Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Thank you! It's been a great week of conferences, and I have enjoyed seeing your research and papers take shape. I'm very excited about your topics and look forward to learning more over the next several weeks.

Remember to post either the transcript of your interview or the scheduled date of your interview (and name of person being interviewed) to your blog. Also remember to cc: me in the email requesting an interview. It's fine to ask the person in person, but you will still want to follow up with a confirmation email (and cc: me).

I realize that as many of you move forward with your research and the thinking about your paper, you may be rethinking the strength of the academic article you selected. This is fine and happens all the time in research--thus, RE/search. Feel free to continue your research and find an academic article that will best serve your paper. It's important to find a good fit for the conversation you hope to have in your paper. As you find sources you plan to use in your paper, make sure you summarize them and post to your blog. Your blog serves as a great place to record and share your thinking about your project.

For Monday's class:

• Read pages 67-72 in Rewriting. This section deals with civility in "countering." 
• Bring at least two quotes from each of the sources you are planning on using in your paper. You can just write them out on a sheet of paper, but make sure you note where the quotes came from. 
• As we begin "doing things with texts" in class, you will want to bring your sources with you. Print out your sources and bring your notes to class so that you can refer to them as we workshop and "do things" in class. If an article is too long to print out in its entirety, you can select important pages to print out and bring those or bring your laptop to class.

Have a great weekend! I look forward to seeing you on Monday!