Catching up on class blogs...

Hi all,

I got a little behind in posting the class blogs, so here's a list:

Chris' Classblog - 10/29
Austin's Class Blog 10/31
Matt's Class Blog 11/3
Derek's Class Blog - 11/5
Allie's Class Blog - 11/7
Caroline's Classblog - 11/14
Patrick's Classblog - 11/14

Paper 3 Rubric

Hi all,

Here's the link to the paper 3 rubric. I'll copy and paste it here in case you have difficulty opening the document. Please let me know ASAP if you have any questions or concerns about the rubric.

Thanks,
HL

Exposing Advertisements and Uncovering Truths Rubric ENC1101

Student Name:__________________________________ Final Grade: ___________/250
1.     Advertisement Analysis (70 points)
Through visual and textual analysis, the writer identifies strategies that the advertisement uses to manipulate or persuade consumers. Analysis demonstrates how the ad alters the image of the product and targets a specific audience through discussion of images, color, typography, layout, tone, word choice, symbols, and other visual/textual characteristics.

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2.      Anti-Advertisement Creation, Reflection & Analysis (60 points)The writer carefully analyzes and reflects on her own work to show how her anti-advertisement targets a specific audience. Writer provides a rationale for design choices made based on audience needs and purpose of the anti-ad.
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3.      Exposing the Truth & Integration of Research (50 points)
Writer uses credible and reliable research to demonstrate the truth or reality being hidden by the original advertisement. Research is integrated thoughtfully with the use of signal phrases (According to…. The authors state… etc) and in-text citations.  
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4.      Organization and Focus (40 points)
Writing progresses logically and smoothly with the use of transitional phrases and sentences. The paper is also organized at the paragraph level, with coherent topics presented in each. The paper maintains focus on advertising, rather than social issues.
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5.      Format and Assignment Requirements (30 points)
Final draft is 6-7 pages in length, double-spaced with size 12 font, one-inch margins on all sides with all appropriate MLA headings. Includes Works Cited page.
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6.      Writer completed first draft peer review.
Yes                           No (-25 points)
7.      Writer turned in a rough draft to instructor
Yes                           No (-25 points)

Class Blogger Reflection

Hi all,

As a reminder, you'll need to complete a class blogger reflection after completing your classblogger post. Please see below for guidelines. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

HL

Class Blogger

Each student will sign up to be the “class blogger” for a particular day. The purpose of the classroom blogger is to record notes, summarize conversations, and narrate classroom action as best you can. You are invited to take photographs and video footage and use links or other multimedia in your blog entry. In essence, the class blogger is a reporter documenting classroom events. After your experience as class blogger, you will write a short reflection blog entry about your experience that answers the following questions: what aspects of the class did you focus on and why? If you chose to use other media, what did you use and why? How did occupying the role of “class blogger” change your perspective of the classroom?

Optional Conferences

Want one? Check out the schedule here and let me know if there is a time you'd like to stop by. PLEASE DO NOT STOP BY UNANNOUNCED. Email me to let me know what time you'd like so I can make sure we'll have time to meet. Thanks,
HL

My Style Writing

And A Half Inches (Original) 

I'm the runt of my family. At 5'8" (and a half inches), I'm inches shorter than my younger sisters, a head shorter than a young cousin, and I have to crane my head to look my dad in the eye. Grandma, is actually two inches shorter than me in the real world, but lives in a world where I am still only 4'10". But I'm not. I'm 5'8 (and a half) inches.

Grandma used to measure our heights against the wall in the laundry room. The strip of wallpaper is still covered in pencil markings detailing my growth, alongside the rest of my family.

"Oh Heather," Grandma says every time she presses my back to the wall, carefully checking that my feet are flat, "When you were a baby, I thought for sure you'd be tall. But you're not. You just didn't grow."

Dad's pencil mark is the pinnacle. Followed closely by his younger brother, then his sister, then my grandfather (who I'm told used to be taller). Next is Emma, then Bre, then me, then grandma. Grandma swears I cheated when I marked hers even though Dad and Aunt Brenda witnessed it. Dad even had to stop her from standing on her toes.

Shopping with my sisters and my grandma, I am never allowed to buy "long" pants. They insist that I, at 5' 8 (and a half) inches do not need long pants. I am not tall, like them.

I realized, as I was walking to class this morning, that my pants are too short. I know Bre was with me when I bought them. I know she told me I didn't need the long cut. The average height for women in America is something like 5'6", so, comparatively, I am tall. Tall enough for long pants at least. The thing is, I keep buying pants that are too short at my family's insistence that I'm too short.

The thing is, I'm different they are, aside from being short. There are other things about me that are just too too for them. I'm too liberal. Too outspoken. Too masculine. Too sensitive. I try not to let these things bother me. I try to believe that I'm outside of their influence. But if that's true, why am I standing in front of my class today in high waters?

At my age, it's highly unlikely that I'll continue to grow anymore, so I'll probably always be the runt. But I don't always have to wear high waters.

And A Half Inches (Revised)

At 5'8" (and a half inches), I'm inches shorter than my younger sisters. I have to crane my head to look my dad in the eye. Grandma, who is actually two inches shorter than me in the real world, lives in a world where she is two inches taller, and measures our heights against the wall in the laundry room: a strip of wallpaper is a spatial family tree.

"Oh Heather," Grandma says every time she presses my back to the wall, carefully checking for flat feet, "When you were a baby, I thought for sure you'd be tall. You just didn't grow."

Dad's pencil mark is the pinnacle. Followed closely by his younger brother, his sister, then my grandfather (who I'm told used to be taller). Next is Emma, then Bre, then me, then grandma. I marked Grandma's height. She swears I cheated.

Shopping with my sisters and my grandma, I am never allowed to buy "long" pants. They insist that I, at 5' 8 (and a half) inches do not need long pants. They need long pants.They are tall. I am not tall.

I realized, as I was walking to class this morning, that my pants are too short. I know Bre was with me when I bought them. I know she told me I didn't need the long cut.

The average height for women in America is something like 5'6". In America, I am tall, or at the very least, above average. I'm definitely tall enough for long pants. But I keep buying pants that are too short at my family's insistence that I'm too short.

The thing is, I'm different they are, aside from being "short". I'm  too too for them. I'm too liberal, too outspoken, too masculine, too sensitive. I try not to let these things bother me. I try to believe that I'm outside of their influence. But if that's true, why am I walking around today as if I am waiting for a flood?

Class Blogger 10/29

Hi all,

Here is Chris' account of class for 10/29. Check it out if you need a refresher or missed class.

http://www.cp111793.blogspot.com/2012/10/1029-class-blog-false-rules.html

Rubric Final Draft

Hi all,

Here is the final draft of the rubric. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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