Two Feet In | Writing and the Institution

Announce drop warning Reports on interviews AB small group exercises: Class Topic: TV show, tattooing, eating disorders, music lyrics, or influence of media in modern American society Group 1 -- Coherence and Unity Explain the concept with examples Write a brief 5 sentence paragraph about class topic using coherence and unity Group 2 -- Old before New, Forecast and Fulfillment Explain the concept with examples Write a brief 5 sentence paragraph about class topic using old before new Group 3 -- And Then writing (chronological) Explain the concept with examples Write a brief 5 sentence paragraph about class topic using “and then” writing without using the phrase “and then” Group 4 -- All About writing (encyclopedic) and Engfish Explain the concept with examples Write two brief 5 sentence paragraphs about class topic using both “All about” and then “Engfish”

Explain Old, then New with overhead text: Old then New Paragraph structure often is built with old information first, with a piece of new information added. That new information becomes “old” for the reader, and another new piece is added. This old + new, old + new structure is psychologically satisfying to the reader. DO NOT: old + old + old DO NOT: old + irrelevant new + irrelevant new (work on coherency and unity) DO NOT: “and then, and then, and then” (this is chronological, not “old, then new” NOTE: This is used in paragraphs, then for papers-as-a-whole as well. Example Tomasky, Michael. “The Specter Haunting the Senate.” New York Review of Books, 30              September 2010: 7-11. Print.     The Senate’s version of the financial reform bill squeaked by in May with the backing of four Republicans from blue states. Though it contained some strong provisions, the Senate bill was not nearly as forceful as liberals had hoped on matters like requiring banks to spin