Use of Information Sources
ILS 244W Week 5
Summer 2008
April 22 - 28
NOTE: Please print a copy of this page and keep it nearby for ready reference.
WEEK 5 WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Over the next few days you will revise your draft on The relevance of Excellence in personal pursuits, Access to opportunities, Understanding and appreciation of diversity, Personal success, Life-long learning, and Community involvement in shaping a responsible, healthy and contented citizen to a 5-7 page paper.
Remember the following writing tips:
- Opening gives clear state of thesis and hints at its importance
- Introduction draws reader into the work
- No excess words; write with nouns and verbs
- Use strong verbs and precise words
- No passive voice and no jargon or jawbreakers
- No long, confusing or short monotonous sentences
- Each paragraph has a main point of focus
- All unrelated ideas have been edited out
- Points of reflection, rest, assimilation are marked by a paragraph
- Ending summarizes the discussion using a new example
- No punctuation or spelling errors
The finished paper will be entered under the appropriate discussion thread.
WEEK 5 RESOURCE GUIDE ASSIGNMENT
This week you are to combine all sections of your work into one document, proof it for clarity and attractiveness. Review your Abstract and make sure it covers what you have actually done. Review you Title and make sure it captures the scope of your Resource Guide -- no more and no less.
Place your work in the appropriate discussion thread: "Resource Guides / POST your finished Resource Guides here for grading."
WEEK 5 LECTURE
Below are a few resources to assist you in your writing assignment over the next three weeks. Be sure to explore each one.
Some helpful resources as you refine your 5-7 page paper:
WEEK 5 ACTIVITY
SELF-EVALAUTION OF PAPER
Use the following questions to evaluate the content and organization of your final paper prior to submitting to the professor for grading. [NOTE: the following are the criteria that will be used in grading your final paper.]
- Is the introduction clear and complete?
- Does the statement of purpose adequately and logically orient the reader?
- Is the literature adequately reviewed?
- Are the citations appropriate and complete?
- Is the research question clearly identified?
- Are the conceptualizations and rationale perfectly clear?
- Is the discussion thorough? Does it stick to the point and confine itself to what can be concluded from the findings of the reseach?
- Is the paper concise?
- Is the paper prepared according to APA or MLA style?
WEEK 5 QUIZ
This is not a quiz in that your responses will not be graded as correct or incorrect. Rather, it is a survey or your activities and feelings about the research paper that was just assigned. Please answer each question.
This is a survey of your activities and feeling at this point in your research project.
- On the scale below indicate your confidence level at this point in the project.
- (low level of confidence) 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 (high level of confidence)
- From the adjectives below, check those that describe how you feel at this point in the project.
- Confident
- Disappointed
- Frustrated
- Relieved
- Sure
- Confused
- Doubtful
- Optimistic
- Satisfied
- Uncertain
WEEK 5 JOURNAL ENTRY
In your journal, write a narrative describing, your current feelings toward this mode of instruction, and highlight problems or successes you have had over the course of the semester. Be sure to mark the entry with the title "REFLECTIONS FROM THE END - date".
On this class site, every effort has been made to acknowledge the work of others. Any omission is unintentional. If anyone finds an oversight, please contact me at brownm6@southernct.edu immediately so that any error can be corrected.
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