In class we talked about the organization for you paper + what you would put in each section.
Sections = introduction, discussion to introduce/set up your data, analysis of your data, conclusion (what it will take for you to join your chosen Discourse community). We patterned these sections and what goes in them (roughly) on Mirabelli's essay (Monday, April 3). The particular organization for your essay will depend on your Discourse community.
Discussing Discourse communities: We looked at the assignment sheet = to establish what needed to go into this essay, and we referred back to the blogs on Gee (Thursday, March 29) and on Swales (Monday, April 3) to help you with your descriptions of "identity toolkits" associated with Discourse communities (Gee) + the overall features of Discourse communities (Swales)
We checked in with each of you to make sure you had someone to interview, and talked about where to get documents. I emphasized that you should choose documents that will be useful for you. Pick something that you will probably have to write - and that will give information about your Discourse community. To find documents - you might go to the professional web sites and look around for writing samples by your community. You might also check out forums to see what folks write/talk about.
For next class:continue data collection and begin analysis of data
review + "tweak" format for discourse project essay (keep planning your organization, identifying what information you will need, re-reading the articles and the assignment sheet to familiarize yourself with the language you will need for the essay and update your research plan.
In class we will have one-on-one conferences on discourse community projects= come to class with enough material so you can work.
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