Slides for Day 8 in EWRT 2, Spr 18

1. CREM EWRT 2
Day 8
Finding A Question

2. Evening Briefing Quiz #3
 1. Last week, Dr. Ronny Jackson withdrew his candidacy for which cabinet
position? What was his previous job?
 2. What former comedian was found guilty last week of drugging and sexually
assaulting a woman?
 3. Kim Jong-un is the leader of which country? At the end of last week, he
became the first leader of that country to do what?
 4. Investigators used DNA to finally track down the “Golden State Killer.”
What did they do with the DNA that led to this identification?
 5. What two cell phone service companies are attempting to merge (if the
Justice Department allows it)?
 6. California (and other states) are suing the EPA to prevent the agency from
weakening regulations on what?
 7. States like California and companies like Amazon and Google are banning a
specific question in job interviews. What is the question? Why ban it?

3. Business
 There are still a number of you who need
to clear your Integrated Project question
with me. That should happen by today.
 If I approved your question, still need to get
Amanda’s approval.
 You do realize that this is worth 15% of your
grade, right?
 I’ve made some changes to the syllabus
(pushed back due dates). Always check the
version at the top of our Canvas homepage.
 Participation for today: 3 possible points.
 One for full discussion
 Two for topic brainstorming activity.

4. Paper 2

5. EWRT Research Paper Brainstorming:
Finding the Question
 1. Write the title of a tentative
topic on the top of the paper. It
should be a word or phrase, not a
question.
 2. Briefly state why you chose it.
 3. Write down what you know
about this topic already (statistics
or facts, extent of the problem,
important people involved, schools
of thought, common
misconceptions, observations
you’ve made). [5 minutes]
 4. List five questions you’d like to
know about this topic. [5 minutes]
 When you get a classmate’s paper,
do two things:
 1. Add a question about the topic
that you’d like answered.
 2. Put a star or a check next to the
question you find most interesting
(it could be yours).

6. Homework
 Homework for Monday, May 7:
 1. Readings:
 Levitin, “How Science Works” and
“Four Case Studies”
 http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/
20170328-why-you-should-mostly-
trust-what-science-tells-you
 2. Discussion 8 (question posted by
Sun, May 6, 6 PM; response posted
by 9 AM the next morning).
 3. Re-read the Paper 2 assignment.
Start experimenting with
Piktochart.