W2D1: 03.26.12

• Opening Assignment
• Review: Homework readings - Bullock & Goggin, pp. 9-11; Discourse Community Memo 
• Class: Discussion on Genre
• Read: Anis Bawarshi, "The Genre Function"
• Working in a small group, summarize and determine the main point(s) of your section.
• Groups:
• 1: p. 335, "The past fifteen years..."
• 2: p. 336, "In arguing that genres..."
• 3: p. 338, "As a broader concept..."
• 4: p. 340, "We witness a remarkable example..."
• 5: p. 342, "Genre and Literary Studies..."
• 6: p. 344, "Even poststructuralist critiques..."
• 7: p. 346, "Genres thus endow..."
• 8: p. 348, "Beyond Literary Studies..."
• 9: p. 349, "Language is functional..."
• 10: p. 352, "Genre and the Constitution..."
• 11: p. 354, "We all function..."
• 12: p. 357, "Conclusion" 
• Compose a visual that represents your section - and be creative!
• Copy or post your visual to the board in order to create a single image summarizing the entire article. 
• Be prepared to explain your visual.
• Compose: Genre Analysis