October 1, 2013 - Tuesday

Class Work

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Course: EatonEnglish101 8:00 am
Course ID: eaton76645

1. Please return to your Body Art groups. This was the assignment:
Group Activity:

• History of tattoos
• History of hair design
• History of piercings
• History of body modifications
• History of clothing/fashion design
• History of make-up.( War paint counts!)

Join one of the five groups listed above. You will conduct a quick Internet search and look for the beginnings or history of your body art assignment. Consider:

• Where did it begin?
• Why was it done?
• Did age have anything to do with the "ritual?" Was it a ritual?
• How was it done? What were the materials/tools that were used?

Prepare a brief presentation for the class. Feel free to use PowerPoint to show pictures or to point out amazing facts! Keep track of your sources. Create a Works Cited page for the group. What sources did you use?

 

You have 15 minutes to coordinate. Each person in your group needs to have a part. Prepare a slide or page that provides names and assignments. I need that when your group begins.

 

2. Presentations: Take notes during the presentations. Notes will be collected. You may hand write the notes. Bulleted lists are fine.

 

3. At your table, read your Body Art story. One volunteer from each table will share with the class. Others may volunteer to share. Listen for:

A. Details

B. Plot

C. Dialogue

D. Message/purpose

 

4. How does one persuade in writing? What tools can you use? What techniques work?

Consider how products are sold to you. Grab a magazine. Glance through it and concentrate on the ads. What is done to get you to spend your money on the products? (Focus on three ads. Respond in writing to the following:

 

• Consider the colors used
• Determine the target audience.
• What is your first impression? To where is your eye drawn?
• Look at the presentation of the product
• Observe the others in the picture.
• Read the words.
• Bottom line: Would you spend your money on the product? If so, explain. If not, what would need to happen to get you to purchase the product?

5. For homework, post your reactions to the ads in Canvas.

• Three ads
• Answer the questions
• 10pts. each

6.Save this for Thursday... Conduct a bit of research to get ready to write a persuasive essay about body art.

• Are there any statistics that would help you make your point?
• Who needs to know your point of view - identify your audience
• Has your term been in the news? Find a story or two.
• Use the notes from the group research to reference the history of your topic.
• Has the body art been prominent in the media - movies, television, recordings, YouTube, etc?
• Is the body art featured in a song or poem?

Answer the questions. Please bring your answers to class. Be sure to keep track of your sources. EasyBib is a good place to do this. Annotate each source for note keeping purposes.