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I question the term "skill" as it pertains to a successfull, skilled writer. Who determines that someone is skilled? Is it the genre that determines that someone is a skilled writer? Who of that genre gets to determine and say someone is skilled? Why are we listening to them?

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I never really thought of emails, posts, and academic writing as genres. But I can see how each type of writing has a different structure and purpose. I gained reassurance that the more I read other dissertations I will gain a better understanding of structure and flow so that I can incorporate that into my work.

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I appreciated learning about writing genres. I had only heard of genres in the context of books and films. While writing genres are different I appreciate that there are many similarities to film and writing. Essentially a genre provides you with awareness and good criteria for success. However, it does not provide you with an exact way of writing a text as authors will have unique language use and features. The concept is similar to genres of film where no one film is alike but they all share similar elements.

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Looking at language to analyze the rhetorical moves is something that I am familiar with and that I have leaned on this entire program. There is an initiative that I was deeply involved with called the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC). The purpose of this teacher professional development was to better prepare high school students for the demands of college/academic writing. I vividly remember the day I came to the understanding that texts/author's were both "saying" something, but they were also "doing" something to influence the reader's thinking or emotions. Learning this strategy called Charting the text, helped me to not only pay attention to the meaning of the words on the page, but also it taught me to imagine the author sitting just behind the text, making decisions about what words and information to include to get me to react to their argument. This is when I also learned that, depending on the audience, different kinds of evidence holds more or less weight with different kinds of audience. I also realized that many of the rules that we learn in grade school are meant to be broken. Or maybe its the opposite...learning all of the genre rules well in silos (narrative, informational, argument) allows for you to mix, blend, or break those rules for a specific purpose and audience.

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Rachel McBride-Praetorius                                           I appreciated how the video explained genre. I think most people do understand film genre and it was a good way to start thinking about how and what defines genre. For me, academic genre is a little intimidating. I am fine with memo's, certain types of reporting, and even essays. Other areas I am not so comfortable with. I think a good tip is to always keep in mind who and what you are writing for. What is the outcome and purpose of the writing which will also help determine the genre.   

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Rachel McBride-Praetorius                                           I appreciated how the video explained genre. I think most people do understand film genre and it was a good way to start thinking about how and what defines genre. For me, academic genre is a little intimidating. I am fine with memo's, certain types of reporting, and even essays. Other areas I am not so comfortable with. I think a good tip is to always keep in mind who and what you are writing for. What is the outcome and purpose of the writing which will also help determine the genre.   

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Genre in academic is not something I was familiar with. Like my colleagues, I am familiar with music genres, book genres and and movie genres. After reviewing the video and article I have a better understanding or genre awareness in academia. One of my takeaways is keeping in mind your audience when writing. This reminded me of when we publish one pagers of our organization, if we want to attrack volunteers or funding for STEM we need to add wording that will attract this. My other take away is that we don't have to be experts in all genres but by being aware it will help us become better writers.

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After learning about genre, I immediately made the connection to my professional experiences with writing. At the beginning of my career, writing in a professional setting was a chore. I would spin my wheels trying to ghost write briefs, letters of recommendations, speeches, nomination letters, newsletters, etc. But, as I advanced in my career, I built the skills in understanding the intent of the message, the tone, the voice, the purpose, and the action. Now, I realize that these are all connected to different genres. It took a long time to build this skillset, and I was not aware that it was related to genre. Now, I have the understanding of the concepts and how to apply them in academia.

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I've become pretty familiar with genre when it comes to books and movies, but outside of that I am still unfamiliar with genre. When it comes to academic genre something that the article points out was the difference not just in audience but in how you would like the audience to receive you. I thought that the example of the ransom note was a great way to show this and it really put it into perspective for me. This is something that I need to keep in mind when I am writing because often times I think about the audience but not so much about how I want them to receive the message.

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I find the video explanation somewhat helpful. I understand the way that we think about genre, audience, vocabulary selection type etc. I guess I'm trying to understand the different genres of Academic Writing. I don't know that writing for other academic audiences is really that different from writing a formal essay for a final for a class vs. what is the right style for a journal. I've written essays before and been told, you should submit this for publication. I guess lots to think about and learn about academic genres in education

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One of the biggest takeaways for me relate to the article when it describes the importance of genre awareness. The article explicitly informs us that it is impossible to be an expert in all genres. Instead, we are encouraged to use the genres we are skilled with and the awareness we have of the other genres to make that work for us. This connect to the other takeaway for me, which came from the video, which is to be aware of the audience. We all know how to write. While we may not have mastered all genres, we can use our awareness of that genre, our previous writing skills in other genres, and our knowledge of the audience to enhance our abilities/value.

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The article talks about understanding your purpose for writing, and then finding examples to study in that genre.  It reminds me of a strategy that we use often in our upper grade English Language Development classes called text reconstruction.  Students listen to a passage fluently read aloud by the teacher several times.  During each read, the students are prompted to listen for the flow, listen for specific key words and phrases, and then to listen and take notes.  They then work collaboratively to reconstruct the text from their notes.  The goal is not to recreate the original text exactly, but to be a close approximation of it.  Through this process, students learn to pay attention to the specific phrases, organization, and transitions of different types of academic writing.

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Much like one of my colleagues, in reviewing the materials about genres, I found myself thinking mostly about other types of media that I had familiarity with and could negotiate differences in genres. I think it's interesting to consider similar application to academic writing and areas outside of popular culture. The article provided some additional insights about consider genre. I am looking forward to learning more about how to apply this in academic writing, reviewing, and recognizing genre in other's work.