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Answer-2-questions-of-4-Writing-assignment-400-words-total-
I’d like you to do is to answer either questions 1 or 2 AND either questions 3 or 4 below (so you’re answering a total of 2 questions).
-The questions are based on Wain and Wardle’s “Activity Theory: An Introduction for the Writing Classroom” and Marro’s “The Genres of Chi Omega.” .
-Each question should be about 180-200 words. Please use plenty of textual evidence to support your answers.
1. Explain in your own words what an activity system is, and give three examples of activity systems with which you are familiar? For each of these systems, explain what its common motives ad goals are.
2. Pick one of the activity systems you chose in response to question 1, and explain how its activities are “ongoing,” “object-directed,” and “historically conditioned” (para 4).
3. Marro defines activity systems and gives the example of her sorority as an activity system. List some activity systems that you participate in and make a list of the important genres that those activity systems use and produce to mediate their activities and goals.
4. Marro seems to suggest that the genres used by various Chi Omega chapters help the sisters across those chapters maintain a consistent identity. She does not tell you what that identity is, though. By considering the genres they use, the way they use them, and their motives and rules, can you make an informed guess about their values and identities?
