You Better Think Before You Spit is done very well. The paper goes into detail about the community without being too long, it seems well researched and keeps information concise, and says what is important without the reader becoming overwhelmed with information. I like the way the paper is formatted into clear chunks of information with headers attached.
The Puerto Rican Student Association: A Community Identity Analysis is also done very well. Unlike Spit, it is formatted more like an essay with less bold headers and longer paragraphs. I would prefer the blocks of text to be split up more, but I do not think it takes away from the quality of this writing. I like that there are photos about how information is given to members. The language is a little less formal, but I like it, it seems to be easier to understand, which is important when the reader is probably not a part of the organization.
You Better Think Before You Spit Sources:
Johns, Ann M. “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict,
and Diversity.” Text, Role, and Context: Developing Academic Literacies, 1997, pp. 498-
510.
Glatch, Sean. Personal interview.
Spit “About” page on Facebook
Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.” Writing Spaces: Reading on Writing, vol.1, 2010, pp. 249-
262.
The Puerto Rican Student Association: A Community Identity Analysis Sources
Dirk, Kerry. “Navigating Genres.”
Johns, Ann M. “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict,
and Diversity.”
Puerto Rican Student Association. “Constitution of Puerto Rican Student Association.” PRSA at UCF
Swales, John. “The Concept of Discourse Community.”