Unit2

    The class will be divided into groups of 3-4 students. Each group will choose an non-profit agency or organization in the community for which you would consider working or volunteering. You will need to visit and learn about the organization in order to complete this assignment. You may visit as a group or individually, but you need to make arrangements ahead of your visit to interview at least one person who works at the organization.
        As a group, you will compose a well-developed paragraph in each of the following rhetorical modes using the organization as your topic. Each paragraph should be 150-250 words. The group will turn in one set of paragraphs with a Works Cited or Works Consulted list for a group grade.
          Your group will also create a PPT presentation on the organization to present to the class. The PPT presentation should have at least nine slides covering the major topics in your seven paragraphs, a title slide and a Works Cited slide. Each person in the group should be responsible for one or more of the PPT slides and the oral presentation of those slides to the class. Your group may decide how to divide up the tasks for this unit, but everyone must make a substantial contribution. Each group member will write an analysis of the group dynamics and individual contributions at the end of the project.

RHETORICAL MODES: Rhetorical Paragraphs PPT

1. DEFINITION: define the purpose of the organization.

2. DESCRIPTION: describe the locale of the organization, the building, the offices, etc.

3. EXAMPLE: give a specific example or two of what function the organization performs in the community.

4. COMPARISON/CONTRAST: compare and contrast your organization with another organization in the community that performs a similar function (the second organization may be profit or non-profit).

5. PROCESS ANALYSIS ("how to"): explain or analyze how the organization achieves one of its goals. Follow the process from the beginning to the end: BE SURE TO INCLUDE EACH STEP.

6. CLASSIFICATION: divide into categories the personnel (paid and/or volunteer) who work for the organization. Focus specifically on the tasks they perform.

7. CAUSAL ANALYSIS (cause and effect): describe an effect the organization has had on an individual, a particular group or the community as a whole. Be specific as to how the organization's efforts created the effect.

Your paragraphs should have specific information and be UNIFIED, COMPLETE, COHERENT, CONSISTENT and CORRECT.
See Paragraphs: Essential Elements PPT.
Label each paragraph with its rhetorical mode.

PUBLICATION:

Final drafts of paragraphs must be typed. At least one quote from an interviewed employee and at least one fact from a print source must be cited somewhere in your paragraphs.

Include a Works Consulted List for any information you obtained from the organization including interviews, pamphlets, articles, information sheets, etc.

PPT PRESENTATION:

Your PPT presentation should not merely be a copy of your paragraphs. PPT presentations are usually bulleted visual aids that emphasize the important points in an oral presentation (much like an outline). You may include graphic images on the slides, but these are not required. Be sure that your PPT slide can be read easily by all members in the class. Use a clear font of at least 20 pts, and be sure that the background does not obscure the text. If you use many graphic images, the presentation may have to be saved on a zip disk rather than on a regular disk. Please ask for help earlier rather than later. Plan to review and rehearse your PPT presentation before the class at which you will present it.

SCHEDULE

Date	Reading Assignment	Writing/EEC Assignment
October 10		**Brainstorm with group about choice of organization, individual schedules, division of labor
October 13		Peer Evaluations for Research essays
October 15	TBH: pp. 39-61	return Peer Evaluations Rhetorical Paragraphs PPT
October 17	NO CLASSES	FACULTY DEVELOPMENT DAY
October 20	TBH: pp. 504-12	**Group work on paragraphs Research Essay and Research Portfolio due
October 22		**Peer review of paragraphs and Works Consulted
October 24		**EEC: group work on PPTs
October 27		**Group work on PPTs Rhetorical Paragraphs due
October 29		**Presentation of PPTs to class: Evaluation
October 31		**Presentation of PPTs to class: Evaluation
November 3		Analysis of Group Project due

Your Writing Portfolio should now contain:

corrected first-day essay
corrected profile essay
corrected rhetorical paragraphs
printout of PPT presentation with evaluation
analysis of group project