Purpose
The Multimodal Reading Journal (MRJ) is a weekly assignment meant to
help you engage with the different texts we will be reading throughout
the semester. As you learn new concepts and ideas, you will be able to
use the MRJ to apply those concepts, ask questions, and critically
engage with course texts to work through the content of the course.
Knowledge and Skills
to define and apply key rhetorical concepts through analyzing
and composing a variety of texts several genres and modes (print,
visual, digital, oral, multimodal);
to demonstrate rhetorical awareness and flexibility by
discussing how other writers adapt language for audience, situation and
purpose and by consciously adapting their own writing to a variety of
situations and contexts that call for purposeful shifts in voice, tone,
style, design, medium, structure, and conventions;
to demonstrate awareness of writing as a recursive, social
process by reading, writing, and collaborating to discover and deepen
ideas, reflecting on their rhetorical choices, and revising those
choices in response to feedback from readers;
to practice and demonstrate the ability to use relevant
rhetorical and discursive conventions in order to communicate with
academic and professional audiences
Assignment Task
Take a look at the assigned readings for this week and pick one to
journal about. For this assignment, you will write a 4-8 sentence
summary of the reading, and you will also select three different pieces
of evidence (passages or quotes) from the text and respond to each
passage. Below is the format that you must follow for this assignment:P
PLEASE USE THIS LINK
https://writingspaces.org/past-volumes/backpacks-v…
https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-floor-speech-about-yoho-remarks-july-23
I recommend doing your MRJ on the “Backpacks vs. Briefcases” reading.
Then practice applying what you learns from that reading to the AOC
speech.
Author’s Name:
Title of the Reading:
Summary of the Text:
Write a 4-8 sentence summary of the entire reading. Make sure to note the most important parts of the text think about the course discussions and how the text helps us understand course concepts
Evidence
Interpretation
1. In this box, you will copy the first quote from the text that
you are reading and find interesting. If the text is an image, then you
will describe the text in as much detail as possible OR you can
screenshot the image
1. In this box, you will offer an interpretation of the first
quote. Explain why you think this quote is important, how it’s connected
to class discussions, and/or list any questions that this quote brings
up for you. Your interpretation should be at least 5-8 sentences long.
2. In this box, you will copy the second quote from the text that
you are reading and find interesting. If the text is an image, then you
will describe the text in as much detail as possible OR you can
screenshot the image
2. In this box, you will offer an interpretation of the second
quote. Explain why you think this quote is important, how it’s connected
to class discussions, and/or list any questions that this quote brings
up for you. Your interpretation should be at least 5-8 sentences long.
3. In this box, you will copy the third quote from the text that
you are reading and find interesting. If the text is an image, then you
will describe the text in as much detail as possible OR you can
screenshot the image
3. In this box, you will offer an interpretation of the third
quote. Explain why you think this quote is important, how it’s connected
to class discussions, and/or list any questions that this quote brings
up for you. Your interpretation should be at least 5-8 sentences long.