How I'm Going to Analyze My Data

I plan on taking fieldnotes along with a tape recorder as backup if I am finding that that would be useful to employ during my session with the writer. I plan on looking for documents that came from the donor or organization that is funding money in order to see initiating texts that prompted the writer to write a certain way. I will look at any comments from the other writers at Future Generations, since I mainly plan on researching one writer in the org. ( the one that does the main work on grant proposals). This goes along in part with the influence of the workplace on writing. Kliemann's four levels of comments will help me analyze that data effectively. I want to analyze the drafts by seeing what key vocabulary changes and structure of sentence level alters as the drafts progress into the final one.I will use triangulation of data--by observing the writer and then applying it to the text. This method does not involve taking their thoughts on their revision process at face value. So, I will look for evidence that they had strong revisions, instead of just listening them say how much time they spent revising the document.

ARCS p. 153 Activity 4: Aristotle

Conjecture Common Topics:
what exists?
what does not exist?
what is the size or extent of what exists
did it exist in the past
will it exist in the future

what exists: Problem: abortion
Pro-life vs. pro-choice
differing state laws in regards to the issue
what does not exist: agreement on the issue
what is the size/extent: big, controversial issue
did it exist in the past: yes
will it exist in future: yes, inevitably




Degree:
what is greater than the mean or norm?
what is lesser than the mean or norm>
what is relatively greater than something else?
what is relatively lesser tha something else?

what is good, just, beautiful, honorable, enjoyable, etc.? depends on a person's values prochoice-would say the right to choose. prolife-would say the right to live.

What is better, more just, etc.


Possibility:
what is possible? uniform standard in all states
What is impossible? to make everyone happy
what is more or less possible? uniform standard
What is possible in the future? better laws
what is impossibe in the future?

Research for Ethnographic Project Proposal

What methods do grant writers in a non-profit organization use most commonly to write a grant proposal?

It is essential for the group to receive new funding via a grant proposal.The incentive for groups to allocate funding is that the federal government gives large tax breaks to foundations for donating money to nonprofit. Therefore, how does the group know how to write an effective proposal with the proper content? Is there a designated format? What considerations must the group consider about the specific grant they are going after?

Who gives grants?
-private donors or organizations/foundations.

Considerations for acquiring the grant.
There are two different ways of going after grants.
1)Loan it to different organizations. (ex. Bill Gates or a wealthy individual offers a certain sum of money to a certain number of non-profit organizations.)
2) Look for grants that are already being offered (Group members look within their program's criteria to see if their organization qualifies for grant.)

Foundations issue different types of grants.
1) pre-allocated (specific places) money must be used for certain things in your non-profit organization.
2) open-ended. organization can use the money once they get it for whatever purpose they deem fit.

Size of grants:
Small-5, 50,000.
Large-50,000-150,000.

Argument in grant needs to be informative and highly persuasive.
informative because the company that is giving the grant, will want to know what kind of organization they are loaning money to.

Discussing Genres within the realm of Intertextuality

I think that knowing the type of writing will help a reader decide what the writer aims to do with his work, whether it be a progress report or a proposal.

One way to analyze the genre is to discuss the different features. Then discuss why those features are present in the piece of work.