Monday, March 31, 2014

FInal Projects and first two entries.

WPA Guidelines Project-

Prove you know what you should know by providing examples from your own work that show you’ve mastered some of the guideline bullet points.

Rhetorical Knowledge
 
·       Focus on a purpose
·       Use conventions of format and structure appropriate to the rhetorical situation
·       Write in several genres

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

·        Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources

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
 
Knowledge of Conventions
·       Practice appropriate means of documenting their work
·       Control such surface features as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
 
 
 
WPA Guidelines Project
 
Rhetorical Knowledge
 
·       Focus on a purpose
       
Define:  
 
      Focusing on purpose means that I have to stay on the same subject throughout my essay and stay on track with that the whole time.
 
Explain:
 
      In my narrative essay, my purpose was to ................. and I did that throughout my essay.  In the first paragraph I wrote: “(insert your quote here).”  This is about .................., so that shows me focusing on a purpose.  In my second paragraph, I wrote, “………………” and you can see I’m still writing about the same thing.  Lastly, in my conclusion I wrote, “………………….” and that shows that I am still focusing on my purpose.  From all of these examples, it is clear I can focus on a purpose in my essays.

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