This week was definitely the most difficult for me so far. Monday’s class felt extremely rushed, and was kind of stressful. I thought I was done with my WP1 and was happy with how it turned out. However, after doing all of the activities, especially the highlighting one, I started to question everything. I felt as if I had so much more work to do on it, but didn't have enough time. Luckily, Zack decided to extend the due date. I took a break from my WP1 the rest of Monday, and returned to it with fresh eyes on Tuesday. I was able to make some additional changes and add in some things I felt I was missing after Monday’s class, which was mainly in-text evidence to support my genre analysis.
Wednesday’s class was much better than Monday. I thought the paragraph to poem activity was awesome! It really helped me see each complete thought I put into my paragraph. It gave me the ability to see each individual sentence as its own entity, giving me the chance to determine if it fits back into the overall point of my paper. It was a really good way to “de-clutter” the paragraph and really break it down.
I also really liked the group activity we did. I thought it was super fun getting to add all of the details, and essentially create a story in a specific genre. It was interesting to see how everyone approached the genre they were assigned and the different backgrounds they created for Mark Smith. I thought it was really cool that everyone was able to take the same information and come up with 8 completely different ways of presenting it. Each group was able to convey the facts of the rhetorical situation from different perspectives and styles, which just goes to show how important genre choice is when trying to communicate with people.
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