Monday, February 20

Homework Change: Read the Jackson's article for this Friday now, not Wednesday.

Today, we moved on with our discussion regarding Unit 2, considering both the characteristics/constraints of particular, perhaps more unique written genres as well as what changes could be made to them to see how people would react to them.

Here are some of the constraints that we came up with in class:

Side Walk Chalk Messages


Some commoncharacteristics/constraints:
1.       Language
Short,to the point, informal

2.       Content
Events,clubs, reminders, religious

3.       Other design elements
Large,colorful lettering, symbol representing groups

4.       Location
Onthe quad, sides of buildings

5.       Audience
Collegestudents, members of perspective members

What if we break oneof them? How could we do this? Think about the goals in the Unit 1 project whenconsidering these questions.

Post-It Notes

1.       Language
Short,informal. To the point

2.       Content
Reminders,quick messages, to do list

3.       Other design elements
Bulletpoints,bright colors, doddleing

4.       Location
Anywhere in view (on desk, in your room, etc.)

5.       Audience
Generallypersonal but sometimes to close friend or family member


What if we break oneof them? How could we do this? Think about the goals in Unit 1 project whenconsidering these questions.

On Wednesday, we will continue our discussion of this, utilizing the example genres that you came up with in class.