Nate+reflection

Below, I have described and given examples of how I applied the course goals in creating my project on the Civil Air Patrol. I chose to focus on my flyer for the audience/purpose goal, on my diary entry for the language and genre goal, my power point for the critical evidence goal, my brochure for the print/non-print goal, and power point a second time for the writing process goal.
 * 1) **Audience/purpose goal. ** For this goal, I  chose to focus on my flyer. The purpose of my project was to advertise what the Civil Air Patrol or CAP is , and I thought a flyer would be a good way to do it. When designing my flyer I kept in mind that I wanted to grab someone’s interest and keep it long enough for them to read the whole flyer. To do this I made it colorful and kept the phrases short so it didn’t take too long to read. The most important information was put in a very brightly colored box so if nothing else the reader’s attention would be drawn to it, and he/she would at least read it. Also keeping in mind that pictures are a good way to convey a lot of information fast, I added some of them to it.
 * 2) **Language and genre conventions goal. ** For this goal, I chose to focus on my diary entry. During my research on how to create a diary entry there were 3 things that stood out to me that made it interesting. They were: first person point of view, descriptive words, and attention to details. When I wrote my diary I made sure to write it in first person point of view, and add as many details as I could. To keep the readers interested I used descriptive words in as many areas as I could. For example when talking about checking the airplane I mentioned the specific parts that we had to check.
 * 3) **Critical/evidence goal. ** For this goal, I chose to focus on my power point. During my research I found that not many people know what CAP is. They have no idea what it has to offer or why to join it. So the main purpose of my power point was to first tell them what it is, and then tell them all the things you can get out of it. I also found in my research where people tried to say CAP was not a worthwhile organization. So in my power point I tried to include evidence and ideas to counter that thought.
 * 4) **Print/non-Print goal. ** For this goal, I chose to focus on my brochure. A brochure is a small pamphlet with a limited amount of space. So I needed to research and find several key points from multiple sources and condense them together into a small area. This helps me compose in a variety of media by giving me experience in picking out important information to use in any genre.
 * 5) **Writing process goal. ** For this goal, I chose to use my power point. It was very important to use the writing process for this genre because of its size. First I had to make an outline in order to make sure I had all the information I wanted in it. Next, I made a rough draft and brought it in for peer review. They suggested changing a few of the animations and transitions from longer ones to shorter less complicated ones. This was very good, since that was the part I was having trouble with. Finally I wrote and submitted a rough draft.
 * Reflection. **When I first started this project at the beginning of the year, I was kind of worried since I am not a very good writer. But as I worked through the project I found it was designed in a way as to make it easier than a normal project. Besides the confusing parts, it was very easy to do. It made me think more about why I am doing the project and who I intend to have read it. It made me look deeper into my subject than I had ever before. I had to pick out small details and decide what information would go into which genre. The only part I did not like was all the side papers and extra things one the side that needed to be done. While some of these papers were helpful, a lot of them just got in the way and took time out of my project and other classes. Some of the helpful papers were some of the FAQI sheets, Characteristics and criteria, and the peer review sheets. Overall, I learned a lot about how to modify things into different writings and how to form it for a specific purpose and audience.