This is going to be a series of detailed instructions.
This is a paper to pretend you are writing to a brand new college freshman for the things to expect in Sociology.
(DC=Discourse Community)
Provide a description of your academic DC (department, specific track, potential career goals, etc.)
Present expectations for writing in your academic DC
What are the specific genres you use to communicate with others (ie: research papers, lesson plans, marketing proposals, PowerPoint presentations, math proofs, lab reports, creative pieces, etc.)? Discuss an example from two different genres in detail and explain the purposes for each. Provide an excerpt from each to demonstrate the kinds of language, terminology, writing styles, organizational strategies s/he will be expected to produce and the purposes of each. BE SPECIFIC.
Present the expectations for reading in your DC (the professional and/or academic writing experts/scholars in your DC produce)
What kinds of texts do students in your DC read as part of their academic study? Discuss an example from two different genres in detail. Provide an excerpt from each to demonstrate the kinds of language, terminology, writing styles, organizational strategies s/he will be expected to engage with and the purposes for each. BE SPECIFIC
Provide resources and insights of your experiences to help her/him be successful as s/he begins his/her journey towards becoming an expert writer in your DC
Be engaging. Remember, your audience is a first-year student not the instructor, not your current colleagues. You dont want your reader to put down your essay after the first paragraph.
Ontop of this, what it is asking for is an extremely casual, unprofessional paper. Almost as if talking to a friend. Instructions said you could even toss in examples of charts and graphs into the paper itself if you so please. Things to expect in the disipline. It should be relatively easy, I just don’t have time currently.
I have also added an example of what was deemed an “A” essay that was under Liberal Arts.
