• Get out your notes from the last class you had in your major (could have been something from last week, last semester – whatever. 
• Take a moment to think about how you would start to explain the goals, ideas, and theories of that lecture or lesson to someone else in your major who wasn’t taking the class.
• Write that explanation in 25 words – no more, no less.
• Then, do the same, but with a public audience in mind (your dad, grandma, a stranger – whoever)
• Answer these questions when you’re done:
  • What is most important for the person in your major to know?
  • What is most important for your public audience to know?
  • What knowledge is necessary for the person in your major to have in order for them to be able to understand your summary?
  • What prior knowledge might be useful for your public audience to have?
• Make sure your responses are in your in-class writing folder in Google Drive.

• Exercises 4/11/17
• Guidelines: Resume and Analysis

Categories: In Class Writing and Exercises

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