Thursday, March 28, 2013

Project plan, definitions, and one sample entry.



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.
  • Write in several genres:
Define:  This means I can write different types of essays like narrative, descriptive and others.
Explain:
Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
  • Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating
Define:  This means to read and write to answer questions, discover new things, and to share with others.
Explain:
  • Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
Define: I know that writing is made up of steps like gathering, thinking about, and combining information.
Explain:
Processes
  • Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text
Define:  This means that essays take multiple tries to be successful.
Explain:
  • Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
Define: This means I have different ways to fix my own writing.
Explain:
Knowledge of Conventions
  • Learn common formats for different kinds of texts
Define:  This means that I know that different types of writing look different from each other and I know how to complete them correctly.
Explain:
  • Control such surface features such as syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Define:  This means I don’t make mistakes.
Explain:

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