As a writer, I would say that I pride myself on early in my educational career, at least in terms of when writing began being a big focus for me, that I was able to distinguish and participate in analyzation rather than summary.
In my final draft of my significant writing project, here is an excerpt that I believe shows the use of the integration of ideas –
Trent says that their teachers taught “superficial features of middle class discourse–grammar, style, mechanics–features that Gee claims are particularly resistant to classroom instruction. And the students successfully learned them” (Delpit 549). This quote shows that it is perhaps more possible to adapt and learn discourses than what was let on from Gee in the past based on his theory, as Trent was able to learn a dominant discourse in the classroom, and apply it so that he was able to become a successful professor, hence Gee’s idea of entering a dominant discourse proven to actually be possible.
Here, I briefly introduce and implement the quote without disrupting the flow of the paragraph, then examine the quote and connect it to the ideas of both Gee and Delpit, and work to extend on Delpits theory by showing that dominant discourse entry is indeed possible.
In Delpit’s piece, she writes that she disagrees with Gee on the notion that “people who have not been born into dominant discourses will find it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to acquire such a discourse. He argues strongly that discourses cannot be “overtly” taught, particularly in a classroom, but can only be acquired by enculturation in the home or by “apprenticeship” into social practices” (Delpit 546). This is important, as it means that dominant discourse entry is near impossible since those who have not been born into said discourse will have a hard time acquiring it.
Take this other excerpt from the same paper for example, short introduction to the quote, as I explain it is from Delpits piece where she disagrees with Gee on the notion of dominant discourse entry, and then analyzing it by showing its importance by using it to relay the fact that it will be extremely difficult for those who are not in a discourse to acquire other said discourse.
Both quotes show a quality idea of explaining claims and backing them up with textual evidence, adding or extending to previous ideas from scholars, introduction and examination of quotes, text to text connections between Delpit and Gee, and lastly, limiting summary and making sure to focus on analysis.
