1. Discourse Community Analysis
Identify the characteristics of language (primarily written) within your discipline
Conduct 2-3 interviews from individuals who are at different levels of “literacy” within your discipline (pertaining to writing and studies)
Compare your interview finding with some scholarly writing in your discipline.
Identify patterns and themes and present them in the form of an empirical report (APA format)
Discourse Community Analysis

2. Scholarly Literature Evaluation
Select at least 2 scholarly journals from your discipline and one article from each journal
Evaluate the journals based on scholarly source criteria and usefulness to exploring and answering a research question within your discipline
Remember the audience and purpose of this project
Provide examples from the articles to “show” how they are a good match for this audience and purpose.
Scholarly Literature Evaluation

3. Research Proposal Memo
Identify a research question for the APA Research Paper
Propose a plan for researching and creating APA Research Paper
Present your Research Schedule for Project Four
Research Proposal Memo

4. Literature Review
Read and analyze 7-10 articles related to your research question
Identify threads in the conversations.
Summarize and contextualize the similarities and differences: what are the connections between these conversations threads? How are they connected to a larger topic or conversation?
Use this review to provide context for how you will present your research paper.

5. Create a scholarly or popular report based on your Proposal research question
Tailor your writing, content, and design to a specific audience (i.e., using the language of your discourse community)
Present your research and “position” in APA format
APA Research Paper

6. Reporting on Scholarly and Popular Sources in our Disciplines
Identify the characteristics of scholarly and popular sources
Select three scholarly and one popular source within your major or discipline
Report to peers in your discipline about these scholarly and popular sources and how they can be used
Provide examples from the sources
Reporting on Scholarly and Popular Sources in our Disciplines
Select the journals from your discipline and one article from each journal
Evaluate the articles based on scholarly source criteria
Analyze and compare and contrast the content and format of the articles – as well as the discourse used and the writing style.
Provide examples (likely quotations) from the articles
Disciplinary Writing Analysis
Identify a research question for Project Four
Propose a plan for researching and creating Project Four
Identify your audience for Project Four
State your genre for Project Four
Present your Research Schedule for Project Four
Research Proposal Memo
Create a scholarly or popular report based on your Project Three research question
Tailor your writing, content, and design to a specific audience
Present your project to the class
Research Project and Presentation