Week 1 – Initial Orientation
Friday, May 25
UNAVCO Classroom
Rhetorical focus:
Why Writing Matters in a Research Project. Overview of summer writing workshop activities; the conversational metaphor; the rhetoric of the research article; guiding principles of peer review and the writing workshop. Use of Gmail for circulating and commenting on drafts. Developing a Research Prospectus (with mini-lit-review) and a Work Plan. Looking ahead to the Introduction to the Research Article. On the persuasive role of citations.
- Seven First Principles for our Communication Workshop [PDF]
- Peer Review: General Guidelines and Tips [PDF]
- The Rhetoric of the Research Article [PDF]
- Developing a Summer Work Plan [PDF]
- Writing a Prospectus (with a mini- Literature Review) [PDF]
- Rhetorical Strategies for Research Article Introductions [PDF]
- Create a research space [PDF]
- The Pragmatics of Citation [doc]
Due Thursday, June 7 by noon:
- Develop a tentative project work plan (1 page) with your research mentor
- Write a short prospectus of your research project, that also incorporates reference to 2-4 articles or background readings (total of about 3 double-spaced pages).
- Send both documents to RESESS2018
gmail.com
Due Friday, June 8:
- Read chapter 10 in Hofmann, Scientific Writing and Communication, on introductions to articles