Rewriting
- Coming to terms– acknowledging where the author is coming from
- Forwarding– taking the authors ideas and putting them into a new environment
- Countering– Naysayers, opposition research, how will people question argument, strengthen claim, acknowledge limitations
- Taking an approach– what a text is trying to do and how they do it, look at sources for help taking your approach, developing your own stance, being influenced by a particular source giving you insight into how you want to go about your work (their language and assembly)
Sources
- What has been influential in sources you’ve looked at and how will you use it for your work?
- Make sure you find a variety of sources
How to find sources
- Library database
- Complicating your research link in Blackboard (variety of perspectives is important for a well rounded argument)
- Backlink searching on google
- Seminal articles- who are the most cited people
Handouts Tab- note taking sheet for sources, rounding out the conversation WS(Should be handed in)
Homework
- Annotated Bibliography due Friday
- Come to class Wednesday to take notes on documentary