In Class: Freewrite

So, I am sitting in class today and I cant help but think about how close the semester is to being over. The semester seemed to blow by so fast. I am happy because I am supposed to graduate in May and thats exciting. But other than that, I am tired as always. It seems that I cant ever get any good sleep, because either Im up late doing a paper or project or presentation, or either im reading four or five chapters for a class for the next day. And then its right back up at 8am. I am so ready for the mini-mester because I get a 3 week break from football, and from school. All I really have to do is NOTHING! That looks terrific just typing it. I dont know what I am going to do on my extended break! Good times....

Unit 3 Proposal

The topic we chose was the issue of childhood obesity in America. We would like to argue that having a healthy diet and exercising more will help this obesity issue, in the sense that if the parents create these habits, then their children will be akin to them and improve their quality of life. We decided that a newspaper article would be a good medium to reach most obese adults that could channel the information to children and overall help the issue in our nation. The newspaper article would run in a newspaper in a known obese city. The second argument will come in the form of a comic strip that discusses improving a child's life using emotional appeals, and cartoons are something everyone can grasp, especially younger people. The third argument is a bumper sticker using humor to get the point across. This argument is one that we normally do not think about, but it is a pertinent and continually persuasive element in our "driven" society. As a group we will hope that we can put together these arguments effectively, along the lines of the issue at hand. Other than that, we are ready to rock out.

In Class Free Write:

Within Unit 3, there are a few questions that I feel like must be answered. The main thing that pops out to me is about the content and purpose. I feel like this is one of the most important aspects of the entire unit. It speaks on the purpose of the visual text and what kind of argument it is creating and whit it is supposed to convey. This is what the viewer will probably be thinking about when first looking at the visual and it will essentially play upon ethos, pathos, and logos appeals. I think this is what the purpose of most visual texts are intended for. To draw the viewer in and make them start to make assumptions, and be able to tie those assumptions into their own character and values.

Title in my group

I think I amlabled as the researcher in my group. Well Tripp and I are like co-head researchers if you will. But yea, this should be interesting to see how it plays out. We have narrowed our topic down to child obesity and feel that it would be a good topic to look into. So hopefully it will be good. Enjoy!!!

In class: Free write

The different roles that I think people will play in this group could vary. I believe their will be designated members for different things. Such as recorders, time keepers, techy people, maybe a group leader. I think that as a group we should all know what type of role we will be playing for the betterment of the group project. By this we can all work in conjunction to make things run smoothly.


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