Basic steps on how to use sources to make meaning, that is to develop projects, research, essays, etc.. Group presentation, Ufmg, Letras, 2012, 1°semestre. (HALLER, Cynthia R., Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat: A Guide to Using Sources, Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2)

1. Walk, Talk, Cook, Eat
A Guide to Using Sources
Group Members:
Ágatha
Giselle
Valdir
Valentina

2. INTRODUCTION
● "Forms of meaning you use to make new
meaning."
● How work with sources (walking, talking,
cooking and eating as metaphor)

3. WALK
● "To use sources well, you first have to go
where they are."
● "You have to get to the sources you need."

4. WALK
● "By combining search terms with certain
words or symbols, you can control what
the search engine looks for." [on Google]
● "They [Google] won’t give you access to
the entire book if the book is still under
copyright."

5. WALK
● "If you find an article or book that’s
helpful for your paper, look at its
reference list."
● "Documenting your sources."

6. TALK
● Talk and Walk are intimately connected.
● Verbalization of thoughts.
● Systematization of ideas.

7. TALK
● Mean of transmissions can be various and of
distinct natures.
It interferes in readers' meaning production.
● We need to be attentive to our references.

8. COOK
● The metaphor of cooking with sources
describes how to analyze source-based
assignments and integrate source materials.
● You should analyze your assignments to
determine what “ingredients” (sources) to
use, what “cooking processes” to follow, and
what the final “dish” (paper) should look
like. For instance:

9. COOK
1: We’ve read and studied Freud’s theory of how
the human psyche develops; now it’s time to
evaluate the theory. Read at least two articles
that critique Freud’s theory, chosen from the
list I provided in class. Then, write an essay
discussing the strengths and weaknesses of
Freud’s theory.

10. COOK
● Many times you won't have a specific
information about exactly what source
“ingredients” to use.
● If you have trouble figuring out the “recipe,”
ask the professor for more information.

11. EAT
“you are what you eat.”: when you eat
sources, you yourself change what you
learn stays with you.
● risk of forgetting what you learn: what you
learn and use over a long period of time
will affect you deeply and shape the way
you see the world.

12. CONCLUSION
You won’t ever finish using sources to make
meaning Life-long learning:
● walk (find the sources you need);
● talk (converse with source authors);
● cook (integrate sources to make new
meaning);
● eat (allow sources to change your life)

13. Bibliography
● HALLER, Cynthia R., Walk, Talk, Cook,
Eat: A Guide to Using Sources, Writing
Spaces: Readings on Writing, Volume 2