Overview

This week you will complete textbook reading assignments and engage in dialogue with your colleagues and seminar professor via the weekly class forum.

NOTE: Please complete weekly reading assignments by the first day of this class week. The syllabus lists each week’s reading assignment and gives the bibliographic entry for each book. Please stay ahead in your reading. It is imperative that you have reading assignments completed by the first day of the class week so that you will be ready to interact effectively with your professor and your peers and complete related assignments.

To Do List

In order to successfully complete Week 4, please do the following:

  • Read The Craft of Research as assigned in the syllabus.
  • Read Quality Research Papers as assigned in the syllabus.
  • Read the following articles on the University of Toronto Writing Advice website using the links below.
    • “Research using Internet” by W. Brock MacDonald, University of Toronto, Academic Skills Centre, and June Seel, UTM Library
    • “Previewing” by Leora Freedman, University of Toronto, English Language Learning, Arts & Science
    • “Skimming and Scanning” by Leora Freedman, University of Toronto, English Language Learning, Arts & Science
    • “Summarizing” by Leora Freedman, University of Toronto, English Language Learning, Arts & Science
    • “How Not to Plagiarize” by Margaret Procter, University of Toronto, Writing Support
    • “Standard Documentation Formats” by Margaret Procter, University of Toronto, Writing Support
    • “Using Quotations” by Jerry Plotnick, University College Writing Centre
    • “Paraphrase and Summary” by Jerry Plotnick, University College Writing Centre
  • Discuss with your seminar professor and colleagues in the Week 4 Forum – Finding Sources.
  • Begin preparing an Annotated Bibliography of research resources for your seminar research paper using these Annotated Bibliography Instructions and this Annotated Bibliography Template.
  • Prepare to begin writing the first draft of your Research Paper. As you prepare to write, please download and utilize this Research Paper Template. It will be helpful for properly formatting your paper.

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