Genre: Individual report 

Parks and Recreation Discourse Community

A: This genre assignment asked student to write a report about their selected discourse community to help outsiders understand the basic about the rhetorical conventions. Students were asked to create a report, not an essay, and a group presentation. The group presentation was conducted by one or two different discourse communities combining their findings and stating how they correlate. This report allowed the students to start the process of joining their discourse community's conversation. 

B: The easiest part of this report was finding sources since I could use Sacramento State's library website which includes peer-reviewed articles. Another surprisingly easy aspect of this report was working with my group since they were all informative and responsible which I'm very thankful for. I am grateful for my group members since this being my first actual group project in college, it could have gone worse. One aspect that I found challenging was creating a report styled paper since I have been writing essays nonstop in my past academic years. I'm grateful that I was forced to create a report style paper because it refreshed my memory on the organization and characteristics needed in order to create an efficient report.  

C: My submission received a "middle to late draft", and I wasn't satisfied but i was content considering the time and effort I put into my first draft. I had common spelling errors throughout my essay that I corrected. There were a couple run on sentences that I broke down to make the report easy to read. There was a portion of my essay that lacked depth of my discourse community's lexis in which I implemented in my final draft. I was also suggested to make more connections throughout the report since it is one big report not multiple mini reports. I attempted to make connections in all aspects of my report to my main claim. I included more on lexis in the terminology section. There are more minor changes but I find these the most important to the final draft. 

D: I believe my reports strongest features are usage of sources and evidence. I used multiple charts and tables to illustrate my findings in which is a heavy topic within my report. With that being said I think I did a good job leading by example on how to present your findings in my discourse community. If I had more time, I'd work on the formatting of my report even though it is full of color and images. I feel as if it could be view as sloppy but organized enough to be considered acceptable. I also have high expectations of my organization so it could be me overthinking it. I could have arguably done a better job making connections throughout the report but I did attempt to make more connections in my final draft, but every writer should know that there is always room for improvement.