UNIT 3: Independent Research
Week 9 (16-20 March): Introduction to Unit 3: From Area of Interest to Topic
- Meeting 1: Paper 2 Conferences (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
- Meeting 2: Introduction to Unit 3: discussion of Paper 3 Assignment. Sign up for presentations. Area of interest, topic, and case.
Week 10 (23-27 March): Paper 3: Topic Workshop and Library Instruction Tutorial
Week 11 (30 March - 3 April): Presentations of Annotated Bibliographies
- Meeting 1: First set of presentations. Your draft workshop will take place one week after your presentation, and your conference draft will be due 10 days after today.
- Meeting 2: Second set of presentations. Your draft workshop will take place one week after your presentation, and your conference draft will be 10 days after today
Week 12 (6-10 April): Draft workshops
- Meeting 1: Draft workshop: students who presented on 30 March.
- Meeting 2: Draft workshop: students who presented on 2 April.
Paper 3 conference draft due Friday 10 April, 9 am, for those who presented on 30 March: upload a soft copy to the IVLE Workbin Conference Drafts folder.
Week 13 (13-17 April): Conferences
- Meeting 1: No class meetings: conferences with students who presented on 30 March (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday). Preparation.
Paper 3 conference draft due Monday 13 April, 9 am, for those who presented on 31 October: upload a soft copy to the IVLE Workbin Conference Drafts folder.
- Meeting 2: No class meetings: conferences with students who presented on 2 April (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Preparation.
The final draft of your Paper 3 is one due one week after your conference. Upload your paper to the Final Drafts folder of the IVLE Workbin and remember to place a hard copy of the paper (with your commented first draft attached) in my post box, Blk ADM Level 5.
Reading Week (18-24 April)
Good luck with your exams!
Rhetorical Objectives for Unit 3
- How to use multiple sources and make connections between different ideas
- How to develop your ideas and reconsider them critically
- How to build on the work of others to develop your own ideas
- How to apply knowledge critically
- How to work sources into your essay without plagiarizing
- How to format references and bibliography
- How to make links between your subject and your own situation
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