Creatives,
please send me your blog links and then work on your creative coursework and commentary - if you haven't started the commentary yet, write some within the first 30 mins even if it is only one paragraph, so I can have a look over your shoulder and see if you are on the right track. If you have your style model, I would like to take a quick look at that too.
Work hard and fast; this is a tight deadline. If your concentration goes, go to my blog and do something else briefly e.g. check out the grammar help from one of the posts or do some wider reading and put some notes on your blog. Use the search bar or the pinned post at the top for grammar help and browse down or use the search bar for wider reading. All the older posts are still relevant.
For ease of access, here is the link to my post on commentaries. If you weren't in my class, here is what GRAPE stands for (it is a mnemonic for context issues that goes a bit deeper than GAP):
G genre/form - what are the conventions of the form, how are they used in interesting/powerful/suprising ways?
R received - how is the text literally received (how does someone get to read/hear it - does it come through their letter box? Did they search for it? Was it recommended?) and how is it metaphorically received e.g. is it well-recieved by them because it is useful to them? Because it fits in with their world view? Because a friend sent them a link? Is it badly recieved because they are forced to read it? It's on a controversial topic and they don't agree with the producer? It is too challenging for them to understand?
A audiences - who are the primary and secondary audiences in as much detail as you can imagine?
P purposes - what is the primary purpose (evaluate which it may be if it isn't clear) and secondary purposes? How do they complement or conflict with one another?
E expectations - what expectations/wants/needs do the audience have before receiving the text? Are those met/thwarted/challenged/subverted?
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