Agenda - Week Fourteen
Tuesday 11/22
Announcements: Due dates:
Tips for finishing Research Papers:
Keep in Mind: Research papers are informative. Contrasted to analytic papers which are insightful and persuasive papers which are convincing.
End the research phase. Research produces data that along with your proposal should set you in good stead in producing the paper. Your research (exploration of several sources) will yield a reservoir of facts. No project will cover the chosen topic completely. Therefore, once you've explored sources and assembled facts, you can set a deadline to stop researching.
Next:
Rough Draft: Following your outline, write your first draft as freely as possible. Use all the note information you feel is relevant and important. Don't pad your paper with excessive quotes. When you've finished the rough draft, check for accuracy and completeness of facts. If you think certain sections are too long or too skimpy, rework them until you feel they're the strongest you can make them.
Final Draft: Revise paragraphs for unity and coherence. Reword your sentences for effectiveness of structure, grammar and punctuation. Use a dictionary to check your spelling and usage, or, if you have a computer, run a spell check. You might want to read the paper aloud to yourself to see how it flows and to correct any awkward sentences.
Announcements: Due dates:
- Reaction paper on A Terrible Love of War - Wed. 11/30
- Research Project Papers will be due on Dec. 2 (deadline extended)
- Research Presentations/TLW Panels 12/2, 12/6, 12/8 Research Paper
- Art is used to promote war.
- Art is used to oppose war
- Art, or rather the destruction of art, is used to demoralize opponents during war
- Art is looted in the course of war
- Art is used to recover from war
- War as a high energy, high trauma, high engagement, high sensory activity provides content for art and catalyzes the human need to express the ranges of trauma and transcendence of wartime experiences.
Tips for finishing Research Papers:
Keep in Mind: Research papers are informative. Contrasted to analytic papers which are insightful and persuasive papers which are convincing.
End the research phase. Research produces data that along with your proposal should set you in good stead in producing the paper. Your research (exploration of several sources) will yield a reservoir of facts. No project will cover the chosen topic completely. Therefore, once you've explored sources and assembled facts, you can set a deadline to stop researching.
Next:
- Organize your notes.
- Find pertinent quotes – quotes can account for up to 20% of your paper.
- If Possible, use your proposal in creating your initial outline and Introductory Paragraph
- Intro. Paragraph – This will connect to your proposal
- Note that the topic you have researched is important
- Present the main points you will address allowing a sentence or two for each point.
- Keep the sentences simple, concise, and definite
- Make it specific. If your proposal was very general you may have sharpened it.
- Avoid opinion statements beyond noting that the topic is important and the facts you have assembled are interesting and useful
- Body paragraph one based on the first main point that you articulated in the intro. Sentences should articulate, clarify, and explore that main point. The final sentence should transition to the next main point which will be the basis of the next paragraph.
- Body paragraphs 2, 3, etc address the points that you introduced in the intro. paragraph
- Concluding paragraph – note the importance of the topic, summarize the points you have made (mirroring the intro. paragraph), and suggest directions for further research.
Rough Draft: Following your outline, write your first draft as freely as possible. Use all the note information you feel is relevant and important. Don't pad your paper with excessive quotes. When you've finished the rough draft, check for accuracy and completeness of facts. If you think certain sections are too long or too skimpy, rework them until you feel they're the strongest you can make them.
Final Draft: Revise paragraphs for unity and coherence. Reword your sentences for effectiveness of structure, grammar and punctuation. Use a dictionary to check your spelling and usage, or, if you have a computer, run a spell check. You might want to read the paper aloud to yourself to see how it flows and to correct any awkward sentences.
Presentations: Some class time on Dec. 1, 6, and 8 will be devoted to presentations. Contact me to schedule a time. Here is a link to the presentation guidelines page.
Have a great Thanksgiving y tu San Gibin también!!
Have a great Thanksgiving y tu San Gibin también!!