Part One: The Literature Review
(1500-2000 words)
The sources have to be peer rewieed if you got to foothill.com you can have acces to the database of articles that should all be peer reviewd
the topic is why is the mind its own doanfall i think if we dont have an escpae we can go towhenever our mind needs one it can be so hard to get out of that cetain qholw i just want to explore the idea that our mind though it conrtol our thorugh and action why are our emtions so overpowering
In this assignment you will write about something that genuinely interests you. The more personally intrigued you are with your topic, the better this project will turn out. If you’re bored… change your topic!!
You should start with something that intrigues you – maybe something you learned in another class, or something from your personal interests. If that’s too difficult, talk to me and we’ll come up with other options. You will then try your best to generate more thinking on this topic – something above and beyond whatever you learned in your previous course. You must read several academic articles that explore this topic directly (or obliquely), and then write your own article. In your academic article, you will try to make as many of your sources connect to one another as possible. Often this kind of article will even pull from sources outside a given field in order to explore a very specific detail. For example, think of a Kinesiology article that cites a Neuroscience article in order to explain a brain/mind connection to motor function.
The specific article that you are writing is called a literature review. This is a genre that scholars write to other scholars which reviews what various studies have been saying about a particular question. You will become one of these scholars and enter into their conversation and use it for your own interests, your own questions. If we think about Bartholomae – you will be appropriating a discourse, not the other way around.
What should the writing in the paper look like?
Your final paper should use many of the same moves that you find in the articles that you are reading. You should write in the same register, should use similar vocabulary and grammar, should use subtitles to organize sections, and, most importantly, should write as a scholar among peers. Some students have even made use of an abstract. If you would like to do this try your best to understand how another article has used an abstract and try to write yours with the same purpose. It’s even okay for you to “meta-announce” as many academic articles do this. While your teachers often discourage this for essays, it’s actually okay to open a section of an article by clearly writing: “In this section I will…”
How much of your own voice should be in the paper?
While much of your article will be built by paraphrasing the other articles that you are reading, you should also try to include at least a little bit of your own voice as you make the different scholars talk to one another. A template that might help you see how this works would be written as: “What X found in her study relates to my overall question of ________ because _______.”
Will They Say I Say help you write this paper?
This article is not an easy task, but it becomes incredibly simplified if you apply templates from They Say I Say. In particular, you should use the several chapters that have been assigned already (3, 4, 6, 8, and 10) but should now also use chapters 5 and 9, both of which will be critical for your success with this paper. I cannot emphasize enough how much They Say I Say will relieve the difficulties that you WILL encounter while writing this article. This goes especially for those of you who have avoided reading the textbook up to this point.
Part Two: Reflection
(300 words)
For this, reflect on your experience of writing as a scholar. Also, reflect on what you have learned about yourself as a writer, thinker, and reader over this past Quarter. Include this at the end of your assignment.
General writing requirements:
Word Minimum and Maximum: 1,500 – 2000 words plus an additional 300 words for the reflection
Minimum Sources: 6 peer-reviewed academic articles (optional: 2 fun sources beyond this).
Times New Roman Typeface, 12 point font, double spaced, 1 inch margins
As you use sources, use the citation conventions that apply in your field (MLA, APA, Chicago)
Your paper must contain a reference page – this will not count towards the word minimum.
Final Draft submitted via turnitin.com
Will you get feedback to help with this assignment?
You will receive feedback from me on your plans and your writing through out this unit so pay close attention to the assignments to see when and where you’ll receive that feedback along with instructions on how to implement my feedback before you submit your final essay.
How do you get a good grade on this paper?
Pick a topic that fascinates you
Make sure you have a clear thesis statement in your introduction paragraph
Make sure you include at least eight references to peer-reviewed articles throughout the paper
Include brief summaries of interesting ideas from the peer-reviewed articles in your paragraphs
You don’t need to summarize the entire article – just the interesting parts that you want to include
Show connections between ideas from different peer-reviewed articles
Include APA or MLA style citations – whichever makes sense for the field you’re writing in
Why are you doing this?
This activity will give you an opportunity to practice some of the course learning outcomes that we will continue to practice throughout the course.
Learning outcomes for English 1A
Writing
Write extended expository text-based compositions on readings and class discussion.
Formulate an arguable thesis and substantiate it through analysis, logical and systematic organization, supporting evidence, and clarity of expression.
Use diction and tone appropriate to the academic community and the purpose of the specific writing task.
Proofread for errors in language and mechanics to the degree that the nature and frequency of errors do not become distracting.
Use techniques of research, especially textual citations and MLA documentation.
Reading
Analyze college-level expository, narrative, and argumentative non-fiction prose written on a level of difficulty equivalent to the public letters of Martin Luther King, Jr. (“Letter from the Birmingham Jail”), the social commentary of Joan Didion (“Slouching Towards Bethlehem”), the essays of Richard Rodriguez (“Toward an American Language”).
Comprehend and evaluate the author’s line of reasoning, the overall main point, and the kind of evidence or development presented.
Identify the author’s intended audience and rhetorical purpose for addressing that audience.
Draw comparisons to other works.
Draw reasoned inferences based on careful reading of a text.
Recognize differences in value systems based on culture in a given text.
