Possibilities,Restrictions,&Values:AssignmentOne

DiscourseObservationAnalysis

Understanding howto breakdownanassignmentsheetthathasalotofcomponentscan

sometimes be difficult, and it can certainly make a fairly simple task appear rather
tedious. Reading and breaking down assignment sheets is a valuable skill both in and
outside of our class, and to help us practice these skills, I have created an activity in
which you will ask three questions of the assignment sheetthatwillhelpyouassessthe
possibilities, restrictions, and values for Assignment One. In small groups, I would like
for you all to work together to address the questions/prompts below. You want to be
sure that you can point to explicit textual evidence, andwhenyoufindthatsomethingis
not expressly stated, you may find that this is an area in which you can go above and
beyond the guidelines. Be sure to list your group members names next to your
contributions. Not listingyournamemeansthatIcannotjustifygivingyoucreditfor your
work,sopleasedolistyournames.

EACHGROUPISRESPONSIBLEFORCOMINGUPWITHTWOCONCRETEAND
DESCRIPTIVEPOSSIBILITIES,TWOCONCRETEANDDESCRIPTIVERESTRICTIONS,
ANDTWOCONCRETEANDDESCRIPTIVEVALUES!YOUARENOTALLOWEDTO
REPEATWHATSOMEOTHERGROUPHASALREADYPOSTED.

Possibilities:WhatarethepossibilitiesforAssignmentOne? Whataresomespecific,concrete
ideas forhowtodo morethanwhattheassignmentguidelinesrequire? Howcanyouaddtothe
assignment guidelines? What freedoms do you have to develop other aspects of this
assignment?
1.) Provide background knowledge toyourtopicbylistingdefinitions,characterlists,
guides, explaining scenes (if youre observing an episode), etc. (MacKenzie G.,
Jesse H., Morgan B., Kristina H.) Textual evidence: Page 1(Bullets 57)
ObservationNotes
2.) Writing more than3observationsorhaving yourobservationbeinglongerthan30
minutes. (Kristina H., Morgan B., Jesse H., MacKenzie G.) Textual evidence: Page
2(Bullet2)Interview
3.) Going out of our way to interview an expert in our topic. Ex. coach of a sports team,
professor of the same topic we choose. ( Ken Kardos, Serenity Spring, Ben Hartman,
RyanParr)
a.) Refertopage2bullet2
4.) We can re enact our figuredworld or dosomethingthatis inconjunctionwithourfigured
world and create a picture or videotoaddtoour portfolio.(KenKardos,SerenitySpring,
BenHartman,RyanParr)
a.) Refertopage1bullet3thrupage2bullet1
5.) Youcanobservemorethan30minutesofyourtopicforyourobservation.

6.) One example of a possibility is writing the Relevant background Information. (Page
One,secondparagraph)ItisnotrequiredbutcanbedoneinordertoearnanAorB.
7.) Page 1, bullet 7 says to record the timing of events that happen,soalongwithawritten
statementwecanaddaclipaswellifwearedoingafilmortvshow.
8.) Discuss accomplishments and recent standings of an artist in this current time. (Linkal
Edgeston,LeenoraArnold,CaylaMoore,Kaci,Veronica)
9.) On Page2,2ndbullet,youmentionedwecouldrecordourinterviewbuttogoaboveand
beyond we could also record the actual interview and type it to make it more visually
appealing.
10.)
Addadditionalcontenttoyourwixpage.Youcandothingslikeaddingalink
ofvideosfromyourtvshoworcastinterviews,anddeletedscenes.Interviews
withwriters,orauthorscanalsobeuseful.Thiscanhelpyourviewerseeevidence
andrelatewhatyou'vewrittentothetopic.Thisasawholecanhelptoshowthe
amountofworkandeffortyouputintoyourworkforyourreadertobeableto
accessandunderstandyourtopicmoreandasaresultgiveyouahighergrade.
AsmentionedintheAssignmentonesheet,"youmayfindthattherulesand
behaviorsmayshiftasyouobservethesitefromdifferentpoints"(RadhaP,ValS,
AmaliaS)
11.)
Conductmorethanoneinterviewaboutyourtopictogetdifferentpointsof
view.AsSeenintheassignmentonesheet"conductatleastoneinterviewwith
anactorthecommunityyouareobserving."Thewordleast iskeybecauseifyou
domorethanoneinterviewyouwillgathermoreinformationandhavemoreto
writeabout.(RadhaP,ValS,AmaliaS)
12.)
P: Give Background information on the topic. Evidence: Assignment one

guidelinesPg1Bulletone.
13.)
P: Have good questions for your interview. Evidence: Questions and Concerns,
Pg1Bullet2
Restrictions:WhataretherestrictionsforAssignmentOne? Whatarethenonnegotiableparts
of this assignment? As in, what do you absolutely have to do at a bare minimum in order to
pass(i.e.makeaC).
1. Conduct at least one Interview with questions that havebeenbroughtbyyoufirst
(Page2bulletpoint2)(KristinaH.,MorganB.,JesseH.,MacKenzieG.)
2. Have at least 3 observations of our chosen topic (page 1, bullet point 3) (Kristina
H.,MorganB.,JesseH.,MacKenzieG.)
3. Dont choose a topic you are not interested in or cannot see yourself expanding
and sharing your opinion on. As mentioned in the Assignment One Discourse
Observation Analysis,choose yourselectedcommunityofinterestverycarefully,
as you will continue to study it throughout the semester. (Radha P, Val Sosa,
AmaliaStriker)
4. When conducting theinterview(s),makesurethequestionsthatyouvecomposed
are cleared with Ashlyn so that you can receive proper feedback so that your

questions can perceive more than a one word answer.(Radha P,ValSosa,Amalia

Striker)
5. WearerequiredtohaveMicrosoftWordtobeabletosubmitourdocumentcorrectly,
andsomecomputers/laptops/tabletsdonothaveaccesstothatsoftware.ex.Page1,
bullet4.(KenKardos,SerenitySpring,BenHartman,RyanParr,JenniferTobon)
a. 12pt,TimesNewRomanFont,SingleSpacedDiscourseObservation
Annalysis
6. Wemustformatourdocumentin12pt.,TimesnewRoman,andsinglespaced.(Ken
Kardos,SerenitySpring,BenHartman,RyanParr,JenniferTobon)
a. SavedandUploadedinaMicrosoftWordDocumentDiscourseObservation
Annalysis
7. Youhavetoaskatleast5questionswhenconductingtheinterviews.
8. The restrictions for assignment one are writing the 250wordsummary,theobservation
analysis,theinterview,andthereflection.
9. If your topic is a tv show, you have to observe at least 30 minutes of three different
episodes in order to write about it. (Linkal Edgeston, Leenora Arnold, Cayla Moore, Kaci,
Veronica)
10. Dont ask any yes or no questions and when conducting these questions make them open
endedforthepersonyouareinterviewing.

11.Dontcopyanyoneelseswork.Evidence:Thestudentconductpolicy
12.Dontselectasubjectthatyoucannotobserve.Evidence:QuestionsandConcerns,Pg2
Bullet3

Values: What do you see me valuing as theteacher? Morespecifically,whatdoyoubelieveis

important to me that I want you to learn? What do youthinkIwantyou tolearnfromdoingthis
assignment?(Pointtospecifictextualexamplesfromtheassignmentsheettomakeyourcase).
1. You want us to learn how to conduct organic research rather than researching
research. we as students in grade school were taughttowriteresearchpapersby
looking up other research rather than conducting research from our own minds.
We would create thesis and back them with evidence and research given by
experts in that community. Ashlynn wants us to give information about our
community thatweobtainonourownthroughourownknowledge. (page 1,bullet
point1)(MacKenzieG.,JesseH.,MorganB.,KristinaH.)
2. Understand through experience all the concepts of research that we have
previously discussed in class and from our homework. (page 2 vocabulary)
(KristinaH.,MorganB.,JesseH.,MacKenzieG.)
3. Ashlynwillwanttosee/Wantustoseeourbegginingofcoursewritingand
researchlevel,andbeabletocompareittoourendingwritingandresearch,to
seeusgrowaswritersandresearchers.Evidencefromassignment:reflection
sheetWhatareyouparticularlyproudofinthispaper?Whatwouldyou
rewrite/reviseifyouhadmoretime?(RadhaP,ValSosa,AmaliaStriker)

4. Anothervaluethatyoucouldcomebywhendoingthisassignmentistoopenyour
perspectiveandpointofviewstoseehowothersviewyouchosentopicof
interestsoyoucanunderstandhowandwhypeoplecreateandhavetheir
perceptions.(RadhaP,ValSosa,AmaliaStriker)
5. Adifferentwaytoanalyzeandunderstandtheassignmentsheet.
6. Learn a more effective way to conduct research on a topic (Linkal Edgeston,Leenora
Arnold,CaylaMoore,Kaci)
7. Learntobecomebetteratmanagingourtime.(RyanParr,SerenitySpring,Ben
Hartman,KenKardos,JenniferTobon)
a. Refertoduedatesonpage2
8. Pickingatopicthatmakesitcleartothereaderthatweareinterestedandactually
gettinginformationoutofit.(RyanParr,SerenitySpring,BenHartman,KenKardos,
JenniferTobon)
a. RefertoFirstpage,endofthefirstparagraph

9.V:SpellingandGrammar.Evidence:Yousaidthisduringthe3rdclass
10. V: Choosing something that youre interested in, without worrying if other people are
interested.Evidence:Repeatedinclassseveraltimes