Webtext Expansion Ideas

Sections:

      - Why Worry: I think I might need one or two more reasons to add to this section to make a                  

       better connection to my audience, and would definitely make my point more clear. I have not

       identified any experts. I haven't used any statistics and there are no words that need to be

       defined.

      - How Did They Become Endangered: Adding a few more details to this section will make it

       stronger. I haven't introduced any experts. I do have some statistics and no terms really need

       to be defined.

      - How Can They Be Saved: This section needs to be extended more there are too little ideas

       and not enough explanation.

      - What Can You Do to Help and Conclusion seem fine.

Questions:

      - Topic Sentence: Why worry section needs one as well as How did they become endangered.

      - No lists provided

Visuals:

      - Yes i offer captions related to my topic

      - I have not explained the photos in the text at all.

      - I have not discussed the significance to my main point

Structure: 

      - Don't have any anchor texts

Also want to add somewhere the escape of the animals in Ohio the past year, and still need to add my field research. This will add to my word count and give me more places to add anchor texts.

Titles

Noun phrase: The Tiger Endangerment
Verb phrase: Discovering the Problems of the Endangerment of Tigers
How to fragments: How to Prevent Tiger Extinction
Questions: Can Wild Tiger Populations be Saved From Extinction?
Sub-titles: Tiger's Plight: Saving Them From the Brink of Extinction

Tiger Cub Photos

Pape, D. (2008). Panthera_tigris_altaica_09_-_Buffalo_Zoo [Photograph], Retrieved March 29, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dpape/2733495541/

I could use this image to display how tiger cubs depend on their mothers to survive. They follow everything their mothers do because that is all they know at the time.

Ashurst, R. (2010). Sumatran Tiger [Photograph], Retrieved March 29, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/-wichid/4737551453/in/photostream

I'm not sure yet how i could use this but i like that it shows a lone tiger cub which could help my claim of their dependence at early ages.

Elena grabbing a cub [Photograph]. (2011). Retrieved April 3, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/6242314979/in/pool-1317235@N25/

I might use this picture to portray how a mother takes care of her cub.

Lymm, C. (2009). Siberian Tiger Cub & Mum (2) [Photograph], Retrieved April 3, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cml1674/3335097781/

I might use this to show that a mom is vital in the growth not physically but maturity in a tiger cub.

Momma's boy [Photograph]. (2011). Retrieved April 3, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gkrishna/5708878781/

Not yet sure how i would use this.

You shouldnt do that with so many people watching us! [Photograph]. (2011). Retrieved April 3, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/6533105491/

I could use this one to show the importance of how a mother's discipline is important in the development of its' cubs.

Jewell, N. (2009). Family Feast [Photograph], Retrieved April 3, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52181535@N00/3167709195/

I could use this photo to show the need of a mother in order for cubs to learn how to hunt their prey.

tigers [Photograph]. (2010) Retrieved April 3, 2012 from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/18252321@N02/4575837040/

Not sure how i would use this one, but i think it shows the relationship between a mother and her cub well.

Homework March 29

For my audio slideshow i would like to focus on mother tigers and their cubs and how the near extinction of tigers affects them. Mainly focusing how hard it is for tigers cubs to survive in a world where they are constantly being hunted, and how a cub can be affected when growing up alone.

Research Protocol

For my field research i will be observing tigers at either Lincoln Park Zoo or Brookfield Zoo and hopefully will be able to talk to either a zoologist, wildlife ecologist, or biologist as well. I choose this because i find that not only hearing from an expert but actually observing it myself would be the best research to do for my project and will also help me to establish better credibility. I will go to the zoo and observe the tigers for maybe an hour or so. After doing this i will talk to someone from either of the three professions i mentioned above about the tigers behaviors being in captivity. I want to learn about if tigers go extinct in the wild and the only tigers left are ones in captivity how their behaviors will affect how they react to changes that bring them back into the wild to rebuild the wild tiger population, and how it will affect future generations of tigers.

Homework Response 3/18

A printed essay should be formal and a podcast more casual. Also printed essays should go more into detail. These differences occur because when writing it should be more formal and it is easier to go into detail with statistics and such because the reader can easily go back and find the exact spot they need without any trouble. Also it is written so that people can easily go back and make notes while podcasts are made to quickly inform and maybe lead to sources that will go more in depth like written essays do. With podcasts they can be more casual because it is more like an everyday conversation you would have with someone, not too casual though avoiding slang and using proper grammar are a must, if not credibility is lost and it becomes too informal.

February 21, 2012 Midterm

     Throughout Phase One I have learned much about how important the rhetorical situation can be in my writing. In the past I have always focused on what matters to myself and myself only. I only ever thought about my audience in one paper of mine, to appeal to their emotions. I would say that that paper I wrote, thinking about how my audience would react to what I wrote, was my best piece of work by far. For this project I am emotionally close to my topic and I have been focusing more on how I would like to get as much information about tigers out there as I can, but my problem is I am not thinking about my audience. Because I care so much about the topic I am disregarding, not purposely, how important the rhetorical situation is to my writing.

     

     I believe my main problem is that I am still researching to broad of an area and need to narrow it down even more to get more detailed information that will help me to choose a more specific audience and focus my writing even more. I noticed when I started writing my web-text I was having great difficulty with where I should start it and even what information was most important to put into it that I had to stop. I think I need to organize my research more in order to make my choices for the rhetorical situation even better and to help my audience really connect with what I am trying to get across. 

     

     As for fonts and colors I still have to choose some that I think will relate to my topic to make my audience connect with my piece. I also plan on using my images in this way as well. I feel that using images to appeal to the emotions of my readers will help them really connect to what I am saying and give them the same outlook as me on my subject, but I also know not to appeal to emotion too much because they might see my text as too extreme and not be interested in what I have to say. Throughout this course so far I have learned how important my decisions affect how people view not only me but my writing as well. These opinions will greatly affect how they will react to my writing. I want to make sure that they react in a positive way, or the way I want them to, in order to get my point across correctly. Utilizing the rhetorical situation in the right way will help me immensely.