Unit 3: Research Project
Rhetorical Objectives
- Understanding the nature of independent research
- Searching for and selecting appropriate sources
- Developing a complex argument
- Imagining a community of readers
- Formatting an academic text
Week 9 (12-16 March): Introduction to Research
- Meeting 1
Reading: Essays from Folio
Writing Lesson: The Research Essay: Introduction to Paper 3
- Meeting 2
Writing Lesson: Library Research Workshop and Exercise
Week 10 (19-23 March): Moving Memorialization and Other Forms of Commemoration
- Meeting 1
Reading: T.M. Scruggs, “Music, Memory, and the Politics of Erasure in Nicaragua” [20 pages]
Writing Lesson: Planning an argument using multiple sources
- Meeting 2
Writing Lesson: Referencing, citation, and academic ethics
Week 11 (26-30 March): Foundations of the Research Paper
- Meeting 1
Writing Lesson: Presentation of Essay Topics
- Meeting 2
Writing Lesson: Presentation of Annotated Bibliography
Week 12 (2-6 April): Developing the Research Paper
- Meeting 1
Writing Lesson: Peer Review of Drafts for Paper 3
- Meeting 2
Writing Lesson: Formatting and fine-tuning
First draft of Paper 3 due Monday 9 April, 9 AM
Week 13 (9-13 April): Conferences
- Student Conferences on Drafts of Assignment 3
- Final draft of Paper 3 due one week after your conference
Assignment 3 is a research essay on a topic of students’ choice regarding memorialization or commemoration. |
