Laura Donagheys Portfolio

I think that many of us struggle with the concept of enjoying reading and writing because often in elementary school, reading and writing was used as almost a punishment. For me anyways, I never enjoyed reading for homework because often I had homework that I thought at the time was pointless. It also has to do with the content of what you’re reading. For example, in Kara Poe Alexander’s article called “Successes, Victims, and Prodigies: “Master” and “Little” Cultural Narratives…

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Part 1-   Introduction- I completely changed my introduction in comparison  to my first draft. At first, I didn’t really have a structured introduction so when I went back to reread my essay, I completely changed it. Evidence and Explanations- I added a lot more evidence as I moved from my first to final draft. I realized that I pulled in Gees’ discourse tools to my paper. I added a whole new section on practices and the importance of why…

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Original: Haas’ article relates to discourse. She states “A great number of studies of science have focused on discourse – conversations and lab notes as well as conference presentations and formal articles…”, which relates to Gees article on Discourse. Throughout her article, she talks about her study on Eliza. She studied the growth of her scientific writing throughout Eliza’s college career. She found that with time her writing became gradually better and it is commonly this way with college students,…

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  1. If the reader leaves feeling questionative, then that’s where the Discourse went wrong. (Subordination) This is an example of subordination because these two parts of the sentence could not stand alone. “If the reader leaves feeling questionative,” wouldn’t make sense by itself so the explanation “then that’s where the Discourse went wrong.” makes it so that it does make sense.  2. Her reading tasks and reading practices stayed pretty much the same, the only thing that differed was…

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I am working well with Gees’ concepts by relating the two concepts of IMRaD and Gees’ thoughts together to make discourse make even more sense. I think I used many good examples of relating similar quotes together. I will apply a more solid engagement to my paragraph mostly about the IMRaD cheat sheet because I feel that I could use more examples from the sheet to back up more argument. I think that I did a good job integrating pieces…

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Gee claims that Discourse “… are ways of being in the world; they are forms of life which integrate words, acts, values, beliefs, attitudes, and social identities as well as gestures, glances, body positions, and clothes.”, so by including and doing these things in life, it makes you more exposed to Discourse. Discourse is something that with time becomes easier for most people. You can apply ways of Discourse in your academic life, focusing on science, by including the called…

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Significance: “…a model or representation of discourse situations, a rhetorical frame, that helps readers account for the motives underlying textual acts and their outcomes.” (Haas 47-47) This is an example of significance because these rhetorical frames have a certain time and place and by having a clear definition on where they should go. Rhetorical frames have a defined place so this just proves it. “Rhetorical reading- that is, recognizing the rhetorical frame that surrounds a text, or constructing one in spite…

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I chose to expand on this because I realized that this occurs with every introduction. I think that if I think about it in this way every time, it will make it easier for me to make a thesis. I highlighted and annotated this because this is like any conclusion. You should always close with your “results” even if its not an experiment. You are always supposed to end with what your findings were. This makes it easier to show…

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Christina Haas uses, “At the college level, to become literate is in many ways to learn the patterns of knowing about, and behaving toward, texts within a disciplinary field”, to open with the fact that she wants to break down the thought process behind the writing habits in college. She broke down the structure each year of college by their writing habits and she really shows the difference between freshman and senior year of college. She states, ” Entering college…

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I annotated this because I noticed that Discourse is showing back up in another way, not just through entering a Discourse with others. Its now relating to your own life and how you learn and grow throughout your writing. I liked how she broke down every year ad showed the progression in her writing nad reading skills. Its important to learn your flaws and grow from them and now that others can read this, it can make it so people…

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