Week
3
Feb. 13 (Mon): MEET IN BC 18 again Aand for the rest of the
semester!
First four annotations due
The
art and craft of library research 5:
Reference librarian Jody Caldwell will spend half of the
class finishing up her introduction to sophisticated library research,
then we
will discuss the annotated bibliography and the comparison paper that
you will
draft for Wednesday.
SIGN UP FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS TO DISCUSS YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT
Homework: Write a draft
of a paper
in which you compare the 4 sources you found. Which might be useful?
Which
might not? Why? What major differences do you notice? What does that
reveal?
[For guidelines on college-level comparison see: www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/resources/Comparison.html]
Feb. 15 (Wed): Draft of
comparison paper due.
The
art and craft of Research writing
1: audience.
Discussion of draft comparison paper. What did people find? Write two
sentences
summarizing your findings in the comparison.
Think more
specifically
about audience: For Monday your assignment is to write three paragraphs
that you
could imagine as entries in an encyclopedia on the topic you are
researching.
Include a corks cited list and suggestions for further reading based on
your
research (try to make them audience appropriate as well).
Entry
1: for The Middle School Student's Encyclopedia of All Things
Relevant
to Life: A Hip Guide to Stuff. Think about the
audience
(middle school students) and the title of the book, and then write a
one
paragraph entry on your topic.
Entry
2: for A Brief On-Line Encyclopedia. Again, think
about your audience (people
who look on line for a quick definition, maybe using google) and their
purpose
(why might they consult this source?) and write an entry on your topic.
Entry
3: for a university
professor. Imagine this as a
paragraph that is gathered with all the other paragraphs in the class
to
showcase the research. Your purpose is (1) to show your professor how
much you
have learned about the topic, and (2) to tell your peers a bit about it
and
make them interested in what you will find as you continue to research
(hint:
questions can be asked in this kind of prose).
Homework: Work on those
paragraphs,
due Monday. CONTINUE RESEARCHING. Annotations of four more sources due
on
Monday. This time select sources you might want to use in your paper.
Pay
attention to sources that everyone seems to be citing because you'll
need to
cite them as well to show you have done your research!
Feb.
15-17:
INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE PROFESSOR (Check the
sign-up list if you forget when you are supposed to come!)
Week
4
Feb. 20 (Mon): Three
paragraphs of definition due. Four more
annotations due.
The
art and craft of Research writing 2:
purpose: Brief
conversation about
your progress on your research. Discussion of the use of focused
research
questions. Students will generate at least five focused research
questions for
their topic and then answer any of those questions that they can
already
answer. Answering those questions is your purpose for writing the
paper. We
will discuss turning the answers into a thesis and how your
perspectives on
your topic can help you to develop a thesis that positions your
response within
those you have found. We will also
discuss potential problems and frustrations you are experiencing.
Homework: Think about how
your research
questions and the provisional answers you have found could lead to a
thesis,
and write a possible thesis for Wednesday (post the thesis to the
K:drive
and/or send it to me via email by 1:00PM Wednesday).
CONTINUE RESEARCHING. Annotations of four more sources due
on Wednesday. Again, look at who everyone else is citing and make sure
you have
read those sources as well.
Feb. 22 (Wed):
Possible
thesis due in the K:drive folder named "thesis." Four
more annotations due.
The
art and craft of Research writing 3: focus
and
developing a thesis. The
key is the thesis! We
will discuss your theses for the research papers focusing on the theses
you
turned in. We will analyze what makes a thesis appropriate for an
extended
research paper, and explore how a thesis can help to shape a draft. We will discuss how a fabulous thesis
inevitably creates an even better paper. Write one paragraph explaining
your
perspective on your topic, and then write a revised thesis below it
that
positions your response within those you have found.
Revise your paragraph to include your thesis. Students begin
to make an outline/plan/diagram /roadmap of the paper.
Homework:
Continue working on your annotated bibliography for your
research paper. Annotate all other sources that seem useful (at least
ten, but
aim for fifteen). CONTINUE RESEARCHING. Complete annotated bibliography
due
Monday. Begin to draft, outline, plan, or brainstorm for your paper.
Try
listing the topics you will cover and then organizing them into a
working plan.
Week 5
Feb. 27 (Mon): Final
annotated bibliography due (10-15 sources). Possible working
plan/outline/skeleton for the paper due.
The art and
craft of
research writing 4: the plan (a.k.a. organization). The working
outline, the
formal outline, note cards, "stickies." Overcoming writers block!
Practice at
least one method as you develop your research paper. As you work on
turning
your plan into a draft, remember that the first draft is written for
you, so
you can work out what you think and want to say; then you translate it
for
others so they can understand you. DO NOT worry about surface-level
error in
drafts!!!
SIGN UP FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS TO DISCUSS YOUR RESEARCH PROJECT
Homework: Continue
developing your
paper. A very rough draft of which is due next Monday--but you should
have
something done by the time you meet with me.
Mar. 1 (Wed): No
class.
Individual meetings with me to discuss your paper.
Homework: Continue developing your
paper. A very rough draft of which is due on Monday (this does not need
to be
perfect--but it does need to cite sources carefully).
Mar.
1-3:
INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE PROFESSOR (Check the
sign-up list if you forget when you are supposed to come!)
Mar.
1
(Wed): last day to drop this class with a W (I hope you won't!!)
Week
6
Mar.
6 (Mon): Very
rough draft of
research paper due (this does not need to be perfect--but it does need
to cite
sources carefully).
The art and
craft of Research writing 4: rules and
conventions (a.k.a. avoiding
plagiarism!). Students
read over their drafts and check source use before handing them in. Refocusing the paper for another
audience. Identify audience and purpose and think about how to deliver
the
information most effectively.Discuss the final project of the course:
the
refocused paper. Students work on their papers or on their refocused
projects
in class.
Homework: Continue
developing your
paper. A very good draft of which is due on Wednesday (it is still a
draft.
Translate the4 content for an academic audience but do not fret about
editing
yet.)
Mar. 8 (Wed)
LAST CLASS. Very
good draft of paper due (translated for an academic audience).
Evaluations of
the class
and final discussion about the final portfolio, the ePortfolio, and the
meta-analytic essay.
The art and
craft of
Style 4: Revision and editing. Introduction to
the ten steps for editing and
revision.
[See:
www.users.drew.edu/sjamieso/12stepediting.htm].
Schedule appointments with
me as necessary.
Mar.
11-18:
Spring break--use this time wisely!
Week
7
Mar.
20-22:
INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE PROFESSOR IF YOU NEED
THEM (Check the sign-up list if you forget when you signed up to come!)
Mar
22
(Wed) Final paper with annotated bibliography, revision for
alternative
audience (brochure, etc), meta-analytical preface, and EVERYTHING ELSE
YOU HAVE
WRITTEN IN THIS COURSE THIS SEMESTER due in a folder outside my office
by noon.
ePortfolio saved in k:drive folder. (See guidelines for portfolio
production!)