Day4 Audience and Purpose

We will be able to:

• Explain the distinction and yet important relationship between audience and purpose within the communication model 
• Generate and compare possible combinations of audiences and purposes for a variety of writing genres, samples, or prompts 
• Identify explicit and implicit audience and purpose markers in written discourse (e.g. content, vocabulary, and structure) and how these collectively impact tone.
• Self-evaluate effective audience and purpose markers in their introductory paragraph and strategize revision based on new knowledge from lesson

1. Discuss: What is the problem with this email from my student?

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_0Ji-sKFWRkSEZqRXc3QkY0dzg/edit 

2. Discuss: Which is better?

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_0Ji-sKFWRkRGpaVi1OZW5Telk/edit

3. Group Work: Audience and Purposes Comparison Chart 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18JDkD2WjNyr8N9JfvtsDgsPOuvp4bhiw2Ej_RXEdOmk/edit

4. Email Etiquette

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_0Ji-sKFWRkT2ZFekN4QlZvcHc/edit

Homework

1. Read the email etiquette. Pretend that you do not know when the homework is due.

Write me an e-mail to eunicenam84@gmail.com asking for extension of the due date.

Please use "academic tone" when you are writing e-mail. 

2. Write a reflection essay.