This week's weekly writing assignment is a bit longer and involves two parts. These can both be completed on the same Word document.
For more information about the Weekly Writing assignments, see the Weekly Writing Overview page.
Read: 3.3 Navigating Genres
Then write a 150-300 word response to the following prompt:
Based on the reading, how do you think that learning about genre might be useful to become a better writer?
Then connect the idea of genre (as explained in the reading, specifically) to writing in college, assignments you currently have or have had in the past, or workplace writing.
For example, what is a genre you had to write for a class (like a lab report, an argumentative essay, etc.)? How you figure out how to write in that genre and what the expectations were for that genre?
Be specific. Use specific points from the text and specific examples of assignments writing you are currently doing or have done to discuss (do not use hypothetical examples).
For example:
✔ Specific: "In my history class last semester, I had to write..."
❌ Hypothetical: "In a history class, a student might be asked to..."
Spend some time in your discourse community that you chose in Weekly Writing 2 this week. Pay attention to the types of interactions, how people communicate with one another, and if there are different types of communication (for example a post versus a response or an emoji react).
Then use the following prompts to write a 300-500 word short essay on communication in your discourse community.
How do people in your community communicate? What kinds of interactions are there? What kinds of things tend to be discussed? Do you notice any trends, such as people tend to agree on certain things or certain topics tend to start debates? Is there specific slang or acronyms that tend to get used? Feel free to include other things you've noticed that might be interesting also.
What genres are you noticing in your community? (Think about the reading for this week to help with identifying the genres in your community).
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Use paragraphs to organize your ideas. Try to stick to one main idea per paragraph.
Please mention your community somewhere at the beginning of your short essay to help my memory. For example, "In my discourse community, BookTok, I've noticed..."
✓+ (2/2)
All requirements for both parts of the assignment are met, including word count minimums, prompts, and clearly referencing the reading (when applicable).
✓- (1/2)
One of the above criteria is not met.
NC (no credit) (0/2)
Two or more of the above criteria are not met.
Please check the Canvas grade book at least once a week for feedback on your Weekly Writing assignments. I will leave writing feedback and suggestions on your weekly assignments (when applicable).