A group of five from class met at the Boarder's book store coffee shop. Most of the things my group noticed about this place were interesting because they were repeatedly seen. For example, it was easy to point out that many people were reading something. This idea of looking at what stands out relates to the reading in, “Crafting Writers”. Chapter 3 talks about naming specific craft and in particular the parts of speech. In order to recognize the parts of speech we have to realize what made it stand out. This compared to what we are doing at the coffee shop because we were recognizing things that stand out to us then, evaluating why. Why do the items that people are reading in the coffee shop stand out? This is because all of the reading material is similar. Information based (newspaper, news week magazines).
Some of the things that occurred in the coffee shop may seem odd to someone who has never been in this type of atmosphere. For example the name of the drinks (latte, kulas, java). When you hear a person saying these things it is because they are used to this type of place, they know the language and can use it to order something to eat or drink. I can tell they have ordered before because they seem confident when they order with no anticipation.
Chapter 6 in the book tells why drawing is an important ability of young writers in order to provide information. This applies to our coffee shop dig as we drew the map of the coffee shop. With this map we were able to show a lot of details about the shop without writing a word. Drawing this map helped me recognize why the shop was arranged this way. For example, the sitting area was located away from the actual ordering spot. This is most likely to make sure the sitting area remain quiet and it not interrupted with the sounds of drinks being prepared. The colors and arrangement of the room is relaxing and because most people were reading (also a relaxing activity) it draws people to come here. From my experience with coffee shops I know that is it a quiet place to relax or work on something, which is what most people were doing and what it seemed to be set up for.
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