Alicia's Log

● On Wednesday, class began with everyone picking up an attendance note card and filling out the following information:

• ○ First name

• ○ Last name

• ○ Course/section

• ○ Date

• ○ Question they still had about the course

• ● After

• ● Then, he answered any questions we had about our blog posts.

• ● While on the topic of blog posts, Matt asked the class if anyone wanted to volunteer to

share theirs.

○ Hans, Gracie, and Leo ended up sharing theirs with the class as well. After each

of their posts, the class held a discussion. ● At one point, Matt told us to come up with our own definition of genre. Matt then wrote

definition of genre and other terms from Chapter 1 on the screen. ○ Genre - the category of composition/literature. ○ Rhetorical appeals - involves ethos/pathos/logos/kairos. ○ Rhetorical situation - all of the things that help create the text.

■ Such as:

● Purpose ○ Why the author or writer composed their piece.

● Audience ○ Who our piece is targeted towards.

● Tone/Style ○ The attitude, mood, choice of words.

● Exigence ○ Why the author must compose the text.

● What is the difference between purpose and exigence?

• ○ The purpose is what they are trying to accomplish.

• ○ Exigence is why the author MUST compose the text.

• ● After this, Matt went over leading discussions.

○ When leading a discussion you must:

• Read your own blog post

• Call on two or three other people to read theirs.

• ● Matt went over Non-Traditional Text Presentations.

• ○ You’re going to pick a topic that’s short and can be digested in 90 minutes or less.

• ○ Videos should be less than 5 minutes. Talking about it should be less than 5 minutes as well. “Keep it nice, short, and simple” - Matt.

• ○ Examples of what he means by text are:

■ A video, gif, poem, meme, etc.

● You’re only bringing in one example of that.

doing so, Matt read the log from January 9th.

○ He continued to discuss what exactly should be demonstrated. ■ You could find this information under the Non Traditional Text

Presentations tab on his wix. ○ If you use sources, make a list.

■ It doesn’t have to be in MLA Format but atleast make a list of where you got it from.

● Matt talked about Shit Miami Girls Say.

• ○ He doesn’t have a personal connection with this video but thought it was funny.

• ○ Before he talked about it, he showed us a video about “Shit Girls Say”.

■ This was the original video that went viral.

• ○ Then he noted that if you use a meme as your text, the website

“knowyourmeme.com” is a great website that will explain where it originated, why

it went viral, etc.

• ○ Highlights from the Shit Miami Girls Say:

• The tone of this video is funny, the audience can be wide but the target audience is someone who is familiar with people from Miami.

• This video may offend:

● Latinos and Hispanics

● Women

● Transgender ● At the end of class, we talked about the homework.

○ Read the piece from Roxanne Gay- I Once Was Miss America. ■ It’s a mentor text for our first project.

○ Blog about it, comment on other blogs, include section numbers. ● Then, class was dismissed.

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