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The Semiotic Method: A Primer

The Semiotic Method: A Primer. English 205 Monday August 29. Today. Agenda. Time’s Person of the Year. Quiz Attendance Surveys Community Guidelines Processing Rubric and Cynthia’s essay. Our Community Guidelines. Quiz Question 1.

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The Semiotic Method: A Primer

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  1. The Semiotic Method: A Primer English 205 Monday August 29

  2. Today Agenda Time’s Person of the Year Quiz Attendance Surveys Community Guidelines Processing Rubric and Cynthia’s essay

  3. Our Community Guidelines

  4. Quiz Question 1 • How many hours a week—at a minimum—should you expect to spend on this class beyond the time you actually spend in the classroom? • 49.5 • 8.0 • 2.0 • 4.8 • All of the above added together and divided by the square root of infinity.

  5. Practicing the Semiotic Method Diagram How You Might Apply the Semiotic Method to the Toyota Prius Start somewhere on your paper with a circle with the Prius in it—then go from there! Try to employ key terms and methods into your visual representation of the method.

  6. Quiz Question 2 • Which of the following is an example of an ideology? • A. We should evaluate corporate success based on the profitability of the corporation. • B. Race offers us a common sense way to to judge and evaluate each other. • C. A college education is a necessary preparation for career and professional success. • D. Government should be as small and inexpensive as possible. • E. All of the above

  7. Wickipedia What is the basic critique of Wikipedia that college professors make of it in the context of writing papers for college courses? What are some examples of the kind of academic sources that would fulfill the expectations of academic graders like college professors? Where are some places you can go to find those sources?

  8. Quiz Question #3 • Which of the following is not a key learning resource that you will use in this course? • A. Signs of Life in the USA • B. thescienceofsigns.com • C. Blackboard • D. A course binder • E. Learning Groups

  9. Diagnostics Not a grade Just a guide for things to work on Focus on link between one Sol concept and the product Closely examine details of product Interpret and explain those details Integrate short, cited quotes/paraphrases Sentence variety, concision, active voice, and grammar Sample response

  10. Developing Our Paper Topics Do an analysis of Cynthia’s topic and iterations in the sample essay provided last week. Identify her topic and then list the iterations that she chose to write about. Compare her choices to your own—in what ways might you want to adjust your approach given how Cynthia approached it? What ways have you approached that Cynthia did not choose that you think are actually pretty good ideas that you want to stick with?

  11. Quiz Question #4 • Which of the following is NOT a basic principle of the semiotic method? • A. interpret signs within their relevant relationships and systems • B. move beyond denotative to connotative meanings • C. you must abandon your own beliefs to write a semiotic analysis • D. social realities are constructs based on cultural mythologies or value systems.

  12. Beginning the Drafting Process Use the rubric to analyze a body paragraph from Cynthia’s paper. How does the sample essay meet the criteria for focus and support presented in the rubric (or if it does not in the paragraph that you read, explain how you think the paper misses the mark). Your goal is to understand what is expected of you for the draft that you are putting together for Wednesday (first 250 words of body paragraphs) Drafting Your Product Analysis

  13. Quiz Question #5 T or F: our relationship with the media is only one way

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