think are best to model in class, but you can choose whatever you like.

Topic:  

 

 My Knowledge of English 101 Concepts.

 

Audience:  

 

 EB

 

Purpose:   

 

To prove I know what I should know based upon the WPA guidelines bullet points using my own work from class as evidence.

EXAMPLE OF FINAL PROJECT LAYOUT

WPA Guidelines Final Project

Rhetorical Knowledge

• Focus on a purpose

DEFINE:

 

This means that I have a reason for writing and I can stick with that reason throughout my essay.

 

EXPLAIN:   

 

It is evident that I know how to focus on a purpose since in my narrative essay my purpose was to entertain and I focused on that throughout the essay.  In my first paragraph I wrote, “…………………..”  This, I think, is entertaining, and that is the reason I wrote the essay.  Later, in paragraph 2 I wrote, “……………..,” and that proves that I am sticking to my goal.  Finally, in my last paragraph I wrote, “…………………,” and from all these examples, it is clear I can focus on a purpose.

• Respond to the needs of different audiences
• Respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations
• Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
• Adopt appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality
• Understand how genres shape reading and writing
• Write in several genres

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

• Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
• Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
• Integrate their own ideas with those of others
• Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power

Processes

• Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
• Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
• Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work
• Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
• Learn to critique their own and others' works
• Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part
• Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences

Knowledge of Conventions

• Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
• Develop knowledge of genre conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics
• Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
• Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.