TODAY’S GOALS

• Analyze uses of style factors in writing

• Practice coordination and subordination for emphasis

• Peer review the first draft of your informative projects

GROUP ACTIVITY 1: ANALYZING DIFFERENCES IN STYLE

• In your unit 3 groups

• Read the two passages on pg. 68-69 of the A&B textbook

• Answer questions 1-4 on pg. 69

STYLE: COORDINATION & SUBORDINATION

• Coordination: shows two sentences or ideas are of equal importance• Independent clause, (coordinating conjunction) independent clause• Independent clause; independent clause

• Subordination: the independent clause (the one that can stand alone) is emphasized and shown as more important• Independent clause (subordinating conjunction) dependent clause• (Subordinating conjunction) Dependent clause, Independent clause

CONJUNCTIONS

Coordinating• For

• And

• Nor

• But

• Or

• Yet

• So

(Remember: FAN BOYS)

Subordinating • After

• Although

• As

• Because

• Before

• Wherever

• If

• Whenever

• Unless

• Since

• While

(And many others)

GROUP ACTIVITY: STYLISTIC REVISIONS

• In your new unit 3 groups

• Read through the passages “Four Powerful Strategies . . .” On pg. 69-71 and “Use a Voice Matched to Your . . .” starting on page 74 of the A&B textbook

• Do the activity “Revising Passages to Create a More Effective Style”

GROUP ACTIVITY: FIRST DRAFT PEER REVIEW

• Pair up with one other person from your unit 3 group (2 only if someone is missing their informative article)

• Exchange the first drafts of your informative articles. Read through them carefully, answer the questions below, and share the answers with your peers.

1. What visual rhetorical strategies has the writer used to make the essay look like it is for the proposed publication. How else could the student revise their essay to use the visual rhetorical strategies of their publication type?

2. What strategy, if any, does the writer use to grab reader interest (or explain the importance of the research) in the introduction? Is this sufficient and appropriate for the publication type?

3. Does the essay seem based on a thesis statement or a thesis question? Identify this sentence and write it here.

4. How is the document designed to have the structure and formatting of its publication type? How else might the student revise their essay to align its document design strategies to fit its publication type?

GROUP ACTIVITY: FIRST DRAFT PEER REVIEW

• (Alternate version for multimedia groups)

• Exchange the first drafts of your informative projects with the other multimedia group. Read through them carefully, answer the questions below, and share the answers with your peers.

1. What strategy, if any, do the writers use to grab reader interest (or explain the importance of the research) in the introduction? Is this sufficient and appropriate for the media type?

2. Does the project seem based on a thesis statement or a thesis question? Identify this sentence and write it here.

3. How would you describe the 4 factors of style for the media project? Particularly, how would you describe it as formal/informal and expert/layperson?

4. How is the script designed to have the style of its media type? How else might the student revise their essay/script to align its style to fit the chosen media type?

5. How is the project designed to fit its particular audience (our ENC1102 class)? How could it be improved to target this particular audience?

HOMEWORK

• Informative Article: Second Draft• 800+ words• Submit to turnitin.com and bring a printed copy to class