Monthly Archives: May 2017

That is, a field trip to the library on campus. It was pretty adventurous. The librarian Gail, had a lesson prepared on integrating sources into our research paper. Specifically, how to introduce our sources to our audience. The Quote Hamburger Our … Continue reading →

Here it is as promised! The comprehensive view of how my sources relate to one another.  I initially thought my research paper would be something about the lack of women in leadership. It did end up that way, but as … Continue reading →

For an essay the going to write my Critical Thinking and Writing course, we were asked report in blog form on the conversation that is already happening around our essay topic. Basically, how has academia, the public or others interpreted this … Continue reading →

In class today I created this depiction of source interactions (pictured below). I had just done a similar thing with my words as I wrote the first first sentences literature review on these sources. However, the image was a much better way … Continue reading →

In “Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasively”  Margaret Kantz uses a college student, Shirley, as an example to showcase difficulties faced by students in writing analytic research papers. Kantz points out concepts such as the rhetorical triangle which allows students to identify the … Continue reading →

The Specifics: My Article What I read: linked here “If A Woman Came In … She Would Have Been Eaten Up Alive”: Analyzing Gendered Political Processes in the Search for an Athletic Director   Why I read it: Because I had research … Continue reading →

When you are taught to write essays, the five-paragraph essay is put on a pedestal as the prime example of a great essay. And it looks a little like this, for those who don’t remember… Intro Body Paragraph 1 Body Paragraph … Continue reading →