Writer's Journal #11 - Pacing Research and Annotations
DIRECTIONS In this reflective writing assignment, you will complete the following tasks: (1) based on any feedback you may have received in the previous discussion forum, revise your first annotation; (2) find another source and compose your second annotation; (3) post both annotations in your writer’s journal; (4) write a paragraph where you work through what your next research steps are (what is the next kind of source you want to find, and where are you going to find it), and sketch a schedule that outlines how you will complete your annotated bibliography by the due date.
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Writer's Journal #10 - Situating Sources
DIRECTIONS In this reflective writing assignment, you will have the opportunity to reflect on situated writing and situated thinking. To help you do so, please address the following questions: (1) What is your reaction to thinking about texts (images, pieces of writing, research publications, etc.) as always situated, as always part of histories that occur in conversations? Does this change how you think about texts? Confirm how you think about texts? Explain. (2) How might thinking about situated texts affect how YOU compose your own texts? Will it? Why or why not? Writer's Journal #9 - Finding Your First Source
DIRECTIONS In this reflective writing assignment, you will have the opportunity to both find and think about a source for your project. To help you do so, please follow these directions: (1) Decide what type of source would make the most sense to begin your research with. (2) Locate and access the source. (3) Respond to the following questions about your source: I. what is the source’s purpose? II. how does the source go about achieving its purpose? III. how might you use this source in a larger research project? Writer's Journal #8 - Thinking about Secondary Sources
DIRECTIONS In this reflective writing assignment, please address the following questions to help you sort through what types of secondary sources you should use for your project: (1) Given your CRQ and topic, what types of secondary sources COULD you use? Websites? Scholarly articles? Magazines? (2) What would be involved in collecting these sources; in other words, what would be your process of finding and collecting these sources? (3) Would these kinds of sources be useful for you given your rhetorical situation? Why or why not? Writer's Journal #7 - Thinking about Primary Sources
DIRECTIONS In this reflective writing assignment, please address the following questions to help you sort through whether or not you should pursue primary sources:: (1) Given your CRQ and topic, what types of primary sources COULD you use? Interviews? Official documents? Creative texts? (2) What would be involved in collecting these sources; in other words, what would be your process of finding and collecting these sources? (3) Would these kinds of sources be useful for you? Why or why not? Writer's Journal #6 - Research Preconceptions
DIRECTIONS In this Writer’s Journal, you will have the opportunity to think about your own preconceptions about research. To help you in this, please address the following prompts and questions: (1) Describe what you thought of when you heard the term “research” before you began this class. (2) Describe your sense of the purposes of research and if/how this class is challenging that sense. Writer's Journal #5 - Reverse Outlining
DIRECTIONS In this Writer’s Journal, you will engage in a process called “reverse outlining.” While regular outlining is a tool for planning and thinking about what your text will say, reverse outlining is a tool that helps you to see what your text actually says. In order to create a reverse outline of your Project Proposal, please address the following prompts and questions: (1) Read through your Project Proposal, one paragraph at a time. As you read each paragraph, type a one-sentence summary of what that paragraph is actually doing. Be sure to only pay attention to the paragraph you are currently reviewing. Record each of these summary sentences, and put them in a continuous paragraph. (2) Read over this “reverse outline,” and answer the following question: does this paragraph represent what you want the project proposal to do? In other words, since the reverse outline provides a snapshot or overview of your paper as it is actually written, can you identify problem areas, paragraphs that have no clear purpose, an order (in the paper) that does not make sense, and so forth. (3) How will you revise based on what you have discovered in creating your reverse outline? Writer's Journal #4 - Wrapping up Week 1
DIRECTIONS In this Writer’s Journal, you will have the chance to sort through your thinking on your larger project in preparation for next week’s writing of the Project Proposal. To help you in this endeavor, please answer the following questions: (1) What do you foresee being the most challenging aspect of the project proposal and why? (2) What do you foresee being the most challenging aspect of the larger project, and why? (3) How can you - in practical terms - meet the challenges you describe above? Writer's Journal #3 - Discourse Communities as Audiences
DIRECTIONS In this Writer’s Journal, you will have the chance to collect your thoughts on entering the conversations of a discourse community and using that community as your audience. To help you in this reflection, please respond to the following questions: (1) As you think about your CRQ, what are the potential discourse communities you might be writing for? Put another way, who are the other groups that might be thinking about, writing on, and/or acting as a result of your CRQ? (2) How might the discourse communities you describe above affect how you conduct inquiry? What will count as “evidence” with that audience? (3) How might the discourse communities you describe above affect how you compose any texts directed at them as an audience? Writer's Journal #2 - Exigency, Kairos, and Audience
DIRECTIONS In this Writer’s Journal, you will have the chance to collect your thoughts on exigency, kairos, and your audience as you understand it at this point. To help you in this reflection, please respond to the following questions: (1) In your mind, who is the audience for your larger project? Who will you report your findings to, and why does this audience make sense as the audience to write for? (2) How will you explain your CRQ and project’s exigency to this audience? (3) How will you show this audience that this is the opportune, right, or kairotic time to explore your CRQ (be sure to think about what you read and wrote in the discussion forum on exigency and kairos). |
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