ASSIGMENT: Create a poster, informing Chaffey College students about a specific career option.
Develop an essay, analyzing the poster you created. Provide a list of resources, featured in your poster and your essay.
To inform interested students about one career through a poster
To analyze the poster you developed through an essay
To demonstrate success at writing an academic essay (as introduced in English 500)
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Indirect Audiences: Professor Utsler / Career Counselor (Wendy Whitney)
Your poster is expected to inform Chaffey College students about one career option.
The following elements are required: a.
at least four pictures (numbered and included on the resource list)
The pictures are expected to reflect specific qualities, necessary for success. b.
at least four quotations (numbered and included on the resource list)
The quotations should provide information to students who are interested in preparing for employment in this profession. For each of your poster’s quotes, identify a particularly significant word, word phrase, or number by placing it in bold print on your poster.
Include at least one quote from each of the following: a.) Bureau of Labor Statistics website b.) Interview with qualified source c.) Chaffey College resource (i.e. brochure, department website)
d.) another resource or a second quote from a resource above
Your essay is expected to analyze the poster you created. The completed essay is expected to include an introduction, two body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Introduction Paragraph features the thesis statement as the last sentence
Body Paragraph A: Qualities Necessary For Career Success (Pictures) describes and discusses at least four pictures on the poster
Body Paragraph B: Career Information (Bold-Print Words and Word Phrases)
identifies and discusses the significance of at least four different bold print words,
word phrases, and/or numbers on the poster
Conclusion restates the thesis statement as the first sentence

SPECIFIC SKILLS/ABILITIES REQUIRED BY THIS ASSIGNMENT INCLUDE:
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Following specific directions in order to meet the assignment requirements
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Selecting and using idea generation strategies in order to develop your poster and essay
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Applying provided strategies to collect pictures, on-line resources, interview responses, and campus brochures/websites for possible use in the development of your poster
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Choosing appropriate materials for inclusion on your poster (with consideration of audience, purpose, genre, and tone). Analyzing your choices of materials in your essay.
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Developing your essay with attention to genre, audience, purpose, and tone
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Creating an essay of at least four paragraphs, including an introduction, a first body paragraph (about your poster’s pictures), a second body paragraph (about your poster’s words/word phrases), and a conclusion
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Developing a specific thesis statement, meeting the requirements, discussed in class
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Developing specific topic sentences, meeting the requirements, discussed in class
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Using major and minor supporting details, as discussed in class
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Drafting your essay paragraphs and considering draft feedback from test readers
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Revising and editing your work for the professor’s review
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Developing a list of resources, used in the development of your poster and essay.
Referring to these resources as necessary (and avoiding academic dishonesty).
TRAPS TO AVOID:
You will want to avoid the following problems.
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Ignoring the specific audiences and purposes of the poster and essay
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Ignoring the specific requirements and skills, identified on this assignment sheet
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Suggesting ideas from other resources are your own and/or forgetting the resource list
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Forgetting to use the required essay format.
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Ignoring samples provided in class
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Waiting too long to arrange an interview with an appropriate source
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Selecting too few options for appropriate pictures and quotations
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Missing class time and missing important project information
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Having concerns about the project without addressing them**
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Placing objects on the poster without first giving great thought to your choices
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Including full quotations in your essay’s body paragraph about significant poster words
12.
Setting aside too little time to create the poster and the essay