1. Wrt 105: practices of academic writing
Dr. Rusty Bartels
Friday, October 12th, 2018
Week 7, Day 3

2. Overview Freewrite Gee Small Groups Discourse Models – Types
Discourse Models – Tools of Inquiry
Wrap-up

3. Freewrite What did you think of the Gee chapter?
How would you define a “discourse model”?

4. Gee – Small Groups 5 Groups (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5) Identify:
Main ideas
Example from the text
analysis of how he uses examples to support idea
Your own example to demonstrate your understanding of his discussion
Each group will present a summary of their section to the class

5. Gee – Discourse Models, Types
Discourse models inform, and are informed by, the worldview and actions of ourselves and our communities.
A discourse model is not inherently “good” or “evil”
BUT, discourse models are a part of power structures

6. Gee – Discourse Models, Types
Espoused Models: models which we consciously espouse
Evaluative models: models which we use, consciously or unconsciously, to judge ourselves or others
Models-in-(inter)action: models that consciously or unconsciously guide our actual actions and interactions in the world.

7. Gee – Discourse Models, Types
“Since Discourse models embed assumptions about what is “appropriate,” “typical,” and/or “normal,” they are, through and through, political.” (Gee 84) [emphasis added]
These “assumptions” can be consciously, or unconsciously held
The more “dominant” or “normal” a discourse model, the more likely it is to be held unconsciously

8. Gee – Discourse Models, Types
“Since Discourse models embed assumptions about what is “appropriate,” “typical,” and/or “normal,” they are, through and through, political.” (Gee 84) [emphasis added]
Gee normalizes the “political” nature of a discourse model
Whereas things are often called “political” when it goes against dominant, unconscious frameworks

9. Gee – Discourse Models as Tools of Inquiry
FREEWRITE
Review the questions in this section at the end of the reading.
What kinds of Discourses are present in the community you’ve chosen to write your paper on?
How could one of the sets of questions on p93 inform your analysis of your discourse community?
When you are ready, turn to a neighbor and reflect on both the free write question, and explore how the questions offered at the end of the reading can connect to your chosen community.

10. Wrap-up Today we: Used Gee to talk about discourse models
Thinking about how discourse models can help us identify assumptions, values, purposes behind our communities
Next time:
Reading: none
Peer review —> bring either:
2 hard copies (double spaced) OR
A laptop (if you wish to receive comments digitally)