Before our next class, you should perform these tasks:

• Using the library’s databases and journal holdings, find five articles that are related to your major/career interests. They should be recent and rigorous.
• Using those five articles, create a memo that lists the bibliographic information of those articles in APA format (follow this guide for periodical sources, “Articles in Journals,” https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/07/). Format your memo using the “heading element,” “opening element,” and “task elements” found on this guide: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/590/02/. List each bibliographic entry under the “task elements” section (e.g., “You asked me to find five articles, which I list below in APA format:” and then you list each article’s bibliographic information. Save this document and print one copy to bring to class.
• Finally, choose one of your articles that you would like to use for your 500-word summary assignment. Create a reverse outline of this article. The easiest way to do this is to read the first paragraph, and then in your notebook, write a one-sentence summary of that paragraph in your own words. Then, read the next paragraph, and skip a line in your notebook and write a one-sentence summary of that paragraph in your own words. Do this for each paragraph. As you write this reverse outline, identify the article’s argument/main point and identify the supporting evidence for the article’s argument/main point. Bring this work that you write in your notebook to our next class, and bring the article that you are summarizing. You will use these for writing your summary during our next class.