Intro & Outcomes: Genre Analysis

Readers and writers have an easier time creating and navigating a document when they know more about how that document genre  is typically organized.  Each discipline employs its own document genres to shape and share knowledge and to sustain important conversations.  As our students get better at thinking about audience and purpose, it is helpful for them to also think about the typical form and content of a document genre to better orient themselves as readers and writers.  Today we will look at how we can scaffold some genre analysis activities into the reading and writing portions of our curriculum.