1) Given that we just read Bitzer's the Rhetorical Situation, what did y'all think about Writing Situations' "Ten Elements of Rhetorical Situation" chart? It's on page 5, and breaks down ten elements (exigency, players, relations, constraints, location, speakers/writers, audience, genre/medium/method, institution/power, timing/kairos. Personally, I was pumped that they broke it down, but they also give you A LOT to work with. Does the amount of content overwhelm or help?
2) On page 36 of Writing Situations there is a list of invention strategies (freewrite, cluster, define, journal, blog, and cubing). How will you introduce these invention strategies? Will you break each of them down? How will you "teach" them? Group work? your own examples? Maybe fielding volunteers' research questions?
I would definitely try to at least introduce a few of these strategies in a group setting. Students (including me) often do not realize they can be helpful and will not try the on their own. I don't imagine there is enough time to go over them all, but many of them can be naturally incorporated as a part of other assignments. I think after today's class with notation (I hope you feel better, Joel!), I certainly see the benefit of sharing how we all can utilize the same strategy but in different ways.
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