Journal 10

Rhetoric and composition: How do the majority of students prepare to do a major paper in there class. i.e. outlines, webs, etc.

English Education: the use of teachers using just textbooks to teach the students.

Cultural Studies: Sorority life…Is there a future for it?

Discourse Analysis: Should students depend on Google as a main source for there papers?

5 Topics I could research and write on:
1. Greek life
2. Internet and how it affects student’s research.
3. Culture in South America

Journal 9

1. “Focuses on how students negotiate various genres with which they come in
contact.” Activity theory is used to help run this research; and how this affects there writing.

2. Self representation; She creates a framework on how students negotiate the various tensions they may encounter within an activity system.

3. music is a big one; as well as poetry many times as well.