(No class next week. Next class, May 11th)
Homework (for May 11th)
- read chapter one of “Havelock the Warrior”
- underline or mark with a highlighter pen all the words and sentences that you need to use a dictionary for.
- Bring your paper to class next time.
Today’s class
- Summary of key points of academic writing
- Academic writing.
- Start with a research question
- e,g, what are academic skills?
- why did the author write/tell this story?
- What is the purpose of stories?
- why are stories so important to human beings?
- Define your terms
- e.g original meaning of “academic”
- history of academic writing – where does it come from
- E.g. meaning / origin of the word “story”
- Collect your evidence
- Observations (what you saw/read with your own eyes)
- objective facts (dates and names of people, places, etc)
- make careful notes of what you find
- Decide your answer to your research question
- present / publish your answer (conclusion, findings, research results) including your facts which support your conclusion.
- get feedback from audience (listeners & readers) so that you can
- correct your language (grammar)
- correct your thinking (logic)
- improve your communication to make it more effective
- get feedback from audience (listeners & readers) so that you can
- Response to lPot with the Hole” story
- summary
- what doea the author want to say? What is the meaning of the story?
- your personal response /reaction
- In future, we will discuss the author’s workdview
- intro to Havelock homework