At first WP3 intimidated me. I was incredibly nervous for
this writing project because I wasn’t sure what we were essentially being asked
to do. After two classes and numerous questions, I’m not nervous about it
anymore (this happens whenever we are given an assignment). I’m actually really
excited to write this WP, I think it’ll be fun.
For the WP3 I chose Option 1. The scholarly article that I chose for my WP3 was on Preliminary Effectiveness of Surviving the Teens Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness Program on Adolescents’ Suicidality and Self-Efficacy in Performing Help-Seeking Behaviors. Essentially what that means is, a group of people researched how effective this program was for teens. They performed this study through a survey they had teens in the program take right before they entered it, right after they finished it, and three months after they finished it.
The pieces I plan on taking from my article to create new genre’s with are the actual experiment--so the survey part--as well as the topic of the article. I think the survey portion of the article is the most important because it’s sort of the whole reason the writers wrote the article. They conducted an experiment and had to write this research paper on what they did, why they did it, and the results of it. I also think the actual topic is important because it shows what the writers are interested in or care about.
For my first genre, I’m going to create a young adult magazine survey. Usually you find these in teen magazines about silly topics like “What ice cream flavor are you” or “Are you Justin Bieber’s biggest fan?” I was thinking for my survey to do it on something teens could relate too. I’m going to make a survey on “Should you ask your crush to the dance?” This will have girly colors, and pictures that correlate to the topic. It’ll range from 8-12 questions, and there will be results at the end depending on the answers chosen by the reader. The questions will be simple with three choices for answers, that way I can range it from “He’s totally feelings you, go for it” to “Red light. He may be into someone else. Maybe a group thing for the dance?” Usually these surveys are fun and whimsical, so I’m going to try to make it as Tiger-Beat-esque and girly-ish as possible. I want it to be something a 13 year old girl would actually do to see if she should ask the cute guy from English class to the dance.
For my second genre, I’m going to create a magazine article you’d find in a magazine for parents. This will be not so colorful and childish. It’ll have more calm, pastel or neutral colors and not as many pictures and graphics. My article will be called “10 Signs of Depression to Look for in Your Teen” (I might change the number of signs). It’ll start off with a subheading of the sign, and then below it’ll have some details about the sign and what it means. Typically, these articles would contain resources for where to get help and support group info for parents dealing with the same issue as well. It’ll also include references from the information, so the readers don’t think some lunatic made it all up. I’m going to try to get as close to the full layout of a magazine article as possible. I might do this as an online article or one in an actual magazine but I’m not entirely sure yet.
Your WP ideas sound a lot like mine! I also thought of writing a tween magazine survey type of thing because those always catch my attention even now and I always want to take them, so I feel like making them would be just as fun. I’m actually super stuck on the older audience article. I have an idea of what I want to do but I’m not entirely sure either but I was thinking of making a quiz also but geared towards an older audience. Your ideas sound way better than mine and I think it’s really cool that you are doing two completely different things for your younger and older audiences. I didn’t want to go too outside the box because I am afraid of missing the point of the assignment but you are definitely heading in the right direction. Maybe you could help me figure out the assignment. I’m still really confused and need direction like yours.
ReplyDeleteGirl, I feel your pain. I was confused at first too, but I’m slowly starting to understand the prompt. It seems like a lot of fun and I’m excited to see what kind of creative stuff everyone comes up with. Your topic is very unique because you didn’t go with the general topic of suicide itself, but rather you’re talking about a particular suicide prevention program. I liked how descriptive you were being with your ideas because it showed that you really thought this through. I was planning on doing a teen-magazine type quiz as well, so I’m excited to see all the colors and cute designs we’ll come up with. Your adult magazine article seems very spot on with the particular conventions of an adult magazine that you described. I’m just a little confused on how the “crush quiz” is relevant to the academic work. Are you not incorporating your topic into your quiz, but you’re actually just using the essence of your article being very survey focused, so you chose to do a quiz-type genre?
ReplyDeleteSame girl sameeeee. I was intimidated by WP3 prompts. I enjoyed reading your plan of WP3 because it’s interesting that you picked the survey part as the “big take away.” Looks like you have specific plans for this WP3 already! Awesome. I wonder what the questions are going to be. Maybe it could be “Do you make eye contact with him a lot?” or like, “Is he MORE nice to you than other girls?” or something like that lol. I like that you are doing adult magazine article too. The color choices are one of the differences that we can find between teen and adult magazines—nice analyses of conventions of each genre. I’m excited to see your outcome! Nice plan!
ReplyDeleteThis project was super intimidating especially after seeing how much room we had to do it, but then when I realized how creative we can get, and once all my questions were answered, I got super excited. First off, the academic piece you chose is so interesting to me, and there is so many routes to go with it, which makes your choices so interesting. I love the way you were inspired to pick it the way you told me in class, "What would my younger siblings and cousins read?" vs. "What would my Mom read?" I think that is a smart way to look at it. The magazine for your younger magazine is so great, girls eat up those quizzes, because it is so relevant to their lives, so I think it was a smart choice, and it's not what you would expect based on your academic piece but the correlation is a visible so way to get creative. I think your choice for the older audience is a great one too, I like the way that they both come from magazines. What I love even more is the way you showed that you understood how these will look different and why the way they look makes them appeal to the audience it does. I feel like depression in teens is a very important issue that needs to be addresses which is why I really admire the approach you are taking for the older audience piece. I also like that you understood, depression maybe be inappropriate to discuss with a younger audience so you chose a different route right off the bat. I am noticing a lot of smart moves here. You have a strong topic, very interesting and creative ideas for your genres, and you're excited, so I think you got this! Good Luck!
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ReplyDeleteAs I was reading your 2nd paragraph, I thought—ooooo, I hope she uses the same survey that the researchers used in some way. And, boom—“the pieces I plan on taking from my article to create new genre’s with are the actual experiment--so the survey part”—the writing gods heard my prayers!
And my next thought (I swear) was: those self-quizzes in teen/tween magazine would be a perfect, and then, boo bam x2! You said it! I’m feeling lucky; I might have to drive over to Vegas after I post this. (Or maybe I’ll just take the doggies for a walk.)
OK, so silliness aside: yes, great idea. However, I think I’d like to steer you in a different area for your older genre—I don’t love the idea of you doing two magazine-related pieces. I understand that they’re tailored to two different audiences, and thus have their own sets of conventions—and I know you understand that too—but I want you to think JUST a bit more outside-the-box. What other genres do older folks (age 21+) read/write that could, somehow, purposefully capture the essence or “big ideas” of this experiment on teenage depression?
I think I’m making a good “teacher move” here, but if you feel otherwise, please let me know. In the meantime, consider: what in this scholarly piece merits being “brought to life” for an older audience? Then consider: what genre is most suitable for achieving that?
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