June 6

For writing into the day, we responded to a poster about writing (see PowerPoint slide 61).

In small groups, we wrote the “rules” for writing a text message and why these “rules” are followed.

As a class we wrote the following on the board:

We talked about which “rules” are always true regardless of the audience.  Some rules are always true simply because of the expectations of the genre and because of the device being used (be brief, for example).  Other "rules" change based on the community in which you are talking.

Then, in the same groups, we make a list of “rules” for a checklist and then answered the questions on slide 67 of the PowerPoint.

As a class we read “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents (Framing the Reading)” (on Moodle) and discussed the keywords (in bolded in the article).

Homework:

• Post your daybook reflection (make sure it’s from this week)
• Read “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents” based on your group number (on Moodle)
• Group 1: Rhetors
• Group 2: Audience
• Group 3: Constraints (stop at “…hope that the audience overlooks it too.”)