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EWRT1A
Composition and Reading
Agenda
• Conference Announcement (Extra
Credit)
• Essay 3: Outline
• Essay 1: Language Use Workshops
Extra Credit
• You can receive up to 20 points of extra
credit for attending the Your Story Our
Movement conference on Friday.
Extra Credit
• To get credit you need to attend the
welcome/breakfast, a morning
workshop and an afternoon workshop.
• You also need to write a one-page
write-up describing your experience and
the workshops you participated in.
Essay 3
• Essay 3 will be an analytical essay
about a YouTube video.
• In this video you will explain what the
video means for a particular audience.
The question is this: “What does this
video mean?”
Essay 3
• You should like the video, and you
should consider yourself part of the
audience.
• The audience forms a community.
• You will be representing yourself as part
of a community, and you will be
representing this community.
Essay 3
• Your analysis will be of both the video
itself and the audience.
• Try to explain why this audience is
interested in the video.
• What makes the video meaningful for
this audience.
Essay 3
• The video should have had at least
25,000 views.
Essay 3
• The big challenge will be unifying your
essay. How are the different parts of
your essay related to your thesis?
• Transitions will be a key tool for you to
unify your essay.
• You will need to do some research for
your essay.
Essay 3
• Possible parts of your essay:
– The Community
– Background
– The Video Itself
– Community Interpretation
Essay 3
• The Community (possibly the introduction)
– Your thesis answers the following question: What
does the video mean for a particular community?
– General points about the audience (brief)
– The segment of the audience that you belong to
– The significance of the video for your segment
Essay 3
• Background
– The creator of the video (possibly the channel)
– The subject of the video (for example, the
performers)
– Many performers have Wikipedia pages
Essay 3
• The Video Itself
– General points about the visual style of the video
– Plot summary
– Music and sound
Essay 3
• Community Interpretation (over one page)
– Explanation (you should rely on comments from the video)
– Identify what is important for the community
• Dialogue that stands out
• Important shots
• Music and sound
– Identify the objective of the video and the orientation that the
video suggests for the community
– Criticism (does the video point the community in a positive
direction?)
Essay 3
• Rough Drafts will be due next Thursday.
• A reading journal assignment is due
over the weekend.
• Let’s watch some videos.
Language Use Workshops
• If you received a B or above for
language use on your essay you can
leave if you want.
• We will rewrite a paragraph from
someone’s essay.
• We also need to schedule times for the
small-group workshops.
• I will confirm these with you over e-mail.