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ENGL 106: Writing Your Way Into Purdue

Week 5 Lesson Plans
All the Worlds a Stage
Monday, 2/9
Goals
Discuss principles of visual and spatial
rhetoric
Discuss elements of mise-en-scene
Evaluate sample movie clips to begin
analysis of scene elements

Objectives
Students will be able to identify aspects
of mise-en-scene
Students will be able to discuss the
rhetorical choices involved in lighting
and setting a scene for a production
Students will be able to evaluate
sample movie clips rhetorically

1) Spatial Rhetoric Discussion

Classroom organizationwhy is the classroom set up this way?
o What are the expectations for this particular organization
o What would happen if the organization changed?
o Rearrange classroom to discuss different dynamics of spatial organization
CRAP Principlesbasic overview
o How do these apply to the room we are in?
o Introduce concepts of power and tension
2) Spatial Rhetoric presentation
Begin with organization in advertisementshow are we trained to look at things?
o Left to right
o Top to bottom
o Important elements in written documents
o Power and Tension
Organization in performance = mise-en-scene
o Review handout from Timothy Corrigan
o Vocabulary= blocking, setting, lighting, props, costumes
o Understanding the choices the director and actors make when putting a scene
together
Volunteers to act out different emotions in a scene? Understanding how
body language conveys emotion?
3) Movie Clip analysis
Cracked.com articlere: color theory in move genres
o Expectations for lighting re: genre
Pick 1 movie clip for large group evaluation
o Lighting
o Blocking
o Setting
o Costume

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o Props
How do these choices function as rhetorical choices?

Tuesday, 2/10
10 students will come for individual 10-minute conferences to discuss drafts of literacy
narratives
Wednesday, 2/11
Goals
Discuss review as genre of writing
Discuss conventions of a review
determining evaluative criteria
Practice determining criteria for
different topics

Objectives
Students will be able to identify the
criteria for writing a review
Students will be able to consider their
purpose in writing a review
Students will practice evaluating
products for reviews for multiple
audiences

1) Reading Quiz
What are the different mediums used to write a review?
Why is it important to have clear criteria in place when writing a review?
How does audience impact the content of a review?
How does writing a review tie into our course theme to stake your claim?
What does it mean to be an ethical reviewer? (EAA p. 245)
2) Large group discussion
How do you use reviews in your daily life?
What types of reviews do you trust vs. which ones do you discredit? Why?
ETHOS as important aspect of writing reviews
Comparisons between reviews and narratives
o Summarizing, anecdotes of plot
o More emphasis on analysistelling explicitly what was effective and why
3) In-class readingsmall groups
Sample reviews Juno, Social Network, The Help
o Annotate reviewswhat are the criteria for each review?
o Reverse Outlinewhat did the writer use as his prewriting or brainstorming to
determine how he would evaluate the film/album?
Social impact vs. film elements
How does the reviewer stake his/her claim?
How does the reviewer establish him/herself as someone whose opinion is
valid and worth listening to?
Thursday, 2/12
10 students will come for individual 10-minute conferences to discuss drafts of literacy
narratives

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Friday, 2/13Literacy Narrative Project Packet due in class

Goals
Discuss how to evaluate reputable
websites
Introduce some background
information for Macbeth

Objectives
Students will be able to practice
preliminary research strategies in
evaluating websites for credibility
Students will research background
information on Macbeth
Students will begin to work on their
reviews and conference presentations in
class

1) Establish Checklist for Evaluating Websites

MLK.orgfalse credibility
Large group: Create checklist for evaluating websites based on criteria in MLA website
citation requirements
2) MLA Citations for websites
Review criteria needed for credible websites and explain MLA citation
Demo writing citation for class
3) Macbeth researchSparkNotes No Fear Shakespeare
Watch ThugNotes video on Macbeth to provide intro to plot
Divide students into groups to research major plot points
o No Fear Shakespeare can be one sourceneed at least 3 other credible websites
for background information on the play
5 groups= 5 actseach group researches major plot points from the act
Group Google Doc re: plot overview
o Entire class can access document to review what happens throughout the play
o Major characters and interactions between characters
4) Explain Review assignment and conference presentation
Next week in class= criteria to look for while viewing the play
In conferences: in groups of 5, each student will present 2-3 minutes on a character in the
play
o Overview of character
o Characters motivation (what does this character want?)
o Major action in plot (with whom does the character interact?)
o Famous quotes or scenes to watch for
Students will be graded on the depth of research for their charactermust turn in a
Works Cited page and a handout on the character
o Consult at least 3 credible websitescan NOT use No Fear Shakespeare
o Handout= profile of the charactercome to conferences w/ 5 extra copies of your
handout