{"id":37,"date":"2016-08-31T01:22:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T01:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2016-09-16T03:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T03:14:22","slug":"project-1-childhood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/project-1-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 1: Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first writing project you&#8217;ll consider a toy or game from your childhood from an older, wiser adult perspective. Think about how Michael Chabon makes an argument about one of his childhood obsessions, comparing the Legos of his childhood to the Legos of today. Think, too, about how Chabon brings insight to both the toy and the nature of play itself. Your goal for this project is similar: to reframe a familiar toy or game in a way that reveals something new about the object, your childhood, play, or even your adult self.<\/p>\n<p>This writing project challenges you to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evoke a childhood toy or game using multiple senses (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) and figurative language<\/li>\n<li>Address either an explicit or implied audience. Who are you writing this for? Your younger self? A sibling? Your adult friends? Your parents? The toy or game itself?<\/li>\n<li>Be deliberate about your <a href=\"http:\/\/lmgtfy.com\/?q=what+is+the+author%27s+tone%3F\">tone<\/a>. Consciously decide to be nostalgic, angry, romantic, ironic, sarcastic, disappointed, cheerful. Be anything but <em>flat<\/em>. How do you project a certain tone? Through word choice, figurative language, and syntax, to name a few techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Leave your reader with a small, polished gem of insight. You want your audience to say, <em>Whoa, I never thought about that before.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Form and Structure<\/h5>\n<p>As you work on this project, keep in mind the following guidelines about form and structure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your project should weigh in at 2,000 words<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll write and share your project using Google Docs. You can sign into Google Docs with your Davidson ID and password.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid generalizations. Ground your essay with specific images and examples.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t try to sound \u201csmart.\u201d Write with simple, direct language. Cut out the clutter in your writing.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid adverbs such as \u201creally\u201d or \u201cvery.\u201d Also limit adjectives such as \u201cimportant\u201d or \u201cinteresting.\u201d If something is interesting, explain why it\u2019s interesting instead of just saying it is so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Timeline<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2,000 word draft due in class on Wednesday, September 7.<\/span> You&#8217;ll share your draft as a Google Doc, allowing members of your group and me to comment upon them. The document file name should follow this format: Your Name &#8211; Draft &#8211; Project 1<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In-class peer review from Wednesday, September 7 through Monday, September 12.<\/span> Note that no matter when your peer review is scheduled, your full draft is due September 7.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Final version due by class on Friday, September 16.<\/span> The final version should be a separate document from your draft. Be sure to go through <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/project-checklist\/\">the checklist <\/a>before submitting your project. The document file name should follow this format: Your Name &#8211; Final &#8211; Project 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Peer and Self-Critique<\/h5>\n<p>We will conduct a peer review of your draft during class time. The class will divide into three groups (see below). On the day of the specified group&#8217;s peer review, only members of that group attend class that day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Group 1<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>AL, PH, TN, RM<br \/>\n<strong>Group 2: <\/strong>SL, RG, LW, MW, SD<br \/>\n<strong>Group 3: <\/strong>AC, WP, LC, GL<\/p>\n<h5>Rubric<\/h5>\n<p>Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/documents\/childhood-toy-rubric.pdf\">draft of the rubric<\/a> I&#8217;ll use to evaluate your writing project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/project-1-childhood\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Project 1: Childhood\"><p>For the first writing project you&#8217;ll consider a toy or game from your childhood from an older, wiser adult perspective. Think about how Michael Chabon makes an argument about one of his childhood obsessions, comparing the Legos of his childhood to the Legos of today. Think, too, about how Chabon brings insight to both the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","h-entry","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/67"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/wri101toys\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}