This morning, we continued our beginning/introductory discussion regarding contraints/criteria of the genres of facebook and text messaging. While we did a good job listing various aspects of language use and situational contexts, we also found that we needed to addthe important word "trajectory" to any genre--that is, where does that written or spoken text go? Who does it go to? What aspects of technology are involved in this trajectory? These are all also context-specific questions, emphasizing the point that no writing is done in a vacuum.
Here are the rubrics that we came up with in class:
Text Messaging Rubric:
? Text shorthand
? Convenience
? Texting and Driving
? One word text= end of conversation (k)
? Numbers can be words
? ALL CAPS MEAN SCREAMING
? Multiple texts at one time from the same person.
? Guys are short
? Say things through text but cant confront the person.
? Language:
? Content
? Tone: informal
? Time/Timeliness
? Trajectory
o Where does that genre/text go?
o Audience
o technology
Facebook Rubric
? Emotions
? Quick message/ idea/ feeling
? Not spelling words out or correctly
? Facebook fights
? Quotes/Lyrics
? Situations that happen to people that are funny or crazy
? Retelling important events
? Inside jokes
? Location statuses
? Public nature
? Trajectory
? Technology
o Computer/phone
? Tone
? Pet peeves
? Power
Following this activity, we began group work analyzing the genres of business memos, press releases, and cover letters. The hope in this was that these genres are less familiar to you, so analysis of the text and greater consideration of aspects of context and trajectory are necessitated.
You all will have about 15 minutes at the beginning of class on Wednesday to finish up the work and post the final product on someone's learning blog (with all of the group members' names listed). If you feel like working on this today, tomorrow, please feel free!
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