Unit III

Whom do you want to reach? CJ Russel

What is your audience's background - their education and life experiences?  Home schooled, and he always loved to skate.

What are their interests? Skateboarding and music.

Is there any demographic information that you should keep in mind? Nope, we get along on almost everything, and we are both mixed.

What political circumstances may affect their reading?  Maybe the fact we (skater) think its okay to skate at different spots b/c we arent stuck up and we wont sue anybody (unless that skater is stuck up)

What does your audience already know- or  believe - about your topic?  Everything I know and maybe more.

What's your relationship with your audiencee, and how does it affect your language and tone? Good friends and skate buddies.

What does your audience need and expect from you? Some questions for a report.

What kind of responce do you want? A real and true response.

How can you best appeal to your audience?  Using some skater terms and personal history we both can relate to.

Unit III

What is your genre, and does it affect what content you can or should include? My genre is a class paper, modern history, and technically my genre requires you to skateboard and attend the skatepark regularly and to be local, otherwise most of the genre I am writing about will not be accurate. so yes some things cannot be allowed in my paper because some of the material is explicit.

Does your genre call for any specific STRATEGIES? Yes, great communication skills,  have to be able to see the bigger picture, also have to be able to expect things as is because there might not be a bigger picture, and some narration.

Does your genre require a certain organization?  Not really, just as long as it flows well you're pretty much good.

Does your genre affect your tone?  Yes, I have to be careful when I use skater terms due to the fact that I have multiple audiences and I need to be aware that not everyone doesnt skate at the level I do. So explanation about the terms would help.

Does the genre require formal (or informal) language?  Formal. I am talking to an educated crowd and also my teacher for a grade so I definitely wouldn't use slang such as "mad crazy" or "that was fire"

Do you have a choice of medium? No, its to be posted on our blog.

Does your genre have any design requirements? Yes, paragraphs in a laid back thesis format.

Compare A&G

1st page 2 paragraph - What you write, how much you write, how you phrase it, even your choice of GENRE (memo, essay, email, note, speech) - all are influenced by the audience you envision. And your audience will interpret your writing according to their expectations and experiences.  Basically this paragraph gives us insite that genre and audience are one in 2 different names because depending on who you talk to you have to change up the game so that you get the outcome you are looking for.  Like for a teacher a paper, your girlfriend a love letter, your mom a sweet note, your boss a memo, ect.

So What Who Cares?

No I dont believe she stated the reason why her audience should care about her topic. Because in her statement she uses scientists as her argument. She should have a deeper point to the issue such as some kind of personal experience or something legit that we could grasp onto.  In a way its like she is stating things we already know.  

Unit Two Piece

I am still trying to find a legit arguement for my piece but I feel that I could use the fact that even though horrible graffiti and crimes occur at the Skate Park the other 95% of the time is spent having fun, training, and spectating other people.  So my argument would be the Skate Park despite its downfalls has its large perks that could be easily over looked for our youth because they are our future.  Also, parents and the government cares.  My audience would definitely be the older generation and the government since they are (at the moment) making the large decisions about the city.

Questions

1. Where were you and what did you think when the Dew Flow tour came to Louisville?  When compteting how did it end, and who were the judges?  Was the winner circle fair?
2. Where did you get your first set up and what was it?: shoes, board, trucks, bearings, wheels, loose or tight?
3.When did you actually go the the skatepark?
4. How long did you skate before the skate park open?
5. Who was your first sponsor and who are you sponsored by now?
6. Do you have any amazing stories you would like to tell me about that you remember at the skate park? What about the time you got baptized?

What did you want to find out? I want to figure out what the skate park means to my interviewees.

What is the primary goal of this history?  So I may be enlightened about the skate park in a way i didnt know about.

Oral History

On the first page of the comic oral history is taking place because one of the mice was telling the other that he doesn't eat anything. And the mouse replied with his history about past eating experiences and how his father wouldn't allow him to leave the dinner table unless he didn't eat his food, and if that didn't happen his father would save it until he ate it or starve.  and this corresponds to "What is Oral History" in the website.