Course Recap for Friday, November 18, 2016

Annotated Bibliography

You are creating an annotated bibliography of 10 sources.  For each source you will include an APA reference entry and then an annotation, a paragraph where you summarize and evaluate the source. Check the example in the APA Formatting Guide under Class Documents.

You are going to do this for 10 different sources. Here are some tips for creating a good annotated bibliography.

• Start your search with the WMU library website. You have to have 2 scholarly articles but it won't hurt to have a few more. Once you've exhausted this resource, check out Google. This is a good way to ensure that the majority of your sources are valid.
• Check out the questions on page 37 of your EasyWriter book under the Analysis section to determine what types of things you should discuss in your annotation.
• Use your annotation to help yourself gather all of that source's useful information in one spot. Include any useful quotes or statistics so that you don't have to go searching for them later.
• Make sure when you quote from a source that you use proper APA formatting.
• If you use a citation creator like EasyBib or KnightCite, make sure that what that site generates is the same as the formatting provided in the APA Formatting Guide I created or the APA Formatting Guide located in your Easy Writer book (starts on pg 263).
• If at anytime you feel confused, referring to your EasyWriter book about APA formatting will be really helpful. It's what I use to determine how to format sources in APA. It has a very detailed guide on APA from how to quote sources to how they should appear on your reference page. If you weren't here, or if you forgot what I taught on Thursday or if you find my guide a bit confusing (I added a lot of notes in there), this could be the next best route.
• Please put in effort. I will know when you haven't done so and you will be graded accordingly.

Homework

• Completed Annotated Bibliography (Due Tuesday Nov 22 at midnight via Google Docs)
• Enjoy your break!!!

Forgive the weird formatting of this post.

Course Recap for Friday November 11, 2016

Logical Fallacies

Logical Fallacies are errors in logic. People present claims that appear true but aren't because of lack of information or incorrect info. The arguer presents the information as clear evidence that their claim is true,  but on closer examination,  we will see that their reasoning is faulty. When you determine your own arguments,  you want to avoid this type of faulty reasoning.  You also want to avoid sources that depend on that kind of reasoning. 

Homework

• Topic Proposal for Project 3: Tell me the community your are writing about, the problem or issue in that community, and any possible solutions you have thought up. Due Monday November 13 at midnight 
• Logical Fallacy Assignment (see Class Documents) The editorial you pick can be about anything although it would be good idea to pick one that's related to your Project 3 topic. Due Friday November 18 in class *You don't have to include the MLA citation.