Hall English 1101 Fall 2020

Category: Bibliography Intro RD (Page 5 of 5)

Research Question

Why are you interested in this question?  (Feel free to talk about your own personal experience with the topic, or to tell an anecdote about your experience with this subject matter)

How do people train to become soldiers, and how do they change in this process? I am interested in this question because that’s how I can know more about being a soldier and what are the qualifications that a person needs to become a warrior. An amusing story about a soldier in my country his name was Major Aziz Bhatti. I watched a documentary on his breath and his achievements over the period in his behavior as well as in warfare he was a really courageous and strong-minded soldier. He really changed after getting the training to be a soldier. After getting the training. He overcome many of his weaknesses and especially his breaking point. He martyred in the war of 1965 between Pakistan and India.

What do you expect to find in your research? (Why do you expect to find this?

I would like to find what kind of person is able to join the army is there specific people who can join or anyone can join I want to know that what are the tactics that a soldier use in the warfare and in his daily life. I also want to know whence the soldiers change over time and how? I assume to find this because that will help me to understand more effectively about my topic. It will also answer my research question.

What will you do if you find information that goes completely against what you had expected to find? (Will you throw it out? Will you write about it anyway? Will you challenge your own assumptions?) 

I don’t believe that the knowledge  I will obtain can go versus what I have expected to find because the question that I have is pretty straight and I know that whatever erudition I will discover will be correct however if the information works against what I had expected then I will use that knowledge anyway and I will question my own assumptions. I will try to overcome my assumptions and make it right.

What genres do you think might give you good information? (What is it about those genres that make them good potential sources?) 

I think all the genres can give me good information. Furthermore, the genres in which I can easily connect my point of you to the reader and make him understand what I’m trying to say will be the best genre.

For Wednesday, Oct 14 (re-post!)

Note: this is the same assignment posted below, but it’s important, so I wanted to bring it to the top! Due by Noon on Wednesday, Oct 14 :

Please note: even though classes on Wednesday  follow a Monday schedule, we will have a required class at the regular time on Weds! 

WRITE: Write a blog post (at least 400 words) in which you introduce your research question (remember to get it approved by me first!) You must cover all of the questions in bold. Answer in paragraph form. :

  • Why are you interested in this question?  (Feel free to talk about your own personal experience with the topic, or to tell an anecdote about your experience with this subject matter)
  • What do you expect to find in your research? (Why do you expect to find this?)
  • What will you do if you find information that goes completely against what you had expected to find? (Will you throw it out? Will you write about it anyway? Will you challenge your own assumptions?)
  • What genres do you think might give you good information? (What is it about those genres that make them good potential sources?) Please make sure you have read the Kerry Dirk article for Friday, Oct 9 to answer this properly! 

Spend some time on this– because this will serve as the first draft of the introduction for your annotated bibliography! Keep a copy for your final draft! 

Please use the category: Bibliography Intro RD (this will automatically categorize in Unit 2 as well, but it will make these easier to find when it’s time for you to put your whole report together.)

Homework for Friday, Oct 9 and Weds, Oct 14!

Hi everyone!  Just some updates!

First of all, no class (optional or otherwise, on Monday, Oct 12) due to the holiday.

Second of all, HERE is the link for the PIE paragraph slideshow.  I wanted to post this again, because I mentioned it in a few of your essay comments.  Remember, it’s important to have a point, information (illustration) and explanation (analysis) in every paragraph!

Now, onto the homework!


By Noon Friday, Oct 9:

READ: “Navigating Genres” by Kerry Dirk https://wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces1/dirk–navigating-genres.pdf

WRITE (as you read!) : a Double Entry Journal (at least 4 quotes and responses to the Genre article) Post this on Open Lab.  You can post it with your blog post (below!)

WRITE: a blog post (approx 250 words) about the following:

  • What is a genre you feel you know well?
  • What are the rhetorical features of that genre?
  • How did you learn the rules of that genre (did you teach yourself? how? did someone else teach you?)

Also: the homework for Wednesday will serve as the rough draft of your introduction to your Research Project! This means you will need a research question, which needs to be approved by me before Wednesday.  You can use one of the research questions I suggested in an email to you based on your survey answers– but please only use it if you’re interested.  If not, email me again.  If I approved your topic on Monday, we’re Gucci.  (haha. Sorry. I’m a dork.)

If I have not approved your research question, you need to get your question approved by me ASAP!


By Noon on Wednesday, Oct 14:

Please note: even though classes on Wednesday, follow a Monday schedule, we will have a required class at the regular time on Weds! 

WRITE: Write a blog post (at least 400 words) in which you introduce your research question (remember to get it approved by me first!) You must cover all of the questions in bold. Answer in paragraph form. :

  • Why are you interested in this question?  (Feel free to talk about your own personal experience with the topic, or to tell an anecdote about your experience with this subject matter) 
  • What do you expect to find in your research? (Why do you expect to find this?)
  • What will you do if you find information that goes completely against what you had expected to find? (Will you throw it out? Will you write about it anyway? Will you challenge your own assumptions?) 
  • What genres do you think might give you good information? (What is it about those genres that make them good potential sources?) Please make sure you have read the Kerry Dirk article for Friday, Oct 9 to answer this properly! 

Spend some time on this– because this will serve as the first draft of the introduction for your annotated bibliography! Keep a copy for your final draft! 

Please use the category: Bibliography Intro RD (this will automatically categorize in Unit 2 as well, but it will make these easier to find when it’s time for you to put your whole report together.)

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