The process of writing/ENGA101/Things to consider before writing/E-activity-start

Challenge summary

Summary:	Reflection and justification of the choices you make when writing for different audiences.
	1 - 2 hours
	Linked to assessment

Digging deeper into the reasons behind the infomation and language we use when writing texts

Start here

Stimulus resources

1. Texts written in the microblog activity.
2. Take home message from Matt Abrahams' video.
3. Knowledge acquired through your reading of Section 1.1.1 Understanding how conversations change over time, Section 1.1.2 What to think about when writing for a particular audience, Section 2.3.1 Consider your audience, and Section 3.5.2 Use language that is sensitive to your audience from the English Composition I course available from Saylor Academy:

Purpose

Now we'll dig deeper into how the factors mentioned in this learning pathway affect your writing. The purpose of this learning challenge is to:

• Make you think about and explain why each text is appropriate for each audience.
• Make you think about how different audiences have different expectations.
• Make you consider how thinking before writing improves the clarity and effectiveness of your message.