Read 4 Your Life!

AAo C-notes:

definitions + lists, pp. 15-19

1. Story time + Post-view: Chapter 1 test

2. Quick Write!

3. LMG Huddle / Group Practice Quiz: Ch. 2 pp. 15-19

4. Power of 5 (or 10): Notes, Ch. 2 pp. 15-19

September 4

TOPICCritical Reading: What-Why-

How

LEVELEngagement

Overall

My evaluation “instrument” was a rhetorical analysis of your writing: How effective were your responses, considering your purpose and audience?

What was your purpose? To show me the bright light of your understanding of the concepts of . . .

rhetorical knowledge, the rhetorical situation, HOM’s, critical thinking, writing processes.

How well did you understand the elements of this rhetorical situation? purpose audience

context topic

Your role as a writer

Piece-by-Piece

Elements of the Rhetorical Situation:

Were you able not only to explain each, but also to situate them in order to clarify your purpose?

Any kind of writing that we do in this world revolves around the rhetorical situation. The rhetorical situation includes the writer, purpose, audience, context, and topic. When writing, the writer is very important because she is the one coming up with and organizing the ideas. The writer always has a purpose. The purpose is why the writer is writing--why she is putting her thoughts and ideas into words. The audience is arguably the most important part of the rhetorical situation. Everything revolves around the audience. The writer must keep the audience in mind when choosing how to convey her thoughts. The writer must address the audience so they can understand what she is trying to say. The topic is the main idea—almost like a category—that the writer wants to “discuss” with the audience. It’s the subject that the writing centers on. [Context?]

Piece-by-Piece

The relationship between the Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Knowledge:

Did you not only state that the elements of the rhetorical situation are imbedded in rhetorical knowledge but also . . .

demonstrate—using examples, analogies, and scenarios—your understanding of how this relationship plays out in real-world writing situations?

Piece-by-Piece

The relationship between the Rhetorical Situation and Rhetorical Knowledge:

Rhetorical knowledge is a huge umbrella encompassing every facet of writing. This knowledge is gained after years of study in a certain field or profession. A writer has to have some amount of rhetorical knowledge to use the correct voice, tone, medium, and genre. For example, Chase the Engineer won’t be able to write an engineering handbook only from taking English 101. He has to take many specific engineering classes in order to fully learn and use the required rhetorical knowledge. Imbedded in rhetorical knowledge is the rhetorical situation. The rhetorical situation is more centralized to a specific writing task. Chase the Engineer can write an essay about the eight Habits of Mind without having taken years of schooling focused on the psychology of productivity, because the task only requires a relatively short, thoughtful piece based on his experience as a human being. Rhetorical knowledge is more general and not subject to change as often. The rhetorical situation changes with almost every different writing task that arises.

Piece-by-Piece

Habits of Mind, applied to critical thinking, writing processes, and producing an effective final draft:

Did you establish or convey a context for the information and analysis you were providing your reader?

Did you define your terms and develop your analysis of how certain HOM’s are essential for critical thinking? Same for writing processes?

Quick Write

Read Better!

1. List and explain one or two ideas from your reading that clarified or enhanced your understanding of reading critically.

2. What strategies do you use to read long, complex nonfiction texts?

Group Huddle

Top Secret

Without moving your desks, find a spot where your group can huddle.

When I ask a quiz question, confer quietly with your group and respond to the question on paper.

We’ll see who demonstrates his or her value.*

* It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 5, “The Dennis System”

Try This

To Identify (and Note) Important Information

Find definitions (informal or formal; brief or extended)

Find lists (informal or formal; obvious or inscrutable)