Month: November 2021

• 1. What I did this week?
• Worked on Research
• 2. What went well
• Feedback
• 3. What I had trouble with
• Searching for sources
• 4. To do list
• Fix my draft
• 5. Left off
• Brainstorming
• 6. Challenges
• Completing the journals

• (M): State a main point with a transition
• (E): Incorporate evidence using citations and signal verbs
• (A): Analyze what the evidence means in your voice
• (L): Link your main point and evidence to your thesis

This week I am working on fixing my thesis statement. After learning about MEAL, I came to the conclusion my thesis needed some more spice. A thesis is supposed to be a clear claim, a side you choose. My research didn’t seem to be clear enough, I have to be more clear.

• 1. What I did this week?
• Draft my Research
• 2. What went well
• Reading some sources
• 3. What I had trouble with
• Publishing blogs
• 4. To do list
• Fix my draft
• 5. Left off
• Brainstorming
• 6. Challenges
• Finding sources

Now, look to the sources you have. Use a technique like mapping or charting or even just listing to identify similarities and differences, agreements and disagreements between your sources. What seems to be “settled” (the sources generally agree it’s fact/the truth) and what is “unsettled” (the sources don’t agree or it seems up for debate)?

While finding sources are difficult it is important to realize that sometimes a source can conflict with another. One thing that I have come across that is certain– revision and study is the main task in writing improvements. This common knowledge is useful in my research in order to tie everything together.

• 1. What I did this week?
• Review and thought of how to draft my research
• 2. What went well
• Study sessions
• 3. What I had trouble with
• Homeworks
• 4. To do list
• Draft the research assignment
• 5. Left off
• Brainstorming
• 6. Challenges
• Time management

How can writers improve their writing strategies?

List of search terms:

• Writing strategies,
• Improvement in writing
• Writers improvement methods
• Writing improvement ideas
• Learning to write

Source evaluation Checklist:

• Who is author?  Her bio: Elizabeth Wardle is Howe Professor of English and Director of the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence at Miami University (Oxford, OH). She has directed the writing program at the University of Central Florida and the University of Dayton, experiences that have contributed to her ongoing interest in how learners use and transfer prior knowledge about writing, and how courses and programs can best help students learn to write more effectively. She regularly gives talks and workshops around the U.S. on how threshold concepts and knowledge about writing and knowledge transfer can be used to strengthen writing courses and programs.
• Audience? Students who want to transfer knowledge to the next course, as well as teachers who should teach a certain way.
• Purpose? The misconception that students automatically transfer knowledge from course advances.