i was very pleased for the most part with the responses my classes gave to picking their own discourse community to write about. most people, even those who were confused after the first reading, seem to have a good grasp on what a DC is. people also seem to be able to able to articulate the values or goals of their communities.
the problem comes, for most people, when trying to show how language use expresses those goals. it's much easier (for me, as well) to either talk about my group and how we use language, or talk about my group and its values. it's getting those two things in the same room, so to speak, where the problem comes.
whatever else we do next week, this aspect needs to be addressed. and this needs to be included on the rubric for scoring this paper as well.
lots of work. lots to think about. but in spite of that i'm more excited about this bunch of papers than i normally am, faced with the prospect of reading 50 ad analysis papers. not sorry to see that paper go.
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