Pat's Questions for July 19

1      Devitt mentions that “studies of particular genres and of particular genre sets…can reveal a great deal about the communities which construct and use those genres” (581). Can you think of any previous examples when you either used the study of genre in such a way or do you plan to use this new concept of genre in a similar way in your classroom?

2      Devitt also mentions that “teachers of writing need to discover how to teach novices the situations and forms of the genres they will need without undermining the wholeness of a genre” (583). Do you think that this can be done without undermining a genre’s wholeness? Or do you have any ideas on how such a method might work?