WRITING for REAL:
Rhetorics of the Service-Learning Contact Zone

 

Appendix Contents
Examples of Students' Community Writing Projects

 

Reflective Journal

Journal Entries, 1-3

Audience: self and instructor

Agency Affiliate: Hamilton Middle School

Student writer: Rebecca Evans

Reflective Essay

Mother Hubbard's Cupboard

Audience: general community

Agencies: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration

Commission, Community and Family Resources Department,

City of Bloomington, Indiana and Mother Hubbard's Cupboard

Student writer: Elizabeth R. Cole

Fact Sheet

Baylands Nature Center Scavenger Hunt

Audience: young children

Agency: Baylands Nature Interpretive Center

Student writer: Jennifer Washington

Brochure

Landmine Awareness

Audience: adults, general public

Agency: American Red Cross

Student Writer: Jessica Gray

Web Page

Home Safety Plan

Audience: children and adults, general public

Agency: The Palo Alto Fire Department

Student Writer: Jordi Feliu

Report

Water Quality: Tap Water

in Indicators for a Sustainable San Mateo County: A Yearly Report Card on Our County's Quality of Life, May 2001

Audience: adults, public officials and general public

Agency: Sustainable San Mateo County

Student Writer: Jenny Bernstein

Newsletter Article

An Inside Look at Platelet Donation

Audience: adults, previous and potential platelet donors

Agency: Stanford Blood Center

Student Writer: Andrew Goldfarb

Grant Letter

Audience: grants management board

Agency: Helping After Neonatal Death

Student Writer: Adryon Burton

Academic Research Paper (short)

Grass or Astroturf: Environmental Groups and Corporate Sponsorship

Audience: primary - instructor classmates; secondary - agency

Agency Affiliate: Bay Area Action

Student Writer: Rebecca Freeland

Academic Research Paper (long)

Landmines: Distant Killers

Audience: primary - instructor classmates; secondary - agency

Agency Affiliate: American Red Cross

Student Writer: Jessica Gray