In the reading "Ethnography of Speaking," it was very interesting to read the dialog used in a Pentacostal worship service. At first I thought it was funny. I then considered what I might think if I was not in a mood for humor; this dialog would make me happy just because it is mostly positive things said with a lot of positive energy.
A speech situation in class involves many different things. The setting is a classroom with participants including a teacher and students. During this time in the classroom, the teacher instructs the students and the students respond and give their own input with the intended purpose of the participants to learn more about different ways of speech. The mood of the class can be positive or negative, depending on how each individual in the class feels about the topic being discussed. The language and vocabulary used is whatever best fits the topic being discussed, since it would be very confusing to use terms that did not fit with the topic being discussed. Interaction would be, first, the teacher giving some instruction, like talking for a while or asking a question to start a class discussion. The class should involve themselves as much as possible in order to make it a superb learning experience for everyone. The genre is whatever type of topic the class happens to be talking about; in general, for this class, the genre is language and how it is used.
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When you talk about the mood of the class you have to also take into consideration how each individual might be feeling that day. You've had instances where you can actually feel how dead or alive a class might particularly feel. Also though topic does have alot to do with comfort zones and how specific discussions might make you feel as well.
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