Week 4 Overview and Goals

Goals

If we're successful in this module, you'll be able to:

• Evaluate the credibility and appropriateness of research sources that you find on the internet.
• Understand the key characteristics of a strong introduction and recognize the major introduction strategies used by professional authors.
• Begin thinking about how to organize your Community Problem Essay and experiment with some electronic organizational tools.
• Consider the rhetorical effectiveness of Pollan.

Schedule

To reach the goals for this module, you'll need to complete the following activities:

Due dates	Activities
	1. Learn about how to evaluate research sources by watching videos about the CRAP test.
7/18	2. Practice evaluating some sample sources in the "Evaluating Sources" discussion.
7/18	3. Turn in the Annotated Bibliography (after you've made sure your sources will pass the CRAP test).
7/18	4. Sign up for a one-on-one conference with me about your Annotated Bibliography (conferences will be held during week 5).
7/18	5. Learn about the various types of introduction strategies, take a quiz on them, and participate in the "Introductions Discussion."
7/18	6. Consider how you might organize your Community Problem project by watching my video on that subject.  Then experiment with the organizational tools I've posted.
7/18	Finish reading Pollan (Part 3, pp 147-201), and participating in the "Concluding Pollan" discussion.