Multimodal Argument: Assignment Sheet and Grading Rubric
Task: In groups of 3-4, design an argument using rhetorical strategies in two different media in addition to writing. Use images, tables, graphs, charts, hyperlinks, audio or video clips, document design, animations, comment options, or other interactive media to enhance your argument and convince your audience. You may choose any appropriate, convincing medium for your message: a blog entry, brochure, webpage, formal proposal, or pamphlet. However, you must use at least 1000 words of text in your document and include at least 5 authoritative outside sources.
Select one of the following rhetorical situations to respond to with your multimodal argument:
1. President Samuelson has selected your group to represent BYU students on a panel discussing student issues. He has asked you to propose a change in policy that will influence campus life. Create a document that argues for such a change. You can propose a change in facility, technology, course offerings, campus amenities, or administrative procedures. You may suggest substantial changes in services or institutions, or you may want to propose a new program, organization, service, or institution that would benefit the university community.
2. You and your peers have decided you want to make the world a better place. Write an advocacy proposal for a new government-funded community project to confront a local need. In your document, you will explain why your project is needed in the community, what it might cost, and who will perform the labor. Consider other local and national programs that address the need and situate your organization within that broader context. You will write your document to a decision-maker in a specific branch or organization of the federal or local government that would oversee such a project.
3. You have just finished a researched issues paper for English 150. Perhaps someone in your group wrote about an issue that your group feels the rest of the class should know about. Take that argument and transform it into a multimodal argument addressed to your peers in this class.
Grading Rubric:
The “A” Multimodal Argument . . .
The “B” Multimodal Argument . . .
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Assignment 1 might be improved by saying, "Imagine that you have been asked to be on a committee that proposes improvements to BYU--its curriculum, facilities, amenities, policies, etc.--" Telling them Pres. Samuelson invited them may convey the impression he actually did.
ReplyDeleteAssignment 2--the government program idea may offend students who hate big government. You might say a philanthropic organization will award generous grants of $1 million or something like that.
I thought Assignment 3 was a good one. They could also consider an audience outside the class.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteDanette and I think that you need to define the outcomes you want the assignment to produce in students. We also think that the likeliest assignment would be a presentation, a poster, or maybe a Web page. These are things freshman students could realistically learn--and which you may be able to teach teachers to teach-- and might actually have to do in college.