Writing the sr2 of Hawken’s “You are brilliant…”
Refer to the “What is an sr2” page on Canvas. (Go to “Pages” and select this one.) Follow the steps outlined there.

a. Read the text at least twice.
i. On first reading, what did you notice? Mark up the text with a pencil. What appealed to you? What did you have questions about? What didn’t you understand? What stories can you tell that confirm or deny what Hawken is saying?
ii. Read it again, being more analytical. What’s the rhetorical situation? How do you know? Who’s the audience? How do you know? What are Hawken’s main claims? How does he support them? Wait—who’s he to begin with? Why should you pay attention to him?
iii. Talk about it with classmates. How would they summarize it? What rhetorical devices did they notice?

b. After you’ve gathered your own thoughts as well as those of others who have also read the text, begin a draft.
i. Write your first sentences. Identify the text by author and title and give an overview or preview of your main impression based on your critical analysis.
ii. Summarize the text in a paragraph or so.
iii. Identify the author (what’s his “ethos,” his authority to talk about his topic?), the rhetorical situation, the audience, the purpose.
iv. Discuss the language devices—from structure to diction to tone and vocabulary, and everything else you notice about how he used language to influence your thinking. Discuss them in several paragraphs as needed.
v. Conclude with a one- or two-sentence summary of your work.

c. Let the draft sit for at least a couple of hours, or overnight. It’s like marinating meat. If you have a chance, let a classmate look at your draft with you and makes suggestions. Or go to the Writing Center in LI 208 and have them help you refine your ideas, your organization, and your word choice.

d. Revise your draft so that you feel good about turning it in. Be sure it’s in the format described on the Home Page on Canvas—typed, double-spaced, 11- or 12-point Times New Roman or Garamond font, with page numbers and a “submittal block” on the first page.
CHAPTER FOUR
You Are Brilliant and
the Earth Is Hirlng
Paul Hawken

You are going to have to figure out what it
means to be a human being on earth at a
time when every living system is declining,
and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind
of a mind-boggling situation . . . but not one
peer-reviewed paper published in the last
thirty years can refute that statement. Basi-
cally, civilization needs a new operating sys-
tem, you are the programmers, and we need
it within a few decades.

This planet came with a set of instruc-
tions, but we seem to have misplaced them.
Important rules like don’t poison the water,
soil, or air, don’t let the earth get oE