February 2021

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.  Khan,Seth. “Putting Ethnographic Writing in Context.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, vol 2, 2011, 175-192.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	This article begins by explaining what ethnographic writing is and how it is a long writing process that you work on continuously. To be doing an ethnographic study you are studying the culture of one group and interacting with the culture things that take place. This article also lists the steps you will take when writing such a lengthy paper and what all goes into each step. One cool thing about this writing style is you are learning directly instead of looking through a window and analyzing it. You will also learn from others experiences as well through interviews and their emotions while interacting in their environment while you are there.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“ethnography really highlights and emphasizes human relationships: between participants and researchers; between writers and readers of ethnographic narratives/ reports; between students and teachers in classrooms”(176). “The term most synonymous with ethnography is participant-observation research”(176). “ ethnographers: observe, participate, interact, analyze, reflect, write, rethink, and describe cultures, their members, and our own involvements with them”(177).
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This reading connects to many readings of this semester because all of or most of are reading journals are preparing us to write for our major projects this semester and giving us tips and new ways to write.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	How will you use the tips given in this article to help you on your major project and if this article helped you get a better understanding of what the major project is?

I plan for my research essay to give my readers a better understanding of what Rebelthon is and hope to encourage them to take part in Rebelthon. I think the readers will be people who are already apart of Rebethon and hopefully Ole Miss students who are not apart of Rebelthon will read as well. I really want the effect of my paper to either be apart of Rebelthon or support people who are in Rebelthon by donating. My process for working on this essay is to keep on track and to not procrastinate. If I do this I will no be so stressed and I can make it the best paper it needs to be. I made a timeline that I am trying to follow in order to keep on track. I took three day to write my draft so it did not seem so rushed, which was beneficial. I was able to take a break and come back and see mistakes that I might not have if I did it all in one day. I made changes to my final draft from things my peer reviews said. I made this decision by re-reading what they told me to fix and asking myself was that beneficial in my paper or not. The class reading journals helped me cause I was able to go back and pick the right article to compare to Johns article on discourse communities. 

I decided what was most important for the draft by looking at the examples given to us. From there I got an understanding on what I need to do and while reading through my sources I picked out details that either helped me better understand the topic or connected to another source. I decided to leave out the whole sentence from one of my quotes because it was unnecessary and would have made the essay a lot wordier. My steps were to first look at the examples and decide what organization I wanted to research. Then I started reading about Rebelthon and looked at their website and social media. I then reread Johns article and then was able in my research to connect Rebelthon to being a discourse community. I then skimmed through the articles we have read before and came across Kain and Warddler’s article and was able to make a connection with Johns. I brought the consumptions of Rebelthon being a fundraiser and campaign for children’s hospitals and to check this I did research on Rebelthon through their website. I tried to connect all my research back to each other while making it sensible. The information I still need is really the interviews and what it means to the people to be a part of Rebelthon.

Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.  Driscoll, Dana L. “Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys, and Interviews.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, vol 2, 2011, 153-174.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	Research takes place in all fields of work in order to figure out something. The three ways of conducting research in a writing class is through observations, interviews, and surveys. Considering research ethics is a big part of conducting research as well. To start the primary research part you have to plan and do background research. After spending time planning and doing background research you  can begin coming up with questions to ask for your primary research. You make observations about certain things and that can also be primary research. When beginning interviews you need to figure out what your end goal is trying to prove in order to come up with good interview or survey questions.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“Primary research, the focus of this essay, is research that is collected firsthand rather than found in a book, database, or journal”(154). “Observations. Observing and measuring the world around you, including observations of people and other measurable events”(154). “Interviews. Asking participants questions in a one-on-one or small group setting”(154). “deductive reasoning, where researchers start with a hypothesis or general conclusion and then collect specific data to support or refute their hypothesis”(158).
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This reading connects to most of the readings we have done so far this semester because all the readings are preparing us for the major projects we will write this semester.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	How will you use the information from this article when you start you primary research for the next major project?

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.  Kate Warrington, Natasha Kovalyova, and Cindy King. “Assessing Source Credibility for Crafting a Well-Informed Argument.”Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, vol. 3, 2020,189-203.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	This article talks about who your audience is while writing and remembering your audience. Also as a reader to think about who is reading and ask if  they are credible or not. To improve your credibility with your writing you need to make a good argument and present both sides. The authors give you strategies to consider while finding sources and how you should critically think while reading these sources. All strong arguments need support to back their argument up. I liked this article very much and I like how they used animal research as their example. This was an easy read  which was nice.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“ One common mistake writers make is to represent only one side of an argument, which could make the audience believe that the author is either not knowledgeable about other possible arguments or not interested in these arguments.”(191). “ credibility is not an innate quality. Credibility is established.”(194).
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This relates to DasBenders article because both talk about how important it is to use critical thinking while reading a paper to establish credibility.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	What are some of the strategies you will take from this article and use in your next paper?

 

Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.  Giles, Sandra. “Reflective Writing and the Revision Process: What Were You Thinking?.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, vol. 1, 2010, 191-204.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	This article was a very interesting read, but did not grab my attention as much as some other readings. Giles talks about reflection writing and what it means to reflect while writing. She says reflective writing kind of can feel like a performance. She also says you have to realize your intentions on writing this essay in order to be able to reflect. She points out that reflective writing helps you figure out your intentions. She gives her example on how she gets her students to become reflective writers. She also says you want to be specific in your writing and not vague.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“Reflection” and “reflective writing” are umbrella terms that refer to any activity that asks you to think about your own thinking.”(Giles 191). “Intentions—a sense of audience and purpose and of what the writer wants the essay to do.”(Giles 198)
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This relates to DasBenders article because both show two different ways of how to think about writing but from both you grow as a writer.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	What are some questions you can ask yourself while writing that will help you figure out your intention?

 

The essay titled “You Better Think Before You Spit” had many stong point and was an easy read. The author wrote the essay in such a way that the order was easy to follow. One weak point of this essay was they never gave a direct quote from the person they interviewed. I think this element would have made the writing even more credible. The way the author explained the different genres they encounter everyday due to the poetry club was very well done. The paper was broken down into explaining the club and then the author gave the interview they took.From there the author broke down the three different genres they encounter and explained how each one was different. The writer seemed to share a lot of passion for this poetry group and explained it very well.There was no other essay to compare it to though because all four essays were the same. The sources this author used were:“Navigating Genres,” personal interview from Sean Glatch,“Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership, Conflict, and Diversity,” and Project: Spit facebook page. 

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. Melzer, Dan. “Understanding Discourse Communities.”  Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, vol. 3, 2020, 100-115.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	Melzer starts the article off talking about how he is going to become a rock star and the steps he took to make this dream come true. He compares the lessons he is trying to convey to the writer through his journey of learning to play the guitar. He elaborates on what a discourse community really is. He also talks about how a discourse community becomes similar due to the genres. He uses a great example of using his music as genres. I really like the structure and comparisons to music, it helped understand the lessons behind the writing better.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“specific topic with shared goals and a community of members who frequently interact can be considered a discourse community based on Swales’ definition.”(Melzer 103). “Communication mechanisms in discourse communities can be emails, text messages, social media tools, print texts, memes, oral presentations, and so on.”(Melzer 103).
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This relates to Ann Johns piece because both of them talk about what an community discourse is, and what it means to be a part of one. This piece also relates to Kerry Dirk’s piece because both elaborate on genres or things.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	What is a group or community you are apart of that could help you explain community discourses and genres?

Sydney Cohen 

Writing 102

February 1, 2021

Letter to my Selfie

I would describe myself as a decent writer. I am not the best and I also need a good peer review to point out the mistakes I have made. I would have said I was a terrible writer if asked this question about six months ago. My happiest moment was actual in writing 101 when I received my first peer reviews back and there were very few mistakes they said I needed to fix. It got even better when Mr.G even said I did a great job on a rough draft. I have never been more proud of myself and now I can say I am not awful at writing. There is always room for improvement and I would like to work on argumentative papers, as I feel I am not very good at these kind of essays. Also would like to find how to research a topic and find scholarly resources more easily. I guess one thing Mr.G could know about my learning style is I am a procrastinator, but I always seem to get my work done in time.