Welcome to Week Six!

This week you will continue working on your research essay. At this point in the process you should:

Have a topic and tentative argument, which you are refining through researching. Your topic and position will become defined through the knowledge and perspectives you gain as you peruse the library databases and other resources.

Have collected several sources and completed an evaluation of their credibility and applicability to your topic and argument (CRAAP Test: http://libguides.santarosa.edu/c.php?g=153060&p=1579860&preview=11a4d04ffe8c9fd23544b154de7fba51).

This week you will begin the writing process through completing an annotated bibliography of your sources and submitting a sample quote to ensure you accurately integrating outside sources into your text.

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Learning Goals:

Locate and evaluate appropriate research
Cite and annotated research
Practice integrating quotes (introduction, quote, and analysis)

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Week Six Assignments:

Part One: Annotated Bibliography

1- Begin by selecting four sources you think will be foundational within your research essay (your ideas will evolve as you write and you are not required to use these early sources heavily or at all).

2- You must one of each of the following source types: Book, Journal Article, News Article, and Website. *Use Noodletools (Tutorial: http://www2.santarosa.edu/libraryguides/tutorial/noodlebib) to cite your sources.

3- Then, use the "Annotated Bibliography" handout to locate the required information to write your annotations, which can also be completed in Noodletools.

4- Lastly, write a brief paragraph that describes how the research you located works together to support your position and argument. Submit this assignment for evaluation.

Part Two: Quoting Exercise

At this point you should be moving forward on writing your essay.

1- To ensure you are accurately integrating outside resources, please submit a sample paragraph from your essay in progress. Or, if you haven't started writing, create a mock paragraph.

2- Refer to the "Integrating Quotes" and the "They Say, I Say" handouts as you write your paragraph.

3- Submit your paragraph for assessment and feedback.