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Read and annotate “Learning to Serve: The Language and Literacy of Food Service Workers,” Tony Mirabelli has a Ph.D. in education in language, literacy and culture. Concept of Multiliteracies. People don’t only read texts, they read people and situations. His work is directly tied with Swales and Gee. There are now many websites such asContinue reading “HW 2/4”

What is the point of Stein’s Essay, “In Defense of Domination.”? In Class Discussion Notes: In his essay, Stein is not truly talking about baseball in his essay. He is actually talking about the U.S’s military power, and how our military gets involved in foreign affairs when we shouldn’t really be getting involved. This essayContinue reading “CL 2/4”

Re-Read “The Concept of Community Discourse” and Annotate : Discourse Communities -John Swales. Group members or groups that share a way of being in the world. Ex: Everyone who lives in your dorm room; Everyone in a microbiology class. Most people are able to navigate and maintain many ‘Discourses’ (Referred to by James Gee). :Continue reading “HW 1/30”

Stein is writing with a general purpose to inquire the shades of meanings in a subject(s), and wish to understand multiple views on a subject. He is not writing specifically to one type of audience and is making a writing piece that will give intrigue to readers, making them dig deeper into a subject. ByContinue reading “CL 1/30”

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Annotation of: Annotation of: “Discourse Communities: How Do Communities Shape Writing?” Discourses are groups of members who have a shared view(s) of being in the world. Discourse Communities: When a group of people share common goals or purposes Six different distinct characteristics – John Wales. What members must recognize and have in common – JamesContinue reading “HW 1/28”

Plessy vs Ferguson Annotations Page 72: The page is about writing arguments. This page mainly outlines conventional forms of making arguments. There is a diagram on the right side of the page that shows how writers and readers connect based on their knowledge and experiences. Page 73: This page is about supporting your claims, andContinue reading “HW 1/21”

Things That Make Me Comfortable in The Classroom: When there is a smaller class size When the classroom isn’t scorching hot When the classroom setup is not crammed Approachable Teacher/ Clear Instructions & Expectations Things That Make Me Un-Comfortable in The Classroom: When the professor isn’t being proactive When students are obnoxiously loud When theContinue reading “CL 1/21”

Page 49: The book has an unusual setup. It has blocks of information on the right side of the page, but has an example illustrated in the middle of the page to reinforce the message of the reading on the right. The top[ left of the page has text related to the illustrated example. PageContinue reading “HW 1/16”

I am enrolled at UCBA (University of Cincinnati Blue-Ash) instead of at the main campus of UC (University of Cincinnati), for two main reasons; the cost & ease of travel. I chose this section, as it was the most fitting section to work around my work schedule. I am from the Greater Cincinnati area, iContinue reading “CL 1/16”