Unit 3 Overview-Updated Week 10 3/18- Intro to informative writing 3/20- Major Essay 3- Informative Article Week 11 3/23- Visual rhetoric strategies 3/25- Newspaper & magazine style 3/27- Research report & scholarly article styles Week 12 3/30- Interpreting results & using graphs 4/1- Unit 3 grammar & Writing about research 4/3- Informative article peer review Informative Article final draft due by 4/12 to Turnitin by midnight

Today’s Goals Review and reflect on most important concepts from class thus far Plan material and strategies for unit 4 Peer review second draft of Informative Articles

Synthesizing ENC1102 Material Unit 0-ENC1101 Review Rhetorical Appeals- Ethos, Pathos, & Logos Rhetorical Context- Purpose, Audience, & Genre Writing as problem solving Unit 1-Exploratory Narrative Use academic databases and peer reviewed sources Reflective writing to deepen the understanding of an issue Reading with and against the grain to analyze a text Unit 2- Research Proposal Creating research questions APA style Primary research planning Unit 3- Informative Article Visual rhetoric and document design strategies Incorporate primary research results into informative writing

Most Important ENC1102 Material Rhetorical Appeals Ethos Pathos Logos Angle of vision Reading with and against the grain Reflection as experiential learning Concrete experience Reflective observation Abstract conceptualization Active Experimentation

Most Important ENC1102 Material Thesis question factors: Broad/determinate Quantitative/qualitative Primary Research Methods Interviews Observations Surveys Visual rhetoric strategies Analyze immediate impact Deconstruct compositional features Consider intended audience and goals

Journal Entry 25 Focus: Reflect on Unit 3 and ENC1102 thus far Take a few minutes to remember the content from unit 3 and of our ENC1102 class thus far and the most important materials within. What do you think the most important concepts from unit 3were? What do you think the most important concepts in the class overall have been? How might you use visual rhetoric strategies in your career or major in the future? What did you learn from conducting your primary research? How has this class compared to your other English or research-based classes in college thus far? What techniques or strategies have we learned in class that you think will be most useful to your future major or career goals? If there was one thing you would suggest be removed from this class due to being unnecessary or too difficult, what would it be?

Unit 4 Goals Learn strategies to effectively address counterarguments and advanced rhetorical techniques Create, strengthen, and clarify original theses Participate in an advanced class debate to gain experience applying rhetorical skills and counterargument strategies

Group Activity: Unit 4 Planning In your unit 3 groups Spend a few minutes to share with your group the topics you have used for all three major essays as well as your topics for the debate. 1. Having nearly finished the first three major essay, what is one topic each student could use for their final essay: the classical argument? 2. What are three topics you would like to consider using for our final debate? List the topics as well as how many group members would be interested in arguing for each side (pro/con). 3. Based off of your group discussion, what are two topics you would NOT like to hear about or participate in debating for unit 4?

Group Activity: Second Draft Peer Review Pair up with one other person from your unit 3 group different than your peer review partner from Friday (2 only if someone is missing their informative article) Exchange the second drafts of your informative articles. Read through them carefully, answer the questions below, and share the answers with your peers. 1. What graph, graphic, table, or chart does the writer use to highlight their research results? Does this seem the most effective option based on their research method? Why or why not? 2. How are the body paragraphs of the essay organized? Would you best describe the essay as having an inverted pyramid structure, a regular closed form prose structure, a thesis seeking, or delayed thesis structure? 3. What seems to be the writer’s most convincing point in support of their thesis (or answering their thesis question)? Is this based off of primary or secondary research? 4. If you could offer one suggestion for revision of the essay thus far, what would it be?

Homework Bring textbooks to class on Wednesday 4/8 Informative Article: Final Draft Printed copy due in class Friday 4/10 for a quiz grade Should include all of your secondary sources and all of your research results Pay close attention to the visual rhetoric and document design strategies; these are 30% of the essay’s grade