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PARTS & SECTIONS

   Click on a title below:

Part I.
Basics/Process

  A. Chapters 1-6:
       Starting

  B. Ch. 7-13:
       Organizing

  C. Ch. 14-20:
       Revising/Editing

Part II.
 College Writing

   D. Ch. 21-23:
        What Is It?

   E. Ch. 24-30:
        Write on Rdgs.

   F. Ch.31-35:
       Arguments

  G. Ch. 36-42:
       Research

   I.  Ch. 49-58:
       Majors & Work

Part III.
 Writing to Literature

 H. Ch. 43-48:
       Literature

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 Study Questions

 

                                                              

Section G. RESEARCHING Activities Page
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Activities for Section G.

1. STARTING TO RESEARCH: What is your favorite subject to talk or think about, or what imaginary subject would you most like to choose right now?  What are several different people, places, written material, or other resources--real or imaginary--from which you might be able to find useful information on this subject?  Write down these resources and what you would hope to find in each. 

2. EVALUATING WEB SOURCES: A. In a computer lab, using the web, find examples of three different types of websites:

  • A site that is a very legitimate academic or professional research source

  • A site that is completely bad for serious research

  • A site that is inbetween, or useful only in certain situations or explanations

B. What are your reasons for choosing these sites?  That is, what qualifications must a website meet to be highly legitimate, not legitimate at all, or somewhere inbetween? 

C. Share your results from "A"--and several good reasons for them from "B"--with the entire class or in a small group.  If you do it in a small group, the group should develop a report that includes its best website for each of the three different types, above, along with the best reasons in general for making good choices, and then report the results to the entire class.

D. After finishing "C," repeat "A" and "B" again and see if you can find even better results.

  

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Find more activities for groups and classes in the Home Page section's

General Activities for Groups.

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G. RESEARCH

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Chapters:

 36. What Is "Research"?

 37. Research Process

 38. Choosing Resources

 39. Developing the Paper

 40. Quoting/Paraphrasing

 41. Avoiding Plagiarism

 42. Critical Thinking

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Activities

MLA Ppr. Examples:
   Analyses
   Dialogic Args.
   Thesis Args.

APA Ppr. Examples:
   Case Studies
   Mag. Article

                    

 

Updated 1 Aug. 2013

  

   

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