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READ AND ANNOTATE: Graff & Birkenstein, “Chapter 3: As He Himself Puts It – The Art of Quoting”  on Perusall

WRITE:  Complete your first “Source Entry” if you didn’t already finish in class today, and also write your second “Source Entry” Draft.  Post on website. Try to include all five steps of the IQIAA method for at least one quotation. 

Don’t remember what a source entry includes?

• A complete source entry is made up of 4 parts. Refer to the RAB Road Map for a detailed description of each of those 4 parts.
• We also covered the Source Entry requirements in our Oct 3 class

Don’t remember how to cite something in MLA format?

• I handed out a worksheet
• I recommend using a citation generator: Zotero, bibcitation.com, citethis.net/MLA

Want to make an appointment at the Writing Center?

TO MAKE A TUTORING APPOINTMENT go to https://citytech.mywconline.com

WRITE: Write a blog post (at least 300 words) in which you introduce your research question. You may find your topic anywhere– from Unit One to the blog posts we wrote last week, to your peers’ blog posts! (It’s really okay if two people write about the same topic– I promise you.) What is important here– and I can’t stress this enough– is that you research something you want to know more about, not something you think you already know the answer to.

You may be curious to know why there are so few African American ballerinas in major companies, or you may want to know how much “housing projects” have changed in New York since James Baldwin wrote “A Talk to Teachers” in 1963, or you may want to know what we really learn from playing computer games.  Just be curious.

REMEMBER YOU MUST GET YOUR TOPIC APPROVED BY ME! Write it in question form (it can’t be a yes-or-no question, though). You must cover all of the questions in bold:

• 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?) Remember that it’s okay to be wrong– you might find a completely different answer than the one you intended to find. You won’t get marked down for that!

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

READ AND ANNOTATE: “Research Starts with a Thesis Statement” from Bad Ideas about Writing  on Perusall

READ AND ANNOTATE: “Schools are Killing Curiosity” from The Guardian  on Perusall

WRITE: Blog Post (at least 300 words)

What is something you were interested in when you were a kid? Are you still interested in that topic? How did asking questions help you learn more about that topic?   If so, how has your curiosity changed and grown over the years? And what role did the educational system play in your curiosity (good or bad)?   If you are not interested in this topic anymore, what do you think happened to that interest? Do you remember the specific time you LOST interest?  What did you become interested in instead (and why?)  

THINK: Start thinking about a topic you are interested in, something you might want to know more about.  This can be something heavy, like police brutality, or it can be something that seems on the surface more light-hearted, like ballet.  The only criteria is that you are actually curious about it.    This may seem like strange advice, but it can be helpful to go for a walk and think about topics you’d like to write about. Come home and jot down a few notes. By October 5 you will be expected to have some idea of a topic you’d like to research, even if it’s a bit vague.