Wysocki

Q&J:

2. Wysocki is definitely trying to change up the visual field of her audience. The reading is a lot different than normal readings. I really liked how she was change up the visual work and use different types of organization for her paper, it keeps people reading and not as bored. I usually get bored reading straight paragraphs, but using high-visual text make it almost fun to read. 

A&E:

2. I do believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I truly believe that everyone has their own view on things and you can't force people to define something is beautiful if they don't think it is. I agree with Wysocki on when she says "Beauty is something we construct together".  

Meta Moment:

I believe this statement completely applies to Wysocki's article. I thought it was going to be like a lot of other readings that are in ROW but wants you start to read it, you can definitely see how this reading is different than a lot of other readings. The pictures and breaking down of different structure makes her work different from other readings. This is kind of like reading a magazine. Reading magazines are always more interesting than reading books, because the pictures are more fun to read. 

Wardle Reading

1. Three ways that newcomers try to belong in a new community is engagement, imagination and alignment. Finding a common ground between yourself and old-timers is engagemnet according to Wenger.  Creating relationships and finding common things between the two groups. Imagination is trying to extend your knowledge and broaden your thinking. Finding common ground in a different way such as using artifacts and objects is alignment. 

3.There were many conflicts between Alan and his work community. The reason why there was so many conflicts is because Alan refused to put the correct amount of work and effort into it. Wardle believes that he clung to his own ways of writing and communication. He was stubborn and refused to open up. People around his decided to put just as much effort into Alan as Alan was putting into them, which wasn't much. Because of this, Alan no longer felt he fit in; if he would have used engagement, imagination and alignment things would have been very different.

5. I agree with both of them. Although Gee says that you will always carry with you your dominant discourse, it is okay to manipulate and change it. But if you want to change your discourse or who you are, you should be allowed to. People tend to change a lot, and if you want to I don't think that you should be looked down upon. Which is why I can disagree with Gee because I think he really could have worked to fit into a different discourse. 

7. An example of an institutionally ascribed authority would be my teachers. Every teacher is completely different, wit different teaching styles and not every teacher is perfect. Teachers are supposed to have power over you, and students are supposed to respect it. But here's the problem, if you do something or say something the teacher doesn't agree with they tend to look down on you and it is hard to maintain respect for them because people tend to get frustrated. 

Jonathan Alexander Reading

Questions for Discussing and Journaling:
6. I think for men it is harder for them to in touch with their feminine side, than it is for women to get in touch with their masculine side. At least for me, I feel that I can understand how boys think because I tend to hangout with boys more. But, for some girls, it may be harder for them to get in touch with that masculine side because where they are in society doesn't help. Guys would rather not talk about girl things, such as shopping, because it's not something they have interest in, where as for girls, talking about sports isn't as bad or weird for them.
7. Students are starting to understand different discourses which makes it easier for them to write about. For example I never understood what a discourse community was until this class and I just wrote a 6 page paper on it.

A&E:
3. I believe that normal gendered people and transgender people can have the sakes views on discourse communities. I think that they can have different views on something when you are transgender because i'm sure at one point in your life you were normal gendered. This gives you more views on life and allows you to look at discourse communities in a broader view.

Delpit and smitherman

Q&J:
1. I believe if you know the authors race, you tend to look the the writing differently and/or read it differently. People would judge her on her opinions based on her race. But, in some circumstances, knowing the race can be very important. Knowing the race can be important if the writing is for a specific race. Knowing the race is important because then people can base the opinions off if they need to. This argument in my opinion can go both ways.
2. I believe people are born into different and certain discourse communities, therefor i agree with Delpit. Although you are born into a certain discourse, you can change into a different one as your grow older. Although you can change into a different discourse, I believe that most people stay in the discourse community that they were born into because it is most comfortable for them.

A&E:
3.
I think generalizing topics can be effective and problematic. Generalizing can put a judgement on people that may not necessarily be true. It can lead to stereotyping which can sometimes be very offensive to people. Also, generalizing can also help people, and make things a lot easier for people.


Smitherman:

Prereading:
Honestly, I have judged someone on how they spoke without seeing them. Sometimes when you hear how someone talks, they might not have the best grammar, or speak like what you are used to hearing. This seems to be a problem that almost everyone goes through. They put a prejudgement on someone without truly getting to know someone. Based on how someone speaks, you may start to judge their appearance without knowing it. Trying your best not to judge someone on their speech can be very difficult.

A&E:
1. There is a very big difference in these two writings. The grammar is completely wrong. Reading the first title, I imagine a proper educated person saying that. Rather than the second statement, I imagine it being said by an uneducated person. Reading these two different statements, you seem to base your opinion of who it is said by based on culture, and how it appears to you.

Villanueva

3. Starting with a memory makes the writing more interesting. Starting with a memory also makes the writing more personal. I love reading stuff that starts with a memory because it makes it easier to relate to what the writer is trying to say.
4. Reading poems have always been hard for me. It takes me awhile to comprehend what they poems are conveying. Therefor, the poems made the reading harder for me rather than easier.
8. Not knowing whether or not the author to something was color or not, is beneficial. It makes it easier to relate to the writing, because you are not judging.

Applying and Exploring:
2. Using memories is very important in texts. I believe that it makes text more personal and easier to relate to. It also makes the reading more interesting. Memoria is important because it really helps the reader understand and relate to everything better, making it easier to comprehend that they are trying to convey.

Flynn

Questions for Journaling and Discussion:
2. I believe that the time in which something is written is extremely important. When reading someone else's writing, it is very easy to tell what is quickly written, or what takes times to write. But, everyone is different when it comes to writing. Some people write better when they are under pressure and write quicker and better. Others, need more time to write, making sure it's perfect and exactly what they wanted to write about.
3. Every time I read about women in the past or in our history, they always are looked at as less than men. They are looked at the "house wife", cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the family while the men are all working. Now, because everyone has that past view on women, I do not believe that people really take into consideration what women are saying, and look at the men being more right.
5. Women and men usually tend to clique better with people of their own gender. Such as growing up, usually girls are more comfortable around their moms, as well as boys being more comfortable around their fathers.

AE:
4. I believe that Flynn was very feminist during her writing. She discusses a lot of things that she found interesting rather than seeing both sides to many things. This can make it difficult to readers because she was generalizing during her writing.
5. Gender plays a very big role in writing. Men and women always seem to generalize while they are writing. You can usually tell when a writing is more feminine or masculine based on their language in the writing.

Intro and synthesis

okay i know i can defiantly write better than this... but this is what i've came up with so far!

Synthesis:

            My essay is going to be reflecting the discourses of the sororities here at Ohio University. In this discourse there are many other discourses below it including all the different sororities here. This topic is interesting to me because I have just joined this discourse community. Devitt talks about the enthrographic field. I feel that I am a part of that right now. Enthrographic field is observing and seeing how the discourse community works together instead of reading about it.

Intro:

            A discourse community is a group of people coming together to do something. Every sorority here at Ohio University has a special close bond. They come together every day, work together, live together too. This discourse community comes together in many different ways. They come together through the philanthropy, living together, communication, planning events, advertising, the special language that is used, and goals that make the chapter stronger as a whole. 

Devitt

Questions for Discussing and Journaling:
2. For every class I seem to write differently. In some classes it is easier for me to pull something together, not using full sentences and just usually giving simple statements. As where for this class I write in full sentences and usually paragraph form. I try my best to use correct grammar and use my best writing ability.
3. At Ohio University we have many discourse communities. One big discourse community I think of is living locations. Whether you live on west, south, east, or what specific dorm you live in, and then what floor. Other big discourse communities we have are clubs, sororities, classes, colleges. These discourse communities help shape who you are and help you meet people who have similar things in common with you.
Applying and Exploring Ideas:
3. The enthrographic field allows you to research in a different way. You can find out things that you wouldn't be able to find out before. Observing a person in this way allows you to see how the physically act in a discourse community.
Meta Moment:
I think learning in an enthrographic way is more interesting and fun. It allows you to see how people actually act in a discourse community rather than just reading a boring article.

Harriet Malinowitz

Questions for journaling and discussion:
1. I believe that it is important for us to include gay and lesbian discourses in the classroom because it can cause conflict if not. It can also make children feel uncomfortable. By including the gay and lesbian it makes the classroom more comfortable and makes those discourses a whole and not feel as left out. It also puts on a good role model as a teacher including those kids, for the other kids around. The less judgmental people are the more comfortable the classroom is and the more comfortable it is for learning.
2. This article talks a lot about how women are looked at completely different then men. Women are looked at as needy, weak, and annoying. By Harriet sharing her story, you hear what she had to go through as a slave and how that impacts her today. She explains how women can be just as strong as men and the experience she went through made her the strong, confident person she is today.
11. Until I read this story I never really thought of how offensive the word "queer" can be to people. It has so many different meanings to so many different people, especially in different discourse communities. Using this word causes more and more struggles for the gay and lesbian discourses. Reading about this really made me realize how offensive it can be.

Applying and Exploring:
2. I completely agree with the fact that women can be looked at differently. Many men judge women and believe that they are not as strong as them. This can be very hurtful to many women. Although some women let that judgement get to them, there are other women in the world who are some of the most successful people in the world. Knowing that men can be judgmental about women makes me stronger. There is a part of me that makes me want to prove to them that women are just as good as men and men do not have leadership over us, we are all equal.

Meta Moment:
When reviewing about this lesson with my teacher, I think he will talk a lot about the different discourse communities. I believe he will talk about how the discourse communities impact other discourse communities too.

proposal

For my topic, I would like to write about the Sororities here at Ohio University. Although, I am only a new member of a sorority, I feel that by interviewing people and being a new member might make this a little bit more interesting. I will be able to talk about the new member meetings I go to weekly, what initiated members do, and how this can impact me as a pledge. I feel that this discourse community has a lot that can be looked at and because there are so many different sororities on campus, it is interesting to look at the differences, see how pledges view the sorority, and how initiated members view the sorority.

Gee

QFD&J:
3. Gee discusses the terms "Discourse" and "discourse", both being different. One with a capital "D" and the other lowercase. The term "Discourse" with a capital "D"  is used when "discussing the language with other social practices within a specific group". When he talks about "discourse" with a lowercase "d", it is used when talking about language use. I believe that using any word with a capital letter, can make the word seem different. Although, this concept does seem a bit confusing to me. 
5.Discourse is an idea in which people can make a point from. It separates yourself from ideas that you may not completely agree with. It proves that you can make up your mind about something, and people will disagree with you. Almost like an opinion. 
11. "Liberation and power, because it leads to the ability to manipulate, to analyze, to resist while advancing" is defined as meta-knowledge. I believe that this meta-knowledge helps you become a person and move forward in life. You are able to manipulate, analyze, and resist. You become more mature, and make decisions on your own, without holding back.  
3. A discourse that I would like to be involved in, is the Patton College of Education. I would love to be a teacher and learn the routes through that colleges discourse. The process can be difficult. You have to fill out applications, get references, and be excepted. To get accepted you have to have good grades, be involved in the community, and try really hard in school to do your best. 

Applying and exploring:

Dear Mrs. Martin,

Discourse has many different meanings. There are many different types of discourses too. We are all part of a different discourse. Discourses can be a group, religion, business, major, ect. It helps shape you and who you are and usually puts you in a group of people who have something in common with you. The discourse I want to be part of is the educational program throughout my school. It'll help me help kids and getting into the program is one of my dreams. 

Thanks,

Madeline Gilbert

4. A discourse that I just recently joined would have to be my sorority. I feel that this is going to be a very interesting ride. I believe there will be tension, and many differences throughout this time. Once I live in the house, I believe that i will see so many different things that I have not seen before, and how people act. Everyone acts differently, and that can cause major problems. This could make this discourse have tension. But, I believe that this discourse can also have many good things associated with it too. Inside the sorority you can have smaller discourses as well. 

Glenn

1. I immediately thought of chick-fil-a for this. It is a perfect example because it features an animated animal, but rather than the animal being a chicken, it is a cow that holds a sign saying "eat more chicken". I find the ad a bit confusing. It's showing a cow saying to eat more chicken.. do cows eat chicken? But it also fits into the theme of a "farm". I believe that the sign saying to eat more chicken, may in fact encourage people to eat more chicken.
2. I really do not have any connection to farms. I grew up in a suburb with no farms except on the complete outside of my city. The only connection I can think of that I have with farms, is my best friend had a cow farm and we would occasionally go there for the day but it was never something that I really enjoyed.
QFA&J:
1. Double speak and speaking animals. Double speak is saying one thing, but meaning another thing. This is really involved in the food industry and really messes with peoples head when they are learning about animals and food production. Speaking animals is when advertisements promotes to the younger generation but showing something in a positive thinking rather than what it actually is. I do not think the approaches are ethical because you are lying to the public about your food and not telling them the full truth.

Lab Work

Group Question: Why is it easier to memorize something we don't need to know rather than something we are required to know?

My Question: Why is it easier to remember dances or chants rather than information we are required to memorize?

In high school I was a cheerleader. It was always easy for me to memorize chants and dances, but when it came to school, memorizing information was very difficult for me. I would study for hours and still didn't always know the information. This will tie in to our group question because chants and cheers we're not something i necessarily needed to know, but school work was stuff I was required to know in order to get good grades.

Literacy Narrative

Literacy Narrative

Growing up, everyone learns different literacies. These literacies help shape who you are today. Growing up, a literacy that really shaped who I am today is language with other people. My parents still encourage how I speak to people and the language I use while doing it, today.

            Parents are always enforcing little kids to not use “bad words”. Kids also usually look up to their parents. Their parents are their role models, at least mine were. My mom is also an English teacher, so listening to her language and how she spoke was something I always paid close attention to. My parents really forced the no saying God’s name in vane, no using the word hate, and of course no cursing. I really respected them when it came to these rules, mainly because I felt my mom was always right when it came to language.

            As I got older, and started forming my own language, based off of what my parents had taught me, and figured out what was appropriate for my age, I realized that my mom still had a huge impact on my language use. I would say “where is it at” and immediately she would correct me saying “it’s where is IT, not where is it AT”. Now, every time I hear someone say “where is it at” I immediately hear my moms voice come into my head saying “it’s where is IT”. Not only would she correct me on that, but many other things as well. My mom’s language really had a huge impact on my literacy growing up. Without her, my language would be completely different. 

Baron

QFD&J
2. I believe that this is one of barons main points. He doesn't believe the technology will help shape our future, which is something I completely disagree with. I believe that technology will do more than shape our future. So many people depend on technology and believe that it is what will shape our future the most.
4. Other technologies are just as important as pencils. Such as other writing utensils such has highlighters, pens. and Other technologies such as rubber bands, rulers, ect. These are just as important as important. All of these technologies help and have pros and cons compared to the other utensils.

A&E:
3. Keeping records are very important. It helps save information for many reasons. Such as law or for family reasons. If we do not keep records that stops us from being able to look up information that can be very important. It also prevents us from doing research.

MM:
Writing can be looked at as a technology. It has many aspects to it that can be looked at as technology. Such as, the writing construct. It also is using many parts of your brain to help make that writing happen.

Malcome X

QFDJ:
1. I believe Malcome's audience is directed towards African Americans. He refers to a person in the text as "white man" and discusses his struggles going through slavery.
3. Growing up, Malcome had many sponsors. Whether it was people or institutions. Such as in prison, he had books and magazines and other things that sponsored him through that time. He used the library while he was in jail. That was always a quiet place for him to work, read, and concentrate.
6. Motivation has a huge role in life. If you don't have interest in something, you're not going to have the motivation to do it. For me, I am a firm believer that in order to succeed in something, you need to have motivation to do it, and to have that motivation you have to like what you are going to do. I do not like to read, so my motivation to sit down and read is very small. Where as if I liked to read, I would have more motivation to sit down and read, rather than forcing myself to do it.

Applying and Exploring:
1.I believe that internet literacy has completely changed throughout the years and have made people illiterate. Peoples literacy over the internet has completely changed over the past few years. Now people have completely different langue over the internet that is almost a "lazy" langue. They use abbreviations and incorrect grammar.
2. My most influenced sponsor would defiantly have to be my mom. She has taught me everything I need to know. Another influence that helped impact her on me, is she is an english teacher. Still to this day, she is constantly correcting me on different things. Honestly without her I would not be as literate as I am today.

MM:
The most important thing i think my teacher would say about Malcome's writing is that you can achieve literacy from anywhere. Even if you are in some of the poorest or worst parts of your life, you can still achieve some of that literacy.

Alexie:
A&E:
1. I believe some people can overcome poverty, but only in a certain way. No matter what, you're still going to have that background that you did go through poverty; even if you get through it. Some people  don't have the same goals as others, but I believe if you have the motivation, you can most certainly overcome poverty.

Brandt

QFADJ:
1. Brandt defines literacy sponsor as something that helps people reach out and help them with literacy skills. These people or institutions can help someone greatly. Especially with language and other different skills you need in order to read and write, such as vocabulary. These people or institutions can help you better understand media and advertisements and different usage of them. Some characteristics of literacy sponsors are school, family, church, work, family, and values.

2.Brandt discusses that sponsors have a big impact on your life. If you give them something, you'll receive something in return and vise-versa. Sponsors I had in life are my parents and teachers, without them I wouldn't have been given the experience to go to college. They helped support me and get me through everything in order to get to where I am today.

4. When Brandt talks about "stratified" she means strategies that will help benefit and influence literacy skills in order to help you with more of an experience when reading. If you have a good sponsor, you will benefit more from it.

Applying and exploring ideas:
1. When thinking back to my experiences based off of Brandts ideas, I had many sponsors while growing up.Sponsors that thought me were my parents was school, church, and girl scouts. My parents thought me all the rules, while teachers and school thought me how to read and girl scouts gave me morals that help me with people today and helping others.

2.Looking back I would have to say my biggest sponsors were my parents. They never really limited me from things. I remember some kids that I grew up with were not allowed to watch Rugrats and that was always so confusing to me. But, looking back on it now, that was their parents version of literacy. They probably thought it was inappropriate. How my parents handled stuff like that, was I was never allowed to say any bad words, such as "hate" or use God's name in vane. The thought of going against what my parents told me to do terrified me.

Meta Moment:
I was never really familiar with literacy and how much it has an impact on me today. It's very interesting to look back and see how different people, groups, and institutions have impacted you in different ways.

Bryson and Dawkins

Before You Read:
3. I think that technology has changed the way we speak in many ways. People are now less knowledgable about grammar due to technology. People tend to shorten words and abbreviate words too, and when it comes to writing outside of Facebook, twitter, ect. they are less open with more vocabulary.
Discussing and Journaling:
1. When Bryson discusses the writing concept, he suggests that a writing construct is hard to define, even if they are the simplest concepts. There can be many different meanings to sentences, and Bryson believes that because of that it can make it difficult for readers and process the meaning of the sentences.
3. Prescriptive and descriptive have two different meanings. Prescriptive is how somethings is prescribed in writing, and descriptive is how something is described. When I write, I believe that i use more of a prescriptive grammar rather than descriptive. When I was thought grammar, teachers didn't usually describe to us what we were learning but more prescribed, by giving us rules to follow when learning grammar.
Applying and Exploring:
1. English has been modernized to an extent. Now a days... the older generation doesn't fully or always understand what my generation is trying to say. Bryson discusses that the english language is very important, and i believe that if he saw how our generations language is today, he would be upset and discouraged.

Dawkins:
Questions for discussing and journaling:
1. Dawkins challenges the writing construct and how it is used.
3. Dawkins discusses a whole new way of how punctuation changed. After reading what he has to say about punctuation, it opened my eyes more about it. I've never looked at punctuation that closely before. He discusses that punctuation is looked at in a very strict way, and I hadn't noticed that before.
Applying and Exploring:
4. Dear Previous Teachers,
Thinking back to how I was thought writing, I find that I was not thought everything I needed to know. I am 19 years old, and still find that I am struggling when it comes to writing constructs. I believe that I was never fully thought what I needed to know and that you are to blame for that. I also believe that I was not thought grammar correctly either, I still seem to get confused with grammar when I am writing.
Sincerely,
Madeline

Dialect Notebook

Quotes:

11.   “ If we were to encourage students to experiment with visible features of written texts, we would increase their ability to understand and use hierarchical and classificatory arrangements. “ p. 35

22.  “ A second law of gestalt, that of good continuation, or good figure, suggests that visual perception works to pull figures out of the background, to give them definition against the undistinguished field in which they are located.” P. 39

33. “With a visible text, it my not be fruitful to talk about paragraphs in terms of topic sentences and support, or opening and closing sentences, or sentences of transition” p. 41

44. “ The conclusion seems logical and is not qualified by the authors. And yet an attempt to replicate the study under similar conditions did not find significant gains in in comprehension which could be attributed to visual, semantically-based groupings” p. 42

dAnalysis:

11. This quote confused me a little bit when I first read it. I didn’t understand what Bernhardt meant by hierarchical and classificatory arrangements. I thought it maybe meant that students would be able to better understand harder arrangements of writing and reading. But overall, it still confused me.

22. I completely agree with this law. Visual perception works very well to pull a background out. I feel that is very important when writing to give a good background. 

33. This quote I feel is something we seem to discuss a lot in class. Going out of the norm of writing and writing how you want can sometimes benefit you. Not always following the “right” transition ways is something that I feel can help writers. 

44. I found this quote someone important. This quote also could help me with my project considering I’m writing it on conclusion sentences. Conclusions don’t always need to be in a writing, but the usually help complete the writing so it has a formal ending.