Post your introduction plus the first three to four pages from your paper. (Determine the length by writing 3 or 4 pages double spaced in Word--then post it here).
Types of comments that will be useful: What works so far? Are they major problems so far in the set up? Does anything seem to be missing? Are sources being incorporated smoothly through the use of quotes, paraphrases, and summaries? Do you see any problems that might become bigger in the rest of the paper?
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Revised Thesis + Outline: for Thurs, March 19
In class on Tuesday you wrote a tentative thesis. Now you need to revise and strengthen your thesis, and write a DETAILED outline for your paper.
First include your thesis, and then your outline. The more details you include, the better--including quotes, statistics, etc. (Sample outlines will be given in class on Tuesday.)
Comments will be made during class.
Label to put on post: outline
First include your thesis, and then your outline. The more details you include, the better--including quotes, statistics, etc. (Sample outlines will be given in class on Tuesday.)
Comments will be made during class.
Label to put on post: outline
Major Viewpoints: for Tues. March 17
Now that you've done your research, let's do a little more assimilation, categorizing of your research. This will help you figure out how your thesis, your argument, fits into the discourse of what everyone else is saying and writing about this issue.
When you're thinking about your issue, it's easy to over-simplifying, to say people are either FOR something or AGAINST it. But most the time it's much more complicated than that. There tend to people that are FOR except with one element, or AGAINST but with a different proposed solution to the problem. And there tend to be a lot of people somewhere in between.
Your assignment is to categorize your sources into 4 or 5 main viewpoints. Give a 1-2 sentence summary of each viewpoint and then give a list of the sources that relate to that viewpoint.
Example:
My topic is on how we should use new media in the composition classroom. The debate seems to be not on whether or not we should use new media in the composition classroom, but on how we should use new media in the composition classroom.
Major viewpoints on how new media should be used in the composition classroom:
1. People that argue that we need to teach advanced technologies, complex database programs, and really focus on giving our students technical skills. (Sources: Simmons and Grabill.)
2. People should focus on new media writing as a way of taking advantage of "networks", of connections, of using new media to create those connections. (Sources: Rice.)
3. People should use new media in the classroom by requiring students to write projects by using multiple genres. (Sources: DeVoss, Yancey).
4. People should use low-bridge approaches, with technologies that are easy or that the students already know (like blogs), to incorporate new media in the classroom. (Sources: Anderson.)
Types of comments to make: You'll receive time to make these comments during class, and we'll discuss comments then.
Label to put on post: viewpoints
When you're thinking about your issue, it's easy to over-simplifying, to say people are either FOR something or AGAINST it. But most the time it's much more complicated than that. There tend to people that are FOR except with one element, or AGAINST but with a different proposed solution to the problem. And there tend to be a lot of people somewhere in between.
Your assignment is to categorize your sources into 4 or 5 main viewpoints. Give a 1-2 sentence summary of each viewpoint and then give a list of the sources that relate to that viewpoint.
Example:
My topic is on how we should use new media in the composition classroom. The debate seems to be not on whether or not we should use new media in the composition classroom, but on how we should use new media in the composition classroom.
Major viewpoints on how new media should be used in the composition classroom:
1. People that argue that we need to teach advanced technologies, complex database programs, and really focus on giving our students technical skills. (Sources: Simmons and Grabill.)
2. People should focus on new media writing as a way of taking advantage of "networks", of connections, of using new media to create those connections. (Sources: Rice.)
3. People should use new media in the classroom by requiring students to write projects by using multiple genres. (Sources: DeVoss, Yancey).
4. People should use low-bridge approaches, with technologies that are easy or that the students already know (like blogs), to incorporate new media in the classroom. (Sources: Anderson.)
Types of comments to make: You'll receive time to make these comments during class, and we'll discuss comments then.
Label to put on post: viewpoints
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