Readings from The Craft of Scientific Writing -- top half of page

and The Research Paper -- bottom half of page

readings from The Research Paper are below

Sense of Audience
Finish these readings before 2/12

Chapters 1, 15

Narration
Finish these readings before 2/14

Chapters 4, 5, 8, 9, 16

Instructions, Presentations, Proposals

Finish these readings before 2/28

Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15

Example and Illustration
Finish these readings before 3/07

Chapters 10, 11, 2, 3, 7

Argument
Finish this reading well before 4/4

Chapter 6

Ethics
Finish these readings before 4/13

Chapters 12, 13


Readings from The Research Paper

Choosing a general topic
Finish these readings before 1/31

Chapters 1, 2

Narrowing the topic
Finish this reading before 2/5

Chapter 3

Collecting and recording information
Finish these readings before 2/7

Chapters 4,5

Organizing ideas, thesis statement
Finish this reading before 2/28

Chapter 6

Writing your paper
Your research paper draft is due 4/4. Finish this reading before you start writing your draft.

Chapter 7

Documentation and final preparation
Finish these readings before 4/18

Chapter 8. Chapters 9 and 10 for MLA style, or 11 for APA style

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