February 2021 – jcsouthe

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. Seth Kahn. “Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context”,2011, 175-191
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	It basically is telling what to do in an ethnographic paper. There are a lot of steps to it and they are very tedious. It also talks about learning from experiences. Both someone else’s and yours. It talks about risk and benefits like how you could offend someone by saying certain things. It also talks about putting in historical context.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	None
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	It will help with mp2
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. Understanding Discourse Communities. wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/writingspaces3/melzer.pdf.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	The author first starts off talking about how this teacher wanted to learn to play the guitar and when he found a group, he was having a lot of trouble because no one had taken time to teach him. He then discusses six features that John Swales says discourse communities have and elaborates on them. An example of one would be, “ A broadly agreed upon a set of common goals,” It then talks about how to analyze material and construct an essay. He then ends the essay with a list of questions to ask when joining a new discourse community.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	None
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	It discusses the discourse that has been a topic of our discussion
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	What is one discourse community you have joined