Re-design Project

This project asks you to draw on the work you have done in your literature review assignment, but to now write for a new audience and in a new genre—in other words, you will re-design your literature review paper into a new kind of text (or genre). You may choose from one of the following genres:

● An infographic

● A blog post

● A public letter (e.g., letter-to-the-editor in a campus newspaper or department newsletter)

Steps

1. Identify the genre that you will write in. Think about the topic you wrote about in your Literature Review. What audiences might be interested in that topic and why? What genre would be appropriate? (Genre Selection activity)

2. You will analyze the genre samples in terms of their context, purpose, audience, content, structure, and language. (Genre Analysis activities; Cross-language Genre Analysis)

3. Consider your options in terms of genre form (structure, content, word choice, grammar, etc.) given your chosen audience(s) and purpose(s). ​

54.Create a cover sheet that includes the following information:

(a) the genre you have chosen (infographic, blog post, public letter);

(b) the intended audience and purpose (similar to the examples above); and

(c) a 200- to 250-word explanation of what information you kept from the literature review and how you changed it. Also, explain how your genre use, adapt, or exploit the genre’s conventions for their audience. How are they similar and how they are different? Why did you make these choices?

Assessment criteria Your Re-Design project will be graded according to the following criteria (exceeds, meets, approaches, unsatisfactory, not present): ● The texts draw on at least some of the research from the author’s literature review assignment (16 pts.)

● The texts provide content that is appropriate to the audience and purpose (24 pts.) ● The texts respond effectively to the audiences and purposes identified, in terms of structure, medium, design, formality, word choice, and style (24 pts.) ● The explanation on the cover sheet describes how the texts use, adapt, or exploit the genre’s conventions effectively for the two audiences (24 pts.) ● Re-design meets the assignment guidelines including submission of all drafts and revision. (12 pts.)