Reading Journal
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| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page |
Melzer, Dan. “Melzer-Understanding-Discourse-Communities.pdf – Understanding Discourse Communities Dan Melzer This Essay Is a Chapter in Writing Spaces Readings on: Course Hero.” Melzer-Understanding-Discourse-Communities.pdf – Understanding Discourse Communities Dan Melzer This Essay Is a Chapter in Writing Spaces Readings on | Course Hero, www.coursehero.com/file/65182523/melzer-understanding-discourse-communitiespdf/ |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | While reading this article it got me thinking about when I wanted to start a new competition team at my high school. I knew that eventually I would be good at what I was doing but i needed people to come and compete with me. So from there we had to study over 300 plants and tools and a bunch of other technical things for this competition. With that I was able to sit and memorize with a group of people trying to get the same thing done. This article was able to show me that without knowing it I just made myself apart of a discourse community but I was also the one to create it in a way. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Discourse Community:
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| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It connected to the reading we did from Johns about the discourse communities. I have been able to really understand more about them and where I can be placed while breaking them down into finer more specific groups. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | What is a new thing you learned about discourse communities and where you may be placed? |