- In nonfiction we look for purpose and how we can apply
- In analysis it’s what we are looking for to pull out in nonfiction
- Journal articles are made for argument and to share opinions
- Analyses depend on quotes because they create meaning
- We looked at analysis papers and saw how the writers dug up the information in the quotes they used
- First paper: Alice Walker’s beauty essay: the world instead of a wound (in her eye)
- Second paper: similar to first
- Third paper: more like a long summary than an analysis, many quotes but not enough digging deep into them, seeking more opinions
- There is a difference between nonfiction and fiction arguments
- Evidence is needed to make a claim
- Analyzing a text vs. making a claim and backing up an argument
- We need to make our paper believable and interesting- this balance is important
- Claim–>quote–>explanation
- In analysis papers: create titles, use footnotes, and utilize MLA style citations
- A good paper is one in which you believe in the abilities of the writer and completely believe the claims they make
- The first page of a paper is just the writer trying to figure out what they want to say
- Revision is moving from a standpoint of the writer to the reader
- Look for the assumptions the argument makes in a paper
- We paraphrased a writer’s thesis to better understand what claim she was making (Moya- What’s Identity Got to do with it)
- In order to mobilize identities in a classroom, teachers need to embrace student’s unique identities rather than act as though everyone is equal and the same
- Use everyone’s individual experience and culture rather than ignore them and push them away so that classrooms will grow and learn
- See why everyone is different and why that is a good thing instead of trying to minimize stereotypes by treating everyone the same
- How do we do this without hurting other people and generalizing people to one standard?
- Moya should have given us the good information first to keep us interested, since it was somewhat dry and difficult to read
- Reading and writing are unnatural acts
- As a writer, the task is to keep people reading
- Complex enough that the reader wants to dig in, but not too complex that the reader doesn’t understand and doesn’t want to keep reading
- Everybody’s differences put together is what makes a good education
- Focusing on different identities to make a teaching style is similar to studying different learning styles
- Our identities can shift- gender sexuality, gender expression, etc.
- We don’t want people to hide behind something they’re not to feel normal- we want to bring our true selves into the classroom
- “If you have a strong sense of yourself it doesn’t matter what people think about you,” but we are formed by a culture so this is not necessarily true
- Your identity is not just who you are inside or what other people say about you, it’s a combination of both
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