Chapter 8. Essentials_Video_Discipline

8.1 Lesson 8 Essentials Video: Discipline

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Lesson 8 Essentials Video: Discipline

Watch the video below to see how students like you approach writing in a variety of disciplines.

Transcript

Students in order of appearance: Karina, Gregg, Crisosto, Catherine, Matt, Deonta, Hyesu

Exercise: Integrate the video

Question

Write a substantial paragraph or two, with a topic sentence or mini-thesis, through which you respond to the students in this video as you form your own approaches to writing in a variety of disciplines. You might begin by identifying the moments that stand out to you the most. Which student videos seem to make the most sense to you? With whom do you agree? Disagree? What patterns do you find among the student sound bites? Which ideas were the most instructive or helpful to you? What surprised you? How have your own ideas about writing in a variety of disciplines come into focus through the videos?
This lesson emphasizes the substantial connections between the subjects, methods, and conventions of college writing and research. Greg sums up the power in these connections for college writers when he argues that “the bottom line is, when we do research, no matter what the topic, the important thing is that we know the vocabulary around the discipline—that we know the discourse, and know the people and know the sources to grab hold of what would give what we’re saying power.” Regardless of the discipline in which you are writing, you will be able to enter the existing conversation and make your own valuable contributions.