Greetings, students!
This week, we have been looking at a way to brainstorm and write by focusing on form. When working with the assignment to summarize the lens text for Essay 2, the selections from Going Viral, workshoppers have practiced the “collage” method and employed earlier lessons on quoting and paragraph structure. First, writers begin by extracting relevant quotations from the selections. Then, writers complete the steps to making the quotations “righteous,” adding context, attribution, explanation and justification, and citation. When writing the explanation and justification, writers explain the idea illustrated by the quote and argue for why it matters that readers understand or see this element of the selected text. Sometimes, the explanation and justification can replace the quote entirely, or provide enough information that the original quoted text may be cut down to the most essential part. This form-first method of writing the summary can help writers get out of overthinking their writing.
The lessons this week are short and simple. While I focus on grading Essay 1 Last Drafts, you will focus on reading and watching the exhibit texts, linked in the schedule and below. I’m excited to see your responses to the form. Happy writing!
What to do this Week:
- Read this exhibit text: Guardian Article (exhibit)
- Watch this exhibit video podcast: Code Switch video episode
- Complete the questions form for the exhibit texts
- Watch the video on the lens analysis (below and in schedule links)
- Scroll through the presentation on the functions of sources (below and in schedule links)
- Get started on your lens analysis for next week
Please watch this “meet and greet” video in preparation for a talk about research:
