This assignment asks you to research, compile, and analyze different instances of writing in your future field of work or study. This unit marries the research and writing requirements from Units 1 and 2 and adds report writing into your toolbox of genres in this course.
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First, you will find the genres of writing that take place in your future field. Google will likely be your go-to for this portion of the research process. Note that
“writing” here is defined broadly – presentations, videos, flyers, etc. are all “writing” for the purposes of this unit. You must find multiple genres of writing from WITHIN your future field – not ABOUT your future field.
Next, you will analyze the genres and come up with some key points of analysis for each genre. What is the purpose of these writings? What are the audiences?
What are the common factors? What are the parts, tones, facets…? You should approach these genres of writing in your future field like a reporter or a researcher, with a goal to explain to someone else what these writings are and how they function.
Finally, you will compose a report on the writing in your future field. This report relies on your own critical thinking and analytical skills – you are contextualizing these writings for your audience and working to show how writing works within this field.
Goals:
Identify multiple modes of writing in your future field of work or study
Analyze examples of these genres, identifying key rhetorical moves within the genre
Report your findings, utilizing critical contextualization to unpack the genres at hand
Requirements:
Notes: A page or more of notes about writing in your future field. This informal process assignment does not have to be in full sentences or paragraphs.
Draft: 1000+ words of your Writing in Your Field Report, brought to class for peer feedback and workshopping. Should be citing your sources using an academic citation system, such as APA or MLA formats. Come ready to discuss your report with your peers.
Writing in Your Field Report: 1200+ words.
Works Cited / References page and consistent citation style. Unpacks, analyzes, and reports on multiple genres of writing in your future field of work or study, with multiple examples for each genre. Meets the goals and description above and applies lessons from classroom discussion as well.
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