English 0950 Project
Drafting:the Collage or Web Page

Goals:

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Main Assignment

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Plan for Completing this Project

Step 1. Discovery

Begin in Discovery Grove. Choose a topic.
· Is there a topic you've been assigned in another class? Can you use this project as an opportunity to write about that topic?
· Are there topics in your discovery writing that you have not yet used in this class? Can you choose one of those topics?
· If you are still blank, try using the prompt for discovering a topic in Discovery Grove or go to Planning and try browsing for a little while.
· If you need to, review "Blasting through Writer's Block."

Step 2. Planning

Create a planning map of your topic using the rhetorical modes for developing paragraphs as the branches on your map.

Step 3. Drafting

Collage: write a paragraph for each of the branches on your map. Arrange these segments in an order or layout that creates the overall effect you want. Then add:
· a creative title,
· an introduction,
· collage dividers (by placing extra space or inserting a line or graphic between the segments of your collage),
· a closing segment for the collage or a final link back to the beginning of your homepage.
Web page: write a paragraph for each of the branches on your map. Then create a homepage with a creative title and an introduction to your Web page. On your homepage, create links to each of your paragraphs. At the end of each of your paragraphs, place a link back to your homepage or back to the top of your page You may also want to include a list of your favorite links to other sites on the Web. For more information about the style of Web pages, you may want to go to a Web page style guide. To publish your Web page on the Internet, you can do any one of the following:
• Open your own Web page account at www.geocities.com or www.hotmail.com
• Set up your homepage with your Internet provider. Many providers offer Web page space as part of their service.
• Or you can work with me to publish your Web page here at our class site at the Writers' PLACE. If you want to do this, you will have to save your Web page folder on a disk and send your disk to me.

Step 4. Collaboration

Share your collage or Web page with your group. Do they have any suggestions for expanding the branches, strengthening the focus, improving links or enhancing the visual impact of the page?

Step 5. Revision

Use the feedback from your group to revise your collage or Web page. Share your revised draft with them and ask them to help you edit and proofread your final draft.

Step 6. Proceess Memo

Draft your process memo as usual.

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Process Memo

1. Purpose: what is the purpose of your collage or Web page? What is your topic? What is the main assertion you want to make about this topic? How do you want to affect your target audience?

2. Language: what language choices did you make to accomplish your purpose with your audience? What tone do you want here? How did your purpose and audience influence your diction (word choices) and sentence structure? What was your thinking as you laid out your collage or Web page? What concerns did you have about graphics and visual impact?

3. Audience: who is your target audience? What do they already know about your topic? What new information do you have to share? Why should they care about this topic? Are the members of your writing group part of your target audience? If not, how are they different? How did they respond to your collage or Web page?

4. Context: how did the fact that this is a collage or Web page change the way you approached the assignment? How is writing a Web page different from writing a personal narrative or an expository essay?

5. Evidence: how did you use the modes of development to expand your discussion on the topic? How does your title help establish the focus of your collage or Web page? How did your awareness of audience affect your choice of details to include?

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Project Requirements

___ your discovery or planning map
___ your planning notes and discovery drafts
___ a print copy of your collage or Web page
___ [optional] a disk copy or Internet copy of your Web page
___ your process memo

Readings

Students' Web Pages