June 6

For writing into the day, we made a list of discourse communities with which we are involved (see PowerPoint slide 59).

Then, we completed the Writing Domains activity (see slides 60-62 on the PowerPoint).

These two activities are designed to help us think about what we might write about for the Discourse Communities Comparison.  When you are deciding what to write about for the Discourse Communities Comparison, you might start with the writing into the day and choose a community first.  Or, you might go to the Writing Domains activity and being with the genre of writing first.

In small groups, we wrote the “rules” for writing a text message and why these “rules” are followed.

As a class we wrote the following on the board:

We talked about which “rules” are always true regardless of the audience.  Some rules are always true simply because of the expectations of the genre and because of the device being used (be brief, for example).  Other "rules" change based on the community in which you are taking.

Then, in the same groups, we make a list of “rules” for a checklist and then answered the questions on slide 65 of the PowerPoint.

Homework:

• Post your daybook reflection (make sure it’s from this week)
• Read “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents (Framing the Reading)” (on Moodle)
• Read “Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents” based on your group number (on Moodle)
• Group 1: Rhetors
• Group 2: Audience
• Group 3: Constraints (stop at “…hope that the audience overlooks it too.”)