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WRA 110.742,[object Object],Week 5 9 February 2011,[object Object]
General questions about Project #2,[object Object],“I <3 Novels”: Understanding arrangement,[object Object],This is your brain on inquiry-based research essays,[object Object],The Interview,[object Object],Wrap-up,[object Object],Today’s Agenda,[object Object]
What questions do you have right now?,[object Object],Project#2,[object Object]
I’d like you to work in pairs and do an outline of this essay. Use any outlining strategy that is useful to you.,[object Object],Type up the outline in a Word document and save it on the desktop.,[object Object],We will then transform the outline into something else. ,[object Object],“I <3 novels”: anatomy of a research essay,[object Object]
Can be gathered F2F, telephone, or online (email, Skype, IM, text, etc.).,[object Object],Info must be verified for accuracy with your source (research ethics!),[object Object],After info is gathered (and transcribed if necessary) it should be treated as any other source material.,[object Object],The interview: Some requirements,[object Object]
If you plan to interview a professor/instructor, CONTACT THEM TODAY, ASAP.,[object Object],Make sure your first contact with your interviewee is polite, respectful, and gives the appropriate amount of information (including your name and contact info!),[object Object],Make every effort to interview your subject at a time and place of their choosing. If it’s convenient for them, you’ll make a good impression.,[object Object],Explain the nature of your assignment to your interviewee and tell them why their viewpoint is important—not just so you can get a good grade, but so you can learn something. Show that you have a good attitude about your project.,[object Object],Be respectful of your subject’s time, patience, and intelligence!,[object Object],Interview hacks,[object Object]
Turn to Ballenger p. 99.,[object Object],Identify whom you will interview. ,[object Object],Make a list of potential questions, such as the open-ended questions on Ballenger p. 103.,[object Object],Think about how you will initiate, conduct, and record the interview.,[object Object],DO HAVE A PLAN.,[object Object],DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.,[object Object],Composing the interview,[object Object]
not as funny as it seemed at 7:45am,[object Object],This is your brain on inquiry-based research essays,[object Object],inquiry-based research essays,[object Object]
Make thought processes visible. Expose the epistemic process of writing.,[object Object],Are question-driven as opposed to answer-driven.,[object Object],Doesn’t mean they don’t have a thesis or a point. Means that the thesis/point is more complex and/or multifaceted.,[object Object],Inquiry-based research essays…,[object Object]
A Metaphor for Inquiry,[object Object],“big ideas,” “the point,”  ,[object Object],“mountain” of reflection,[object Object],inquiry requires movement between mountain and sea.,[object Object],you, the researcher and writer,[object Object],“sea” of experience,[object Object],experience, facts gathered through research,[object Object]
Sea & Mountain,[object Object],The Sea is…,[object Object],Collecting,[object Object],Freewriting,[object Object],Showing,[object Object],Specifics,[object Object],Observations of,[object Object],Exploring,[object Object],Seeing,[object Object],Generating,[object Object],The Mountain is…,[object Object],Arranging,[object Object],Composing,[object Object],Telling,[object Object],Generalities,[object Object],Ideas about,[object Object],Reflecting,[object Object],Interpreting,[object Object],Criticizing,[object Object]
Don’t forget: your required F2F meeting with me needs to happen before March 2.,[object Object],Papers and blogs and stuff are in the process of being graded. By the end of the week I will email you a link to the website Engrade.com with a code where you can check your grades in this course.,[object Object],Yay,[object Object],Wrap-up,[object Object]

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