Class Notes
This is a collection of my notes from February until April.
February 15:
-Hannah read log from the last class
-Sofia Wills did a genre presentation of Jimmy Kimmel: Celebrities read mean tweets
-Celebrities read tweets and show their reactions on live T.V.
-tone is humorous, but insulting
-audience targets younger people
-evolution of the genre
-funny but shows the issue of constant insults on social media
-don’t use yes or no questions in the interview
-make sure the interview is not too long; ask follow up questions
-ask them if you need to paraphrase their responses and get their permission
-talked about different texts used in ENC2135
-went over guidelines in syllabus for annotated bibliographies
-Mat showed us Purdue owl website
-stay consistent in citations
-Caven presented
February 20:
-Poem: Who Understands Me But Me? By Jimmy Santiago Baca
-Discussed different texts
-Made a map of genre and subgenre
-Tastemade video genre presentation
-short clips lasting between 1-2 minutes, sometimes include ingredients
-posted to facebook, instagram, twitter
-audience: everyone enjoys food
-only issue is some videos don’t care about listing important details like temp. To bake at
-analyzed commercials to stop people from doing drugs
-supposed to be serious, comes off as comical
-dove beauty commercial and gay marriage commercial for Australia
-Logos- logic, fact
-Ethos- credibility, life
-Pathos- emotion
-the Dove community brands themselves by aiming towards women and outer beauty, as well as inner
Feb 27th:
-make revision plan to revise papers
-Franklin lead talk about citing sources
-discussed annotated bib with peers
March 1st:
- Summer Solstice by Stacie Cassarino poetry reading
-Sabrina leads discussion about doing academic background research, even if it doesn’t directly relate to topic
-For example, she’s writing about nutrition in FSU dining halls, but she did research on general college nutrition
-Manuella read her post about the importance of knowing your reader’s background information to gear your paper toward your audience
-Also discusses the importance of staying organized and focused
-Jane read about chapter 30 and avoiding being redundant
-Shows a chart with alternative words and phrases to avoid having a bland paper
-It included a list of questions to figure out if your sentence is too wordy
-Set the scene for your paper- ask a question, write about background based on research, text analysis: description- who what, b. Analyze who when where why, c. function- how, d. Evaluation, 4 - tie back the community, 5- conclusion - do not summarize.
March 20th:
-Poem: The Moose
-Lisa read the last class log
Generalizations
-edit them all out
Such as “Every teen on social….
“In America….”
B. Independent Clauses
-Lisa ate waffles. Caven ate pancakes.
-Separate independent clauses with a period
Lisa ate waffles, and Caven ate pancakes
-has a comma conjunction and “and”, need a conjunction and “and” with two independent clauses
Lisa ate waffles; Caven ate pancakes
-use a semicolon to separate independent clauses
C. Passive and Active Voice
-Active voice - clear subject verb
-Passive voice - Waffles were eaten
-another example: Lisa had been eating waffles or Lisa was eating waffles
D. Subordinate Conjunctions
-as after although while when until before because if since so (in certain cases)
E. Quote Mechanics
-periods go inside quotations in the U.S.
“Pancakes are delicious.”
Or “Pancakes are delicious (42).”
If there is an exclamation inside the quotation, it would say “Caven said “Pancakes are delicious!”(42).
F. Works Cited v. Bibliography
-Annotated bibliography sources can be different from final works cited. Not all the sources from the annotated bib need to be used in the paper
G. Genre
Grading criteria:
-Grammar/mla format
-Creativity/originality
-Improvement
-Text analysis/Detail
-Exigence/ Personal narrative
-Effectiveness of research and argument/ Overall quality/ Focus on topic/ answering your research question
-How clear the community is:
-Credibility/ sources/ use of sources
March 22:
-poem: The Cats Will Know by Cesare Pavese
-Evan read the last class log
-Did an overview of Project Three composition
-genre presentation on Mystery Science Theater 3000
-mock movies, offended some creators of those movies
-has some really dark jokes
-Hannah does a genre presentation on Jimmy Fallon’s thank you notes
-James in the show plays piano music
-Makes fun of politicians
-Calls cake balls “Tasticles”
-Jimmy Fallon is a TV host, writer, singer, actor, and producer
-target audience: adults
-airs on weeknights at 11:35 PM
-complications: people could get offended by Jimmy Fallon jokes
-Carolyn analyzes blog post 8 about chapters 21 and 22
-She likes to use purdue owl to check mla citations
-Jane read her blog post
-She talked about avoiding wordiness and redundancies
-Beth read her blog post
-Discussed differences between MLA and APA
Attention To Detail: Reflection
During project 2, I struggled frequently in the beginning to write about the Highland Games. I was not sure what I should write, and I was worried about meeting the word count requirement. However, I later realized that I was too focused on trying to list all the different events of the Highland Games. What I needed to do was to use sensory to describe details of only a few events at the Games. It made my paper much more interesting to read. My project told a story and gave information on the history of Scotland, as well as giving a brief history on the Scots influence on Sarasota. I was also confused about which text I should analyze for the Sarasota Highland Games. After much thought, I decided to analyze the various Scottish clans
February 27th
- Manuella read the log from last class
- Caven read his blog, discussed how you need to revise your work before you remix it
- Spielbergs, Patterson,
- Class discussion of revising and remixing
- revising - still the same “thing” -- product
- editing - technical, grammatical
- remixing - becomes a new “thing” -- product
Speaker - who is speaking the message
Speaker of my genre: me?
Occasion - when and where the message comes from or is going
Occasion: the message is from my personal experience watching Tarantino movies, and it’s also from other blogs about Tarantino. It analyzed the deeper meaning behind simple aspects
Audience - to whom the message is delivered -- you speaking to the community you researched
My message: my peers
-- you speaking to people the community wants to draw in
-- you speaking to people the community wants to reach
Purpose - what is the point of the message
Inform, persuade, entertain
Inform and entertain
Subject - the topic of your message
-- REFINED FROM YOUR PROJECT 2
Tone - the way in which your message is said - style
Casual tone
-genre presentation from Nick about Smokey Bear Wildlife Presentation
- started because of Japanese fired shells into Los Padres National Forest during world war II
- had more information about the history of Smokey
- Showed creepy commercial
- Showed new funny commercial
- Conventions: no longer than 30 seconds. “Only you can stop wildfires” , bear with blue jeans and ranger hats, also address regular fires, not just forest fires
- discussed the ethos, pathos, and logos
-next presentation by Lindsey on Nifty for buzzfeed
- audience - watched from a variety of people
-videos are 1-2 minutes, make crafts
-potential downside is that viewers may not have items they need for a craft
-showed us videos for nifty
April 5th:
-poem: Having a Coke with you by Frank O’ Hara
-pitch - 30 to 60 seconds, basically convince the class your idea is worth doing
-analyzed twitter page for google maps
- specifically analyzed google maps logo
- wrote down 20 observations about it
- Saroo Brierley: Homeward Bound video watched
- Had an accent
- Was adopted by an Australian family
- used aerial vision of google maps to find family in India
- used pathos in commercial, emotions to promote google maps
- music was used to convey emotion in various parts of the video
- genre presentation on country music videos
- most popular in southeast US
- conventions: bars, flannels, girls, beer, trucks
- subjects of videos: love, heartbreak, partying, women, and trucks
- showed example of country music video with wagon wheel by Darius Rucker
April 10th:
-Movement Song by Audre Lorde
-Sports Journalism genre presentation by Amanda
-Evolution of bball: early 1850s, baseball was introduced, gave more for journalists to cover
-1891: “birth of basketball”
-genre within genres: online articles, print articles, newsroom, social media profiles (team, coaches, etc.)
-genre conventions: usually follows order score, lead, starters/players, who played/didn’t, next game
-must remain unbiased, almost always include comments from players and the coach
-are timely informative pieces
-tone and purpose: inform- who won the game, persuade- why this team is better than others, entertain- provide coverage on the fan’s favorite teams or athletes they follow
-audience- fans of that sport, fans of the team or athlete, regular website readers, university population
-showed us her sport blog posts of the FSU vs UF spring football game for the Last Word Magazine
-sports journalism mistakes: too short, too long, too biased
-Genre presentation on the Try Guys by Emily
-showed us a video of their makeup tutorial
-have 7 seasons
-4 guys, free style scripts
-film and produce themselves
-most videos are 10 minutes or shorter
-audience: adults with similiar humor
-tone: entertainment
-genre presentation on Honest trailers by Franklin
-takes popular trailers and puts commentary over them
-always shines a comedic light
-Screenjunkies is the youtube channel that produces the videos
-they have produced 191 editions of honest trailers
-covered a wide range of movies
-objective is to make others laugh
-audience is for those who watch a lot of movies and shows
-watched a video about pitch
-emails are an example, short, sweet, catches attention
-asking questions is good to use in a pitch
-tweeting is a form of pitching
-one word pitches, eg forward Obama 2012 campaign
April 12th:
-Sometimes in a moment of deja vu by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
-Talked about how we needed all of our classwork and genre presentations on wix
-Jordan wants to plan an event for a Progressive group on campus
-Colin wants to make a brochure about international affairs, coupon book, and tshirt
-Emily is doing hers on the humane society
-Nick is doing stuff about the medical community with a poster, facebook page, and a prezi
-Cameron is doing a philanthropy project, using flyers, facebook post, and a prezi
-Lauren is doing dance marathon and creating a facebook page, a collage,
-Carolyn study abroad ,a wix page, pictochart, and a thank you note
-Stephen is making a poster, facebook group, and an info booth on chemical engineering
-Caven is doing difficulties involving becoming an attorney, instagram page, videos,
-Jane is doing hers on a flying community in Georgia, she’s going to advertise the fly-in with a poster, car flyer, and a facebook event page
-Sam is doing hers about the Royal cruiseline, the tshirt, a traveler’s list, and a facebook page
-Amanda wrote about the resident advising community, make a video and a letter
-Lisa is doing a study abroad project using a flyer, pictochart, and a letter to her interviewee
-Olivia is doing hers on the Peace corps., facebook page or twitter, pamphlet, and a map
-Franklin did his on Lion Fish derbies, facebook page, flyer, and a pamphlet
-Sophia wanted to do flyers on the club Children beyond our borders, making a kahoot, and a twitter
-Evan is doing his project on cardiology, and do a poster, twitter page, and a commercial
-Renee did hers on a sketch comedy group, making a poster, general critique, and a pictochart
April 24th:
-Caven presented a video where he talked about the Devil’s Advocate
-He also made an instagram page with quotes from the movie
-For his last component he created a webpage
-Steffen did his project on the chemistry department, his major is chemical engineering
-Created a facebook page for the FSU Facebook Chemical Engineering Class of 2020
-Also created posters and an internet invitation to the facebook page
-Lisa made a visual on tips for studying abroad
-Another piktochart was made on money matters
-She wrote a letter thanking the girl she talked to about visiting Paris
- Olivia made a pamphlet about the Peace Corps, discussing Health, Education, and the Environment
-Also created a poster with different countries that the peace corps has visited, in addition to a facebook page that covers the same topic
-Created a poster about a town that is known for flying planes
-Car flyers were created and distributed
-A facebook event was created with information about the Mallards Landing Fly-In
-Hannah presented a project, created an instagram discussing how to travel in the St. Johns Virgin Islands
-Wrote an email to a hotel employee addressing the issue of needing filtered water, and how the hotel can hand out bottles to guests at the hotel
-Advertised a self-filtering bottle on facebook
-Evan created a twitter page that presents a campaign against heart disease
-A poster was created to prevent heart disease
-A video was created telling his dad’s story of heart disease
-Sophia created a kahoot about Columbia
-Manuella created a powerpoint about Women in Leadership Development, which is a female athlete support system
-a pamphlet was also created
-a poster was made with steps to overcome a situation
April 26th:
-Beth created a blog about volunteering at local schools, and her experience volunteering in a 5th grade classroom
-She shared her blog on twitter
-Flyers were created advertising volunteering, and they were put in the College of Education
-Lindsay Besson did her project on wedding planning
-Wrote a letter to the person she interviewed
-She created a piktochart for her second genre
-Collin created a twitter page about the International Programs
-Designed a t-shirt for international programs
-He also created a video and put it on his twitter
-Emily made flyers for the Leon County Humane Society
-She also made a Facebook page
-Jordan made a presentation and handed out flyers about the Progressive Black Men society
-Nicholas created a pre-med page on twitter for FSU students
-He also created a flyer and a powerpoint
-Camryn created a wix site about the philanthropy for her sorority, Delta Gamma
-She created flyers and a facebook post
-Carolyn made a blog post about how to be safe while studying abroad
-Piktochart about why you should study abroad
-Carolyn wrote a letter to a person she interviewed about their study abroad experience
-Amanda wrote about the residence hall community, and she asked people in a video random questions
-Renee made a poster about a comedy show at UF
-Renee created a Remind code for people in the club