assignments

For this assignment you will document a local event and present a textual and visual record of that event to a public audience. You will initially work in a group to identify a significant communication event occurring on campus or in the local area during a one-month period. As a group you will decide how best to preserve the event through various artifacts (video, audio, interviews, published accounts, news articles, etc.). Your group will submit a formal proposal outlining the project and your methods for collecting data that will accurately represent the event.

MEMO

To: English 302 Students
From: Chris Nelson, Course Lecturer
Date: [TBA]
Subject: Project 9: Providing Effective Oral Presentations

MEMO

To: English 302 Students
From: Chris Nelson, Course Lecturer
Date: 1 February, 2007
Subject: Project 3: Job Talk Project Description and Information Sheet

For all our attention to résumés and cover letters, we realize that they serve one major purpose: Getting an interview. The interview is the most important part of the job hunt, because it is your opportunity to find out whether the job and organization is right for you, and serves as an opportunity for potential employers to assess if you are right for them.

Task

A Search for Equality

Anne Roiphe's "Confessions of a Female Chauvinist Sow" first appeared in the magazine New York in 1972. In this essay Roiphe aims to convince her readers that women must put faith in the idea that they are equal to men, not superior. "Women who want equality must be prepared to give it and believe in it . . . ." Personal anecdotes, contrast, and comparison are techniques Roiphe skillfully uses to create a strong, convincing essay.

This Unit draws on class readings, discussions, and your individual and collaborative imagination

Project elements and due dates

On Thursday, December 8 Unit III teams from both sections will present proposals for a reality TV show reflecting the team’s vision of the future of romance. Teams will develop a poster and supporting documents such as a brochure or handout.

For these assignments, you will create a poster that represents your topic for Essay 3 (argument essay) and the specific position you argue there. You should use both visual and written information to give the class (your audience) a clear idea of the topic you are dealing with and the specific point you are making about it.

Unit 3b: Poster

Format

Audience and Purpose

The audience for this project will be the general public (as found in many newspapers) yet designed specifically for a younger audience. This project is designed to entertain as well as inform readers about a specific topic. As noted in The Daily Tribune, the Mini Page is an on-going series. Therefore, the intent of this project is to create a page similar in concept, yet based around biology. I hope this project becomes a series in which BEST students contribute each year.

Purpose

After working for a semester on WOVE (written, oral, visual, electronic communication), you’re now equipped to consider what you’ve learned about these modes of communication as you compile your end-of-semester portfolio.

Part 1 Reflection

Include multiple artifacts to demonstrate the qualities below. (Put in first 2-pocket folder.)

• Thorough

• Thoughtful

• Honest

• Forward thinking, as well as backward assessing

Part 2: Process

Include multiple artifacts to demonstrate the qualities in the chart below. (Put in second 2-pocket folder.)

• Quantity of artifacts shows engagement with process