Unit IV Reflection

Directions: You have now officially become awesome. Congratulations! Remember when you couldn't write a research paper? Think about how far you have come! But...think about that for your in-class Final.....

For now, summarize what you learned during Unit 4: from developing a topic to researching that topic to synthesizing your research for that topic into the paper you just wrote, explain what was most helpful and what you wish you knew more about. 100-200 words.

Due before midnight on December 6th (so, by 11:59 p.m. on December 6th).

Claims and Evidence

Directions: First, state your working thesis or your thesis question. Next, list one source (in MLA format) that you think will help to support your main claim. Then, state why you think that source will help you to prove your claim.

Due before class on November 20th.

Reply to Classmate: ask a classmate a question about the source and/or the claim that might help provoke further research. OR, if you have a source you think would be useful to your classmate (either one you are using or one you might have come across in your Wonderland travels), please share that information with your classmate.

Reply due before 5pm on Friday, November 21st.

Discovering Topics

Directions: In order to determine your topic for your research synthesis, you must first begin to test what you want to say, what you want to say and who you want to say it to. First, read LBH 14-16 and answer 1.5--LBH p.17--to create an academic question. Perform exercise 2.5 on p. 35 to create your topic.

Initial reply due before class on Thursday, November 13th. 

Reply to classmate: ask a question that will provoke your classmate to think more deeply about his or her topic. For instance, if the topic is too broad, ask a question that will encourage your classmate to think about one specific area of the topic. If the topic is too narrow, ask a question that will encourage your classmate to think more deeply about the issue, which will widen his/her scope.

Due before 5pm on Friday, November 14th.

Unit III Reflection

Directions: you have just finished your second college paper, and your first (and, likely, last) rhetorical analysis. Please answer the following questions in the form of a paragraph (no more than 200 words). What do you feel you gained from understanding how others use rhetoric in their arguments? What aspect of the unit did you find most useful? How will you use the knowledge from this unit to both create and interpret arguments in the future? Is there anything more you would like to know about rhetoric before we move on?

Due before 5pm on November 6th.

5 points for posting on time
5 points for following directions and answering all the questions.