Voices of Modern Culture

Presenting Two of My VoicesSUGGESTED Learning Strategies: Brainstorming, DraftingEmbeddedAssessment 2AssignmentYour assignment is to write two original texts that reflect two distinctivevoices you possess. You will share one of the two in an oral presentation.Each text should demonstrate how you present yourself in two differentcontexts, roles, or subcultures.StepsPrewriting1. Review your notes about your culture and the groups (subcultures) towhich you belong. Look back at your brainstorming about voices youpossess and the graphic organizer in which you described the ways youspeak and the topics you normally discuss.2. Choose two voices or roles you would be willing to share.3. Now, begin brainstorming new ideas for your two pieces by consideringthe people you might address in each role. Are there particularindividuals you speak to often using a specific voice? Or might yourpieces represent the thoughts in your head (an interior monologue)rather than be directed to a specific individual?4. Once you have identified two roles or voices, topics, and an audience,consider your purpose and select appropriate genres in which toshowcase your ideas.© 2011 College Board. All rights reserved.Drafting5. In an authentic voice, craft a rough draft of each piece. Consider yourdiction, tone, imagery and syntax. The two pieces you create should bedistinctly different in style, content, context, and voice.6. Consider which voice would be most appealing as an oral presentation toan audience of your peers, and which voice you might prefer to present inwriting.7. In your oral presentation, you might include a formal introduction, or youmight begin by hooking your audience by opening your presentation “incharacter.” In either case, be sure you demonstrate the voice in your draftrather than simply describing it.Unit 1 • Voices of Modern Culture 49