Sunday, September 13, 2009
I don't really think about puntuation when I am writing...I normally just go with what I have learned over the years. I wouldn't say that I am a horrible writer so I just go with it. But, I don't ignore it either; I'm actually questioning right now if I'm doing all the grammar right for this blog. The reading hasn't really done anything as far as my thinking of punctuation goes. I didn't really understand some of the stuff that he was talking about like higher grammar to lower grammar. It was confusing me becuase I didn't really realize that different puntuation marks are equal to levels. I understood where he was going with the writing, but I didn't understand the different levels and I would never think about that when I write. I would have to be told to do something specific to a sentence or paragraph. That wouldn't click in my mind.
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Orwell:
ReplyDelete"Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books."
I really liked this line because I think that most people can relate to this. Everyone doubts themselves every once in a while and Orwell did this exact same thing. Even though he knew that he was completely passionate about writing, he was still wondering, "is this really what I want to do." I feel like being at college really gives students the opportunity to find how they really want to live their lives and what they want to do. This article was perfect to read because Orwell basically talks about himself in a sense of finding himself and knowing what he wanted to do. It is refreshing to know that everyone, including very successful people, are confused every so often.
The Novice as Expert:
ReplyDelete"We argue that students who make the greatest gains as writers throughout col-
lege (1) initially accept their status as novices and (2) see in writing a larger purpose
than fulfilling an assignment. Based on the evidence of our longitudinal study, we con-
clude that the story of the freshman year is not one of dramatic changes on paper; it is
the story of changes within the writers themselves."
I believe that this is the thesis because it explains everything that the paper is about. It introduces everything that the reader will be reading and doesn't leave any surprises. I don't really know if this counts as the thesis though because it is the introduction to the study, but I think that it entails everything that a thesis should contain.
Mike Rose:
ReplyDeleteI definately see myself as a non-blocker. I am always able to write. I may not necessarily know what to say immediately, but I don't have to hesitate with my writing. I always go back and use some rules, as described in the reading, but if the rule doesn't work for what I am trying to say, I discard it. When revising my work, sometimes I feel as though I have writer's block, however. I may not know exactly how to word something to make it sound exactly how I want it to.
Murray Discussion:
ReplyDeleteMurray thinks about his audience a lot. Many writers think about their audience when going through the ecternal revision stage of their essays, articles, and so on. This is when writers polish their writing. Murray thinks about who his audience is during the first stages of his writing, such as while reading his first draft. When I am writing, it is hard for me to focus on who my audience is becuase I know that my audience is always going to be my teacher. Things I do consider though while writing essays or anything, is how my teacher grades. What will she or he be expecting from this? How do I get a good grade? Although Murray's views of his audience and my views of who my audience is are totally different, they are similar in a sense that we have to consider who they are to get a good reaction.
Discourse Community:
ReplyDelete1. The group has to want to achieve a specific goal.
2. Provides a way for the people of the group to communicate. (Example: email, letters, facebook, etc.)
3. Have to be an active participant in the community and have to communicate with the other members.
4. The way people go about communicating such as blogs, writing an article, etc. But, the means of communicating have to be appropriate to the goals of the community.
5. Groups come up with own words or ling and use the lexis made by the group.
6. There are different members who have different things to offer such as a novice and an expert.
Johns:
ReplyDeleteI think that Johns included Swales in her argument because he is a very credible source and wrote a complete article about discourse communities alone. I think that it was effective because she has worked with Swales one-on-one and quotes him directly. She is also talking about discourse communities herself so this makes it very effective. I didn't learn anything new about Swales through this because Johns quotes him directly and I have already read what he has written. If I had not previously read what Swales wrote it would have taught me quite a bit about him.