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EWRT1AComposition and Reading

Agenda

• Conference Announcement (Extra Credit)

• Essay 3: Outline• Essay 1: Language Use Workshops

Extra Credit

• You can receive up to 20 points of extra credit for attending the Your Story Our Movement conference on Friday.

Extra Credit

• To get credit you need to attend the welcome/breakfast, a morning workshop and an afternoon workshop.

• You also need to write a one-page write-up describing your experience and the workshops you participated in.

Essay 3

• Essay 3 will be an analytical essay about a YouTube video.

• In this video you will explain what the video means for a particular audience. The question is this: “What does this video mean?”

Essay 3

• You should like the video, and you should consider yourself part of the audience.

• The audience forms a community.• You will be representing yourself as part

of a community, and you will be representing this community.

Essay 3

• Your analysis will be of both the video itself and the audience.

• Try to explain why this audience is interested in the video.

• What makes the video meaningful for this audience.

Essay 3

• The video should have had at least 25,000 views.

Essay 3

• The big challenge will be unifying your essay. How are the different parts of your essay related to your thesis?

• Transitions will be a key tool for you to unify your essay.

• You will need to do some research for your essay.

Essay 3

• Possible parts of your essay:– The Community– Background– The Video Itself– Community Interpretation

Essay 3

• The Community (possibly the introduction)– Your thesis answers the following question: What

does the video mean for a particular community?– General points about the audience (brief)– The segment of the audience that you belong to– The significance of the video for your segment

Essay 3

• Background– The creator of the video (possibly the channel)– The subject of the video (for example, the

performers)– Many performers have Wikipedia pages

Essay 3

• The Video Itself– General points about the visual style of the video– Plot summary– Music and sound

Essay 3• Community Interpretation (over one page)

– Explanation (you should rely on comments from the video)– Identify what is important for the community

• Dialogue that stands out• Important shots• Music and sound

– Identify the objective of the video and the orientation that the video suggests for the community

– Criticism (does the video point the community in a positive direction?)

Essay 3

• Rough Drafts will be due next Thursday.• A reading journal assignment is due

over the weekend.• Let’s watch some videos.

Language Use Workshops

• If you received a B or above for language use on your essay you can leave if you want.

• We will rewrite a paragraph from someone’s essay.

• We also need to schedule times for the small-group workshops.

• I will confirm these with you over e-mail.