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Project Two Interview

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Project Two: Interview Project

 

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Project Two: Interview

  • 200 points total
    • 50 points - Final Draft
    • 150 points - Revised Final Draft
  • MLA style
  • 3-5 pages 
  • POST FINAL PROJECTS ON YOUR ROSTER PAGE AND ON MYBC (papers will only be graded on MyBC through Turnitin).
  • Final REVISED Draft
    • Revision must include a LIST of changes (even if it is: "no changes"). Papers without list will not be graded.
    • Post to REVISED Final Draft on MyBC. 

 

 


 
 

 


 


 

Project Two Scaffolded Steps: 

 

  1.  Email to interviewee. Due to instructor FIRST. Send revised email AFTER instructor approval in class.
    1.  ALL email correspondence for this course MUST be made via official BC email account.
    2. Heiniger Sample Email.pdf 
  2.  List of questions for interview 
    1. Sample Generic Interview Questions.pdf   - remember that you need to revise and personalize these. 
  3. While you are doing field work (interviewing) remember:
    1. BRING YOUR QUESTIONS
    2. BRING SOMETHING TO RECORD THE INTERVIEW
  4. Use reflection activities to engage in reflection that leads to ANALYSIS.
  5. Create and outline.  
  6. Rough draft of Project Two for Rough Draft Workshop 
    1. Rough draft MUST include draft of potential research question. 
  7. Final draft of Project two due to WIKI page AND MyBC. 
  8. Revised Final Draft due (to wiki and MyBC). 
    1. Revision must include a LIST of changes (even if it is: "no changes"). Papers without list will not be graded. 

 


Description and Purpose:

 

The purpose of Project Two is to begin familiarizing students with their current discourse communities through contact with another individuals immersed in those communities. In other words, this is about getting an understanding of your discourse community in practice (rather than in theory).

 

The second project will help us delve deeper into a semester-long investigation of discourse communities. The interview will require several steps and conclude with a 3-5 page paper. In preparation for the interview, students will begin by taking a critical look at their discourse community, including previous research on that pertains to writing and communication within that specific community. Students will contact a potential interview subject, compile a list of questions, and write a paper on their findings. 

 

This project should build on the student's reflection paper at the beginning of the semester and lead towards the final online presentation project. 

 

Interview Questions 

Questions for the interview (which will be developed in class and reviewed by the instructor BEFORE being submitted) should revolve around that discourse community. For example:

    • How long have you been a part of this discourse community?
    • Why do you think communication is important in this discourse community? 
    • What kinds of communication do you use every day in this discourse community?
    • What kinds of software or electronic communication do you use on a regular basis?
    • When do you communicate with people?
    • Do you have any insights - anything you've learned - about communicating in this discourse community that you would be willing to share with me?

 

Do NOT ask generic questions like this - generic questions generate short (often useless) answers. Use these to build SPECIFIC questions that will prompt NARRATIVE answers about your DC from your interviewee (fun word, right). 

 

How do you prompt longer answers? Could you ask for specific examples? Instead of asking how long someone has been a part of the DC, can you ask: "Do you remember the first time you stepped on a soccer field/track/stage...?"A specific memory can prompt a story which you can steer into a discussion of language/communication. You can follow up with a question about the first time they heard the director use musical jargon or the coach use football language.   

 

Finally, bring you RESEARCH into one of your questions. Ask your interviewee if they've ever heard of ____ or experienced ____. Perhaps discuss the article a bit with them and see if they have any insights into it.  

 

 

Sample Generic Interview Questions-2.pdf


 

Developing the Paper:

 

Project Three is a paper about your interview(s) with another member of your discourse community. However, it is NOT a transcript of that interview. Rather, it uses the material learned in the interview (possibly supplemented with outside reading) to describe the discourse community you are studying. Project Three should concluded with the research topic that you want to pursue in the final project.  

 

You already know this discourse community, this is your opportunity to see it through someone else's eyes (again, for the first time). This is also an opportunity to practice understanding someone else's point of view (about something that matters to you), and an opportunity to be deliberate in the ways you communicate and think about communication. 

 

Remember, reflections should cover:

  • WHAT
  • SO-WHAT
  • NOW WHAT 

 

Project Three should share an insight about communication in your discourse community that you have learned THROUGH the interview and an idea for the final project. 

 

Reflection Tools:

 


PAPER OUTLINE:

 

INTRODUCTION:

  •      Consider doing this last.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

 

BODY PARAGRAPHS (repeat for EACH body paragraph):

  • TOPIC SENTENCE: relate to thesis
  • EVIDENCE: material from interview (WHAT)
  • ANALYZE/REFLECT: significance of that (SO WHAT)

 

CONCLUSION:

This should look ahead (NOW WHAT)

 

 


Project Two Rubric

This rubric assess all parts of this project.

 

 

A (Excellent)

B-C (Satisfactory)

D - F (Developing)

Comments

Organization (25)

Interview creates an ANALYSIS that focuses on a single event or lesson

Analysis of interview has a clear THESIS that guides entire paper.

Paragraphs have a strong topic sentence and adhere to a single idea.

Argument (or point about discourse community) unfolds in a clear manner.

Analyzes several loosely related ideas within a single discourse community.

Has some statement of purpose that relates to most of the paper.

Paragraphs make some argument or point about the discourse community.

Reflection lacks any clear focus.

Lacks apparent statement of purpose.

Paragraphs and ideas lack organization.

No clear argument or point about the discourse community.

 

Content (Interview/Reflection) (100)

Analysis of interview illuminates the readers understanding of the discourse community (and the individual’s role in that community).

Uses experiences of interviewee to make a clear point or argument about the discourse community.

Turns experience of interviewee into evidence for the argument.

Interprets evidence (experience) through theory (such as Swales or Porter).

Creates an objective reflection on interviewee’s personal experience that is both engaging and informative.

Describes interview (rather than analyzes).

Interview relates to the discourse community.

Uses experiences of interviewee to make some points or argument about the discourse community.

Turns experience into evidence for the argument.

Applies or references theory (such as Swales or Porter).

Attempts to be both objective and engaging.

Does not engage in analysis or does not analyze the interviewee's  experience in the discourse community.

Does not use experience as evidence for an argument about the discourse community.

Does not include discourse community theory.

Lacks objectivity and does not engage the reader.

 

Mechanics (25)

Uses good American English mechanics (grammar, sentence structure, word choice…)

 

Distracting mechanical errors.

 

Pre-Writing Activities (50)

Completes all pre-writing activities on-time and posts in the correct space.

 

Misses pre-writing activities

 

 


Resources for Project Two Interview:

 

 

 

  • I need to fix my first paragraph I put his quote first and I wasn’t supposed to 

  • The second to last paragraph I'm not sure if it’s a good one

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