Agenda: Week 8 – Tuesday, 10/17 & Thursday, 10/19

Before class on Tuesday, 10/17, students should have completed the following…

• Compiled a list of at least three social justice issues and the questions related to the topic. Remember, try to narrow the question down.
  • For example, if you’re interested in learning more about migrant detention centers (which is a broad topic), you narrow down the scope to the health issues of those in detention (still big), so you narrow that issue down to the health of children, and ask: “How do detention centers affect the health of migrant children?”
• Created a post, titled Full Name, U2 Questions Brainstorm and saved it under the category U2 Work. Record your questions/topics in the body of this post.
  • This is part of the low-stakes writing assignments, which are worth 30% of your overall grade!

During class, we will…

• Watch City Tech Library’s Guide to Developing a Research Question.
• Review “Reflective Annotated Bibliography” Power Point by Laura Westengard
• Return to your brainstorming for Unit 2 the topics and pick the one you think is the most interesting.
• Complete the KWRL activity (see below).

KWRL Activity:

1. K- KNOW: 5 minutes.  Write about what you know about the topic/question the whole time.  It is important that you don’t pause here, so if you are stuck, write “I’m stuck!” But just keep typing.  Write down everything you can about what you KNOW about this topic or question.
2. W-WANT:  5 minutes.  Same thing– you’ll write that whole time.  This time, write what you WANT to know about the topic.
3. R-RESEARCH: 15 minutes. Here is where you do a little bit of research.  Spend time on searching your topic on the internet.   
4. L-LEARNED: 5 minutes.  Again, write the whole time.  Write what you LEARNED from your 10-15 minutes of preliminary research.  Cite where necessary. 
5. Based on this activity, refine your question and be ready to discuss it with me!

• Discuss your Research Question with me.

Before class on Thursday, students will…

• Decide on your overall research question. Go to your post (Full Name, U2 Questions Brainstorm) and hit “reply” with your finished question.

During class on Thursday, we will…

• Spend 15 minutes writing a substantial paragraph answering the following questions (BTW, this will help you write your introduction to your U2 assignment):
• How did you get interested in your research question?
• Why are you interested?
• What answers and information do you expect to find in response to your research question?
• Watch and discuss Evaluating Online Sources.
• Start researching the answers to your question!

Looking forward to Thursday night and beyond…

• Continue doing research for U2! Be ready with at least ONE source to share with the class on Tuesday.
• By 11:59pm on 10/19, submit your U1 Writing Assignment to OpenLab. Directions on where and how to post your essay can be found in the Course Profile.
  • Create a post titled Full Name, U1 Writing Assignment and save it under U1 Work.
  • If I don’t see the title Full Name, U1 Writing Assignment, I won’t evaluate it and you’ll earn a 0 for this assignment!
  • DO NOT simply copy and paste your essay into the body of the post! Please follow the directions on the Course Profile and save it as a PDF!
  • This is a hard deadline!

• If you missed class last week or need a reminder, this is how you will submit your U1 Writing Assignment:
• Go to Course Profiles > Library Files > ENG1101 Handouts. There are two documents:
• ENG1101 Education Narrative Template
  • This is how I want everyone’s essay to look like!
• ENG1101 How to Uplo
  • This is how you’ll submit this assignment. I will not grade an essay that is not turned in this way!
• U1 Reflection: Write a short reflective paragraph (150-200 words) about the process of writing your education narrative. In your paragraph, discuss whether reading “Shitty First Drafts” affected your writing process. If so, how? If not, discuss how you approached the assignment.
  • This is one of the low-stakes writing assignments (worth 30% of your overall grade). Title it Full Name, U1 Reflection and post it under the category U1 Work by 11:59PM next Tuesday.