Unit+2

Project 2 Part 1 due in Moodle Monday, March 11 Project 2 Part 2 due in Moodle Monday, March 18 Journals/Metacommentary due March 18

Purpose: To learn to write collaboratively To understand remediation of text To understand the fine-tuning of text To understand the rhetorical effect of text, design, and images To learn the basics of imaging software To understand how text shifts across genres

Project 2 Part 1: Writing Collaboratively – a Report or a Profile 1. You will set up a googledocs page for you, your partner, and me so all of us can write, comment, and edit on the page. 2. You will need to choose between writing a report and writing a profile, as well as whether you will then move this into a pamphlet or a collage/montage. 3. You will have time in class to write, but will likely have to work on this outside of class as well. 4. There is no required page length or formatting. There will be, however, a rubric to help you determine how to shape your paper. 5. If you have chosen to use this unit for your graph or chart, be sure to incorporate this into your paper, give it a caption with explanation, and discuss it 6. When you have completed this portion of the project, save the paper as a Word document and upload it to Moodle, where there will be a link for uploading Unit 2 Part 1. This will be a rough draft only and will not be graded at this time.

Project 2 Part 2: Transitioning Your Paper Into a Pamphlet or Collage 1. After completing part one, you will transition your paper into a pamphlet or a collage/montage. 2. In class you will make both a pamphlet and a collage, but will only cover the basics. From there, you will work together to complete either a pamphlet or a collage. 3. You will want to use images from your research, but may use flickr or googleimages as long as you give them credit. 4. Your audience is me and the class--and possibly the subject of your research, who may want your collage or pamphlet for their own use. If you've done a nice job, this is very possible. Your purpose is to prove to us that you have carefully considered the visual rhetoric of either your pamphlet or your collage, to condense your report or profile into the most important info and the most finely-tuned text, and to convey/represent your subject as best as possible. 5. After you have completed your project, you will complete your journal for the unit with a metacommentary on your project: how things went, what you learned, what you struggled with, why you made the choices you made, etc. 6. When your pamphlet or collage is complete, you will upload it to Moodle (there will be a Unit 2 Part 2 link) or you will give me the collage or pamphlet in whatever form makes the most sense; I would, however, like something digital too, even if you have to scan it. You will also upload your metacommentary to Moodle where there will be a link for Unit 2 metacommentary. 7. While there are no limits or parameters for your projects, there will be a rubric to guide you. 8. You will present your project to the class on your assigned day. You must limit your presentation to five minutes.

Grading Your unit will be graded both individually and collaboratively (see the rubric). Make sure when you work on your googledoc to use different colors so I can tell who has contributed what. Your annotated bibliography will be written together, so be sure to discuss the research and the bib in your journal. Your journals will be written separately, and in them please discuss the remediation process from paper to project as well. All four components will be considered for this unit grade: the annotated bibliography, the paper, the project, and the journal, for 300 points or 30% of your grade.