Writing For Mass Media Chapter 8 Project

All group members must contribute to all parts of the assignment. You may jigsaw text, but you may not assign writing the test or completing the exercise to an individual or a few members of the group.

1. Read pages 232 - 251 in Writing for the Media. Take notes.

2. Create a test on important concepts and terms, complete with answer sheet. Test must include:

Multiple choice

Matching

Short answer

Test will be in Word Document format and emailed to . Be certain all group members first and last names appear on the document.

3. Complete one of the exercises below:

Writing For Mass Media Chapter 8 Project

8.1 – find an ad; copy of advertisement must be attached to typed answers to questions.

8.4 – 1 ad

8.5 – 1 ad

8.6 – print ad – 1 ad

8.7 – 1 ad

8.9 – 1 ad

8.10 – 1 a

Writing For Mass Media Chapter 8 Project

Topic:Main Idea and Supporting Details / Topic: Functional Writing
Level 4.0 / In addition to Level 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was explicitly taught are demonstrated. The student:
  • extracts multiple complex implicit themes or ideas in complex texts
  • identifies kinds of evidence that might disprove or alter author’s claims or ideas
/ In addition to Level 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was explicitly taught are demonstrated. The student:
•creates more complex functional pieces of writing
•accurately and fairly represents the author's purpose, audience, and strategies
•highlights relationships between main ideas
•explicitly connects quotes to author's purpose
Level 3.0 / While engaged in grade-appropriate tasks involving main idea and supporting details, the student:
  • infers the implicit main idea of complex texts, passages or their paragraphs
  • summarizes text for a specific purpose, elucidating the line of argument or thought
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions. / While engaged in tasks involving grade-appropriate functional writing, the student
writes functional texts and
clearly expresses the author’s purpose, audience, and strategies (Ideas/Content)
uses succinct language to summarize main ideas (Word Choice)
The student exhibits no major errors or omissions.
Level 2.0 / The student makes no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes and:
recognizes or recalls isolated details and performs basic processes:
identifies explicit main ideas or themes in more challenging texts
summarizes text,
identifies and categorizes different kinds of evidence used to supporting conclusions
However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes. / The student makes no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes and:
recognizes or recalls isolated details and performs basic processes:
summarizes main ideas
avoids copying phrases or lines without quotes (avoids plagiarism)
However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes.
1.0 / With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the more complex ideas and processes.