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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: white;">Welcome and Essential Questions</span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Welcome to Unit 1 Session 1.&nbsp; This session is focused on writing for application.&nbsp; This time next year you&rsquo;ll be entering college or the workforce.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a great time to work on your &ldquo;writing for application&rdquo; skills.&nbsp; Writing for application, simply put, is any time you&rsquo;re writing to a person or organization that you&rsquo;d like to be more involved with&mdash;a college, an employer, a scholarship committee, etc.&nbsp; </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Your job is to impress them with your skills and convince them that you&rsquo;re a person they&rsquo;d like to know more about.&nbsp; Examples of the genre include college application essays, resumes, and cover letters.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Here are some essential questions we'll consider through our work in this session:</span></p>
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<li>Are some elements of context (purpose, subject, audience, andsituation) more important than the others? Why or why not?</li>
<li>What criteria do I use to evaluate if my communication or the communication of other is effective?</li>
<li>How do I use the parameters of this high-stakes writing situation to my advantage?</li>
<li>What questions do I need to ask myself and others to analyze the context of this writing?</li>
<li>Does my writing show my audience (i.e., readers) that I am a potential&nbsp; or needed asset to their institution or organization?&nbsp;</li>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Click to the next screen to begin.</span></p>
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