Day 32-Summarizing and Refining a Topic

Today You Will Learn How To:

• Review the functions of the library database search engines and the strategies for using them.
• Discuss and use efficient strategies to go through the process of source selection. 
• Analyze sources based on criteria, such as relevancy, purpose, readability, and synthesis, and be able to decide the most appropriate sources for a research paper.

Class Today:

Warm-Up
I will give your row a topic on a small sheet of paper. Using the topic I gave you, make a mind map.

EBSCO Database
Now, practice searching for information on the topic.
What's important when using search terms?
Remember to make your search terms- precise, grammatical, and purposeful.

Finding Good Sources
What techniques do you use to find sources related to a topic?

Some ideas:

• scanning titles and subject terms for keywords
• skimming abstracts for relevant recommendations
• scanning literature reviews and reference lists for other sources that may be of interest
• skimming conclusions and research limitations for relevant ideas
• using Ctrl + F in a source’s text to look for keywords and their frequency

Individual Practice
Use this chart to help you in find other sources for your paper. I will come around and help you.


Next Class: Introduce Unit 4: Writing the Research Paper

Homework:

1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 31-Review Summarizing Sources

Class Today:

Common Mistakes in Annotated Bibliography

-Structure mistakes
-APA citation mistakes

-Not enough detail

-Just paraphrasing the abstract

Review Summary
Let's discuss how to write a summary and look at this handout

Workshop
Using the handout to help you, let's work on revising your annotated bibliography. 

Next Class: Summary Language and Refining a Topic

Homework:
1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 30- Reflection Writing

Class Today:

Warm-Up:
Look at the picture above. In a blank Microsoft Word document, free-write about your thoughts on the picture. How does the picture relate to reflection? What was he thinking when he made this paining? We will discuss your thoughts in about 5 minutes

Group Discussion:
With the other people in your row, think of the types of writing you have done. Then work on this chart with your row.

(Answers)

Which type of writing has been the most difficult? What type has been the easiest?

Example Reflection
Now read this sample reflection. Which part of the reflection is longest? Why?

Pair Discussion
Find a person you have never worked with before. Then discuss what you have learned about plagiarism using these questions.

Language of Reflection
Here's a list of useful language to help with writing your reflection.

Next Class: Choosing sources and refining a topic.

Homework:
1. The final version of your annotated bibliography is due April 13th by midnight. Keep in mind this is worth 15% of your grade.

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help Exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

3. Using the same questions we used for discussion in class, write a reflection on avoiding plagiarism. This reflection should be AT LEAST 300 words and will be graded for grammar and word choice. Keep in mind this reflection is worth 2.5% of your grade. The reflection is due April 12th by midnight. Upload the document to compass2g Unit 3. and save it as Reflection2NetID.doc.

Day 29- Summarizing Sources

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Identify the sections of an academic paper
• Identify what kind of information should be included in a well-developed summary
• Write a 5-sentence summary of a research paper for the annotated bibliographies.

Class Today:
Warm-Up
What was easy, what was difficult about writing the part of annotated bibliography? Did you need to summarize for this assignment? Was it challenging? Discuss with your row.

Check your Summary
Open up the annotated bibliography for one source that you wrote. Then, switch seats with someone in your row. Look at a handout I will give you. What information did you include? What information did you forget?

Powerpoint
Now that you know your summary was somewhat lacking, let's talk about how to write one. Follow along with this powerpoint.

Individual Practice
Using this handout to help you, revise your summary to be meet the standards we discussed in the powerpoint. I will walk around and give feedback.

Class Materials
Powerpoint
Handout

Next Class:  Reflection Writing

Homework:
1. Revise the first source you worked on for class today based on what you learned today. Name the file SourceOne2NetID.doc and save it to Box. I will grade this :)

2. Keep working on your Writer's Help Exercises. These are due May 4th. I suggest completing them early.

Day 28: Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Explain the function and importance of an annotated bibliography within the research process 
• List 4 common elements of an annotated bibliography: APA citation, summary, explanation of relevancy and reliability 
• Generate strategies for writing each of the 4 sections (where to find information, the scope of content to include, length, which parts to write first, exactness that is required, balance between general and specific for summaries and relevancy sections) 

Class Today:
Part II of Writer's Help
I will give you Writer's Help Part II handout. Remember to turn it into me by May 4th.

Review
I will give you some questions. As a group, decide on an answer and then I will give you feedback.
Write answers on the board.
Group 1: Hao, Shiyuan, Changyoon, Yantong
Group 2: Yichun, Yutong, Maggie, Kevin, Ruby

Warm-Up
Take out the source you chose. Now look at the end of the document and count how many sources are in the end bibliography.

Now think about this question:
If you were expected to have so many sources, how would you keep track of all the information? How do you know which sources out of hundreds you would want to use?

Analysis
I will hand you a sample annotated bibliography and an analysis chart. In pairs, analyze the chart. Then switch people and compare your analysis.

How the Annotated Bibliography Will Work...
Let's discuss the major assignment for this unit.

Class Materials:
Annotated Bibliography Sample 1
Annotated Bibliography Sample 2
Annotated Bibliography Analysis (Answers)


Next Class:  Summarizing Sources

Homework:

1.  Begin working on the last 8 exercises for Writer's Help. I will give you the handout today. These exercises are due by May 4th in class.

2.  Using the source you chose on Monday, add the source to the Annotated Bibliography Template. We will talk about your responses on Friday in class.

3. The final version of your Annotated Bibliography will be due April 14th by midnight.

Day 27: Reference Page Citations

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Describe the relationship between reference page citations and in-text citations 
• Use the APA Student Handbook and other online resources to locate APA citation rules 
• Write and edit APA reference page citations for different kinds of sources (e.g. books, journals, websites, multiple authors) 

Class Today:
Review 
What styles of citation are there? Why do we cite? What have you already learned about citation?

Warm-Up 
I will give each group of 3 people a reference list. What patterns do you see in the reference list? What information is always there? How is each part of the information mentioned?

Elict Patterns 
What did you notice? Let's look at the page together, here. Now you can use this handbook to help you.

Powerpoint 
Follow along with this short powerpoint

Create Your Own Sources 
Come up with your own sources using this handout. Have fun with it! Then use the handbook to create a reference list.

Shortcuts

Seems like a lot of work right? Some websites listed under helpful links can be helpful.

Next Class: Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography

Homework:
1. Find one source for your research paper and write a short paragraph justifying why you chose it. Upload it to our shared Box folder. Please name the file NetIDOneSource.doc. We will use this in class on Wednesday.
2. Begin working on the last 8 exercises for Writer's Help. I will give you the handout today. These exercises are due by May 4th in class.
3. Review the APA Citation Handbook.

Day 26- Source Relevancy

Today You Will Learn How To:

• Apply skimming and scanning strategies to identify key sections of sources that are more relevant to their papers 
• Rate the degree of relevancy of sources based on their applicability to a particular research topic and focus 
• Concisely explain the relevancy of their sources to specific sections of their papers in a few sentences 

Class Today:

How to finish the last part of the Pre-Research Portfolio
I will discuss before due date.

Source Relevancy
How do you think you would use relevancy to find academic sources? Let's discuss briefly.

Skimming and Scanning Powerpoint
Powerpoint link here.

Guided Practice
In groups of 3, we will work on this handout

Next Class: Reference Page Citations

Homework:
1. The final draft of your Pre-Research Portfolio is due March 30th by Midnight. Please save the file as 115_Annotated_Bibliography_netid_FINAL and upload to Compass2g. 

2. Preview the template for the Annotated Bibliography. 

Day 25: Source Reliability

Today You Will Learn How to:

• Locate information about a source that helps determine its credibility and reliability (e.g. publisher, date, author, kind of journal) 
• Categorize sources along a spectrum of credibility (not credible, credible/not academic, scholarly/academic/peer-reviewed) 
• Concisely explain source reliability in a few written sentences 

Class Today
Introduce Unit 3- Quiz :D

Warm-Up
Look at these three websites, what do you think of the reliability of each? Would you use the website for your own research? Discuss with your row.

http://www.dhmo.org 

http://www.gatt.org/

http://www.lingweenie.net/feorran/feorran.html

Powerpoint
Follow along as we discuss this powerpoint.

Group Practice
Use the reliability checklist, here, to evaluate these websites:

http://webtrends.about.com/od/socialnetworking/a/social-network.htm

http://www.indiana.edu/~hlw/Introduction/why.html

http://weeklyworldnews.com/headlines/28511/facebook-to-charge/

Next Class: Source Relevancy

Homework:
1. A completed version of the Pre-Research portfolio is due Monday 3/30 by midnight. Remember this is worth 15% of your grade. Submit it to Compass2g.
2. You should finish the Writer's Help exercises by Friday. Bring the handout I gave you earlier to class.