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September 04, 2006
Rhetorical Situation Breakthrough (Discourse Chronicle)
[Today I experienced a breakthrough with my freshman composition class! I finally got them to understand what the "context" part of the rhetorical situation means. Last week, we spent time learning the parts and being able to identify them in a given packet of popular culture visuals from my collections, but I noticed in the homework some students struggled with the "message" and "context" part of the rhetorical situation. I worked with them today interactively on the 2-Disc Deluxe Edition Batman Begins DVD image and one of my students said, "So once the message is established, then the context is the support." I made that student repeat what he had said and I beamed with pride because I managed to get them to overcome a hangup and it is only week two. BK]
Posted by kuechebj at September 4, 2006 05:51 PM