Tuesday's task

Today in class we talked about Peter Elbow's "open ended" writing approach & used it to help focus your research topics. I look forward to reading the blog posts you wrote after completing this exercise: I hope your topics continue to evolve as you figure out what direction(s) you want to go with your eventual research.

In preparation for Thursday's Research Blog # 3, I want you to complete the Paraphrasing Exercise posted in our Blackboard Discussion Board. (You'll find instructions on how to do this exercise in the Discussion Board itself, along with links to some resources on proper Paraphrasing & Summarizing.)

Once you've honed your paraphrasing skills, you should have no problem completing Thursday's research blog, which requires to you find 3 magazine articles on a single topic. (This single topic can be ANYTHING: although it might be related to your research topic, it doesn't have to be.) For Thursday, make photocopies of the 3 articles you find & bring them to class; in your blog, you should post a summary of each of the three articles.

Make sense? If not, leave your question(s) as a comment to this post & I'll reply via email. In the meantime, happy research!