Copy-and-paste a draft of your interview memo into a comment made to this blog post.

During the first phase of today’s class, write a 150-word summary memo of the magazine article that you read before arriving. In your summary, you should include one quote from the article that is cited with a parenthetical citation. Your memo should follow this format:

Header

150-Word Summary with one quote parenthetically cited (no more than 150 words and no less than 140 words) (see “Short Quotations” example on this page for parenthetical citation)

Reference to article in APA format

Copy-and-paste your memo into a comment made to this blog post when you are done.

For this phase of Project 1, you will use the Library’s databases to find at least three articles that discuss your career and write an annotated bibliography of those articles. When you complete Project 1, you will use at least one of these articles as a source (you may use them all, but one is required).

Go to the Library’s website to access the databases. I will guide you through finding relevant articles using some of the popular databases such as Academic Search Complete, Gale Academic One File, and LexisNexis.

After you have found your articles, write a memo that follows this format:

Header

Introduction (describe what is this memo’s purpose–it is an annotated bibliography of sources related to X career)

Bibliographic entry for the first article
50 word summary of the article in your own words.
Quote from article with parenthetical citation in APA format.

Bibliographic entry for the second article
50 word summary of the article in your own words.
Quote from article with parenthetical citation in APA format.

Bibliographic entry for the third article
50 word summary of the article in your own words.
Quote from article with parenthetical citation in APA format.

A draft of this memo will be due during class next week.

For each article’s bibliographic entry, look at the “Article from a Database” section on this page.

For each article’s quote that you use, write a parenthetical citation following the models provide on this page and this page. In general, a quote from an article with page numbers will end with a parenthetical like this: (Lastname, year, p. 4) where “4” is the fourth page, and a quote from an article without page numbers will end with a parenthetical citation like this: (Lastname, year, para. 4) where the number “4” refers to the fourth paragraph from the beginning of the article.

While we are using Google Drive to save much of your work in our class, I would like to recommend that you keep backup copies of your work in our class and your other classes. One solution that I have found to be reliable over time is Dropbox. If you do not yet have a Dropbox account, you can use this referral link to get a free 2 GB account with a bonus 500 MB for a total of 2.5 GB, which is ample space for saving a lot of schoolwork.

On behalf of the CUNY Dispute Resolution Center at John Jay College, we are writing to request your assistance in recruiting CUNY Muslim students and recent alumni to submit original essays for an upcoming book project on Muslim Identity funded by the CUNY Diversity Projects Development Fund.  The essays should be between 300-1,000 words and submitted by April 7, 2017 tomuslimidentity@jjay.cuny.edu. Selected entries will appear in an edited publication and the writers will be awarded a $25 gift card.

This important awareness project invites young Muslims on all CUNY campuses to submit original accounts sharing how Islam has shaped their identity as Muslims living in present day America.  It provides young Muslims with an opportunity to write about their Muslim identity and their understanding of Islam instead of having their narratives defined by the media and those misinformed about Islam and Muslim identity.

Please help us to circulate the attached flyer widely and encourage Muslim students and recent alumni of your CUNY campus to participate in this call for essays. Publication of the essays and distribution of gift cards will be completed by June 30, 2017.

Feel free to email us if you have any questions or need any additional information at muslimidentity@jjay.cuny.edu. This is our third edited book of essays by CUNY Muslim students.  If you would like a copy of our last book, email us your request.

Thank you for your time and assistance in helping to disseminate information for this important and timely project aiming to provide an opportunity for the voices of young Muslims at CUNY to be shared at CUNY and beyond.

After you have completed your 100-word summary memo, copy-and-paste it into a comment made to this blog post.