today’s goals Review the most important elements of our WTI essays Discuss how to include media and format our documents for the final draft of the WTI essays Introduce strategies for closed form prose structure

Class discussion- WTI review What are the sections necessary for our WTI essays? What else should we include in the final draft of our essays aside from text? What are the grading criteria that will be used to evaluate our WTI essays? What kind of information should we provide in the body paragraphs of our essays?

WTI- grading criteria Purpose & Structure – 20% Informative Writing – 20% Background research – 20% Genre conventions – 20% Mechanics – 20%

WTI important concepts Thesis placement Soft lead Hard lead Buried lead Organization of body paragraphs Inverted pyramid (most important to least important) Chronological General to specific Formal writing style

WTI-multimodal document design Top banner from website Main media (picture or video) (Optional) Supporting media (graphs or additional photos/videos) (Optional) Side banners from website (Optional) Author mini-bio (Optional) Reply and comment section (Optional) Ads and sponsored links Note: make sure to cite any picture or banners you take from the web)

Class discussion – closed form prose structure What are unity and coherence? What are transition words? What are some example transition words? What are forecasting and fulfillment?

Closed form prose vocabulary Topic sentence Unity Coherence Transitions

Unity strategies What is the main idea of my essay? Does every detail/piece of evidence support the main idea? Are any sentences unnecessary or repeating old information? Do the essay present any evidence that counters the thesis or related topic sentence?

Coherence strategies What is the last sentence of my preceding paragraph? What is the first sentence of my new paragraph? Is there a clear link between these ideas? What part of the essay am I currently writing/reading? Is that clear from the topic sentence of that paragraph? Am I using transition words and phrases between paragraphs and ideas? Am I repeating too many of the same transition strategies?

Transition words and phrases First of all moreover In addition Furthermore Even though In conclusion Nevertheless As well as The second criteria Despite On the other hand Building off of Of equal importance In the first place Whereas Initially More importantly Previously

Class discussion- evidence in writing What kind of evidence did you provide in your body paragraphs? When providing evidence or examples in the body paragraphs of our essays, how much evidence is enough?

Evidence in writing 2 main types for the rhetorical analysis essay: Quotes Paraphrase One piece of evidence is never enough! Don’t select any random quote or paraphrase to support your claims; pick the BEST example you can find that represents your evaluation

Wti – Body paragraphs Will usually follow inverted pyramid structure Answer the 6 main questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how Should use quotes or specific examples In-text citations are not necessary, but every specific piece of information should have an attributive tag: “According to . . .”

Group activity- wti intro analysis In your unit 2 groups Share the hook and theses you have developed for your WTI essays. For each student tin the group: Is the student using a soft lead, hard lead, or buried lead strategy? How engaging is the student’s hook? Give this a rating on a scale of 1-5. What rhetorical appeal(s) might be involved in the student’s hook?

Group activity- WTI peer review Exchange drafts with one other student (3 students per group iff one person is missing their draft) Read through the draft and answer the questions below What kind of structure do the body paragraphs follow? (Consider: inverted pyramid, chronological, general to specific) How many pieces of direct evidence are included in the essay? Would you describe these as quotes or paraphrase (give a number and identification for each) Does the student provide information about the 6 main questions? (Who, what, when, where, why, and how) For each question word, give a brief answer. Check the separation between each paragraph to evaluate the essay’s coherence (using the last sentence of one paragraph and the first sentence of the next paragraph). Does each have a smooth transition or use transition words?

homework WTI Draft 2 300+ words Should include the essay’s introduction, body, and conclusion Should have multimodal elements to mimic the design of your chosen publication Due to Turnitin.com by Thursday 3-9