Chapter 4
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posted by Theo @ 8:49 AM
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This section discussed different ideas for how to produce a decent response towards an assignment. This is interesting to me as in class we would employ these examples in order to start or continue doing our projects. For instance, we would do free writing and brainstorming each class that a new assignment began after learning what the assignment was through the genre in a power point. Brainstorming and free writing was used to generate different ideas such as the traits of a horror movie or the responses an audience would have to the genre. Also, what kind of audience would respond to these different traits. After completing these assignments, usually we will have an in class discussion either in a Socratic seminar fashion or with peer review to work together to find the answer. Sometimes, we get together as a class and just talk to you, the teacher, so that we can learn your own thoughts on the answers. The purpose of these things is always the same; generating critical thinking on a topic for discussion is always the reason we are given text to read and respond to, or a question to answer using our own knowledge paired with others for a diversity of thought.
This chapter discusses when a student has to write for a prompt. It talks about the ways that students can respond to different assignments. When I wrote for this class, I liked to plan out all of my thoughts in an outline before I wrote so that all of my thoughts are organized, which will make an organized paper. For example, for the paper on the movie or television show, I wrote down all of the tropes of a murder mystery so that I didn't repeat myself or sound confusing. I also like to discuss my ideas with a friend or have my peers review my outline. Also, this chapter talks about free writing, which we have done in this class. They say to just write without making it perfect, which is a very effective method. This chapter also discusses how to pick the genre you want to write. It says to see what the topic and purpose of the paper is. In a class, the genre is going to be whatever the assignment tells the student to write about. An audience needs to be kept in mind so that the author knows how to write so that the audience will understand.
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