Section: Module 2: Lesson 2: Profile: Telling a Rich and Compelling Story | Writing for Health Sciences | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Identify and explain the characteristics of profile writing and how the genre has developed.
- Read and profile in various rhetorical and cultural contexts, identifying genre conventions, and comment on the interaction between the author, subject, and audience.
- Plan and conduct primary and secondary research, compose an email that meets professional standards, synthesize research findings to create a written profile, give and receive constructive feedback, and revise a draft in response to feedback.
- Apply editing strategies, consistent use of verbs, profile genre conventions for structure, paragraphing, tone, and mechanics, and evaluate one's text according to a given standard.
- Read and analyze profiles with specific historical and cultural contexts and reflect on composing processes' development and how they affect the final product.
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Required Learning Resources and Activities
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Instructions:
Read the questions carefully. Make sure you understand what the question is asking.
Gather your thoughts. What do you know about the topic of the question? What are your thoughts and opinions on the matter?
Write a brief outline of your response. This will help you to organize your thoughts and make sure you cover all of the important points.
Write your response. Be sure to answer the question directly and provide evidence to support your claims.
Proofread your response. Make sure there are no errors in grammar or spelling.
Be open to feedback. Ask your classmates for feedback on your responses. This will help you to improve your writing skills and learn from your mistakes.
Here are some additional tips for answering discussion questions:
Be clear and concise. Your response should be easy to understand and follow.
Use evidence to support your claims. This could include quotes from the text, statistics, or your own personal experiences.
Be respectful of other people's opinions. Even if you disagree with someone, you can still be respectful of their point of view.
Questions
Now that you have read the information provided in the chapter thus far, what do you think are the differences between a profile and a memoir or biography?
Why might you include or exclude your own voice or experiences in the profile you write?
Given that many of her subjects are historical figures, how do you think Chambers found the information for the profiles included in her book? How would research on someone who lived in the past differ from research on a living person?
How is the profile genre uniquely suited to showcase the idea of courage or some other admirable trait?
What profiles have you encountered that have inspired you? How have they done so? If you haven’t read any inspiring profiles, what subjects—people, places, or events—would you like to see profiled? Why?
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Instructions:
- Read the questions carefully. Make sure you understand what the question is asking.
- Gather your thoughts. What do you know about the topic of the question? What are your thoughts and opinions on the matter?
- Write a brief outline of your response. This will help you to organize your thoughts and make sure you cover all of the important points.
- Write your response. Be sure to answer the question directly and provide evidence to support your claims.
- Proofread your response. Make sure there are no errors in grammar or spelling.
- Be open to feedback. Ask your classmates for feedback on your responses. This will help you to improve your writing skills and learn from your mistakes.
Here are some additional tips for answering discussion questions:
- Be clear and concise. Your response should be easy to understand and follow.
- Use evidence to support your claims. This could include quotes from the text, statistics, or your own personal experiences.
- Be respectful of other people's opinions. Even if you disagree with someone, you can still be respectful of their point of view.
Questions
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How does the title both focus the scope and signal the angle of this blog post?
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How effective is Hayden’s angle in this piece? Provide evidence for your assessment.
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In what ways might Hayden, as librarian of Congress, have developed this profile further or differently?
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How might you revise this piece to fit into a “profiles in courage” collection targeted at a more general audience?
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How do the first and last paragraphs work differently from the other paragraphs in the text? How do Hayden’s choices for these paragraphs affect the cohesiveness of the profile she has written?
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IMPORTANT
Make sure to carefully read and follow the instructions while completing the tasks. Once you have finished activities 5.5 and 5.6, proceed to section 5.7 Evaluation: Text as Personal Introduction. This section provides rubric tools for self-evaluation and evaluating the work of your classmates. After completing the evaluation, move on to section 5.8 Spotlight on … Profiling a Cultural Artifact, where you will encounter new challenges to showcase your content. Finally, go to section 5.9 Portfolio: Subject as a Reflection of Self to find useful tools, recommendations, and reflections for creating your portfolio. Afterward, move on to the next Module.
Now, let's get started! Using the following template, share your tasks, taking into account the order of the different sections detailed chronologically.
Summary of Assignment: A Profile in Courage or Other Admirable Trait
For this assignment, you will develop an essay that profiles the courage—or another admirable aspect—of someone or something associated with your college campus. You will create a profile of a person, group, place, or event that exemplifies the admirable aspect as you define it. For your profile, you will conduct the specific kinds of research done by profile writers: interviews, field research, and secondary research from credible sources.
Once you have compiled your research, you will decide on the focus and angle of your piece, then plan and develop your draft. You will also participate in peer review to receive guidance for any needed revisions. Throughout the process, you will focus on developing an essay that shows readers how your subject exemplifies the admirable trait you have chosen.
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Practice with Verb Tense Consistency
Depending on your writing context, you may be asked to write mainly in either the past or the present tense. For example, MLA style asks writers to refer to textual materials in the present tense, even though they have already been written.
With a peer partner, practice choosing the most effective verb forms in the following sentences. Complete the exercise twice—once for a text written mainly in the present tense and once again for a text written mainly in the past tense. Because events happen at different times, you may have a combination of tenses.
Carla D. Hayden (writes, wrote) ________ about John Lewis’s courageous stance against injustice when he (led, leads) the Selma protests.
People throughout the country (admire, admired) ________ John Lewis and (mourn, mourned) ________ his death.
In 1995, Hayden (receives, received) ________ the Librarian of the Year Award, and in 2016, she (is, was) ________ listed by Fortune magazine as one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders.
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