In Class: Freewrite

It was so nice to spend some time at home over Thanksgiving break.  Although finals were always in the back of my mind, I was really able to use the few days to relax.  Because I am from Chicago, I am limited by the times  I can go home and I try to take advantage of everyday I have with my family and friends.  I so enjoy getting real homemade food. My mom is such a good cook and the food here at TCU does not compare at all.  I look forward to that so much. I love sleeping in my big bed rather than a small twin and also having my own shower at home.  The weather was SO cold though. It snowed a little the first day I was in town.  It reminded me not to complain about Texas weather being cold because it is nothing compared to Chicago winters.  Even though I think you need snow during the Christmas holidays to make it perfect!

MY REAL: Unit III Proposal

For our Unit III project, Logan, Allie, and I have decided to discuss the issue of TCU going to the National Championship. All of our articles/evidence will be in support of TCU going to the championship game. 


We are going to use 4 different mediums to appeal to different audiences on this subject. Logan is working on an ESPN article that will appeal to, obviously, all of the sports fans around the world. So many guys are constantly getting updates on their phones/emails through the ESPN website, which means they're always checking it. It will be a good way to get this argument out to that population. 


Tracy is working on a letter to the BCS selection committee. This letter will be talking to the 'higher end' people in the BCS selection process. Hopefully persuading them to consider TCU as a viable candidate. This audience is narrow, but it's still very important to make sure that these important people know how much everyone believes TCU is deserving of a spot in the championship game. 


I am working on both a Fan page on Facebook, and a billboard. The Fan page("Support TCUs Drive to the National Championship") is going to be a good way to get the word out to the younger population. Almost everyone ages 25 and under have a Facebook, and if we invite as many friends as possible to this page, it will get noticed. Also, obviously all of our TCU friends will be in support of this, and it will hopefully get them rallied to expanding this argument out. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join this group! The billboard is also something important I'm working on. We haven't decided on our favorite picture yet, but we're just going to have a huge(legit) picture from a TCU game, and one or two words on it that will make a statement. Obviously, it has to be short enough so people driving by will be able to get the main idea of the visual. This is a powerful way to appeal to the Fort Worth/Dallas community in support of one of our home teams going to the National Championship. 


Overall, things are going great so far, and we're all really excited to keep expanding on this project. 

 

In Class: What I learned from last nights reading 2

I learned a lot from the reading from last night.  It talked about using logos that had ethos attached to them because it as an easy was for you to personally boost your own ethos and credibility.  Examples used in the book of logos that are well respected are the U.S. presidency seal, and also the mcdonalds "M" Logo.  The chap also talked about how using font can support your argument.  Different fonts have come to stand for different meanings over time. As odd as this might sound, I believe it is very true.  some font seems so "girly" and fun that it is hard to take seriously, however, such font might be perfect for a different project, just not ours.


Using what i learned in this chap seems like a very important thing to do.  I can use the BSC logo and also TCU logo or even the TCU football teach logo.  Each of these logos are well respected and would increase my groups ethos.  Also the font we will use for our t-shirts. letter to the president, and also add will have to be thought about in order to best support our argument.

For our English Unit 3 Project: Creating Public Arguments, my group and I have decided to debate the issue concerning TCU football and why they have not being able to play in that National Championship.  We will together make the argument that TCU deserves to go to the championship for numerous reasons.  Our different audiences we will be focusing on will be the BCS president, TCU students, and also the common public.

My group has come up with a ton of great ideas for the genres/mediums we would like to use when making our argument.  As discussed in class, we will be making a t-shirt.  I believe these t-shirts will be purple (of course!) and complete with a catchy saying and a logo or possibly even a picture.  We discussed going to Hobby Lobby as a group to create these shirts so we will have to see how they turn out.  Another medium we are considering using is to make an eye-catching add in a football magazine.  Our group has spent time finding pictures of the TCU football players in action and also of scoreboards after a win.  We feel these pictures would look great and give even more of a reason of why TCU should go to the championship. This add would be far more informative than our shirts but this makes sense because our add would be intended for an audience that was very into football.  For our written medium, we would like to write a letter for the president of the BSC explaining why TCU should be playing in the National Championship.  Our last medium that Allie has actually started working on is a Facebook page.  Our Facebook group titled, “TCU to the National Championship” is open to all TCU fans and I would love for anyone to join it!  Our homepage is complete with dates and times of TCU football games along with videos of the team.  Also, so far we have not run into any problems!

In Class: What I learned from last nights reading.

Well to start off, I learned a lot about more about how pictures can tell 100 words.  I always knew that, however, the book takes it a step farther.  We learn to look at the details of pictures.  One example I remember the best is a picture of a mans profile.  You can see his serious look on his face and while there are other aspects of the photo to take into consideration, his expression tells us a lot.  Also the use of punctuation (periods, commas, exclamation points, ect.) were discussed.  The book talked about how separating thoughts can sometimes be effective but at other times it can make a thought seem choppy and not make such as drastic of an effect as it would have without the interruption.  I never really thought how punctuation can make such a drastic change on the effectiveness of a statement or blurb.

Unit 3

For our English 20803 Unit 3 collaborative project, I will be working with Logan Luzzo and Allie Barnes.  My individual job title will be “the MC.”  My job title comes from the fact that I will be the head of the presentation.  Even though my primary responsibility will be the actual presentation, I will of course still be working along side Logan and Allie durning the planning and preparation of our project.  My participation in the making of our project makes logical sense for a few reasons.  First off, I am not the type of team member to just leave the work for someone else to do.  I am a very hands-on group member and like to know exactly what is going on.  Also, in order for me to give an effective presentation, I will need to be knowledgeable about everything pertaining to our group project.  I hope that my role in the group will be helpful and also useful to my other team members.  Logan, who is most knowledgeable about the BCS system, will be responsible for the written text relating to the BCS and how it affects TCU.  Allie on the other hand, will be working more on the visual part of the presentation.  As a talented artist, Allie will certainly be a great asset to our group!  I am very excited to work with Allie and Logan and to start brainstorming different ways to appeal to our diverse audience!

In Class: Ideal Group Work Situation

My idea group work situation would be very different than my past experiences.  I would like first off, for everyone to do their work.  I would like for my group to be working on an interesting project that we were all excited about.  We would be able to find times to work on the project that worked for everyone and all members would always be at the meetings.  We would use our time together efficiently, I hate when time is just wasted.  Especially when you have so much other stuff you could be doing! We would also be able to communicate with each other outside of the group work time in case someone stumbled upon a question or problem.  Food would be great to have and might even get the group thinking more.  I know its hard to concentrate on the task at hand if your hungry.