ENGH 302-SN2, Summer 2015
Paper #4 (post attachment and email)
Met Cog Assignment
SLO-1, SLO-2, SLO-3, SLO-4, SLO-6

In a sentence or two, describe the key argument(s), angle(s), and/or audience(s) of your major research/scholarly project for English 302 this semester. Then write three paragraphs (500-700 words total) regarding your work on it, using the questions below as a guide. You should include specific examples and even short quotations from your own project.  This assignment will count 5% of your final grade so do not rush when you are writing it the last class and think about it ahead of time (as you are writing your research paper). 

  1. Describe 2-3 key steps you took as you initially designed your research question/topic and then conducted the research for it; explain how these are similar to what scholars or professionals in your field might do for similar projects. Identify one or two places in your final project where readers can see the results of those steps.    

  2. Describe 2-3 key steps or strategies that were important as you drafted and revised your project to meet the expectations of scholarly or professional readers in your field. You might consider decisions you made regarding your focus, your evidence, and/or the structure or presentation of your project. Use quotations or examples from one or two sections of your final project to illustrate how you applied scholarly conventions appropriate for your field.   

  3. Explain 1 or 2 ways that your project contributes to a scholarly or professional conversation about the issue: what were some key ideas, arguments, questions, and/or gaps in that conversation that you noticed? What new focus, emphasis, or evidence does your essay introduce into the conversation? What additional research or analysis could happen now, and why might it be important for scholars or professionals in your field?

YOU WILL WRITE THE POST IN WORD DURING OUR LAST CLASS AUGUST 15TH AND THEN ATTACH THE WORD DOCUMENT TO YOUR POST, MAKING SURE TO CHECK METACOG AND YOUR NAME IN THE CATEGORY BOXES.  

Also email me this assignment as a Word or PDF attachment at the end of class on August 15 along with your final research paper (paper #3) and complete paper #2 (parts 1-4).  COPY YOURSELF ON THIS EMAIL TO MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDED ALL THREE ATTACHMENTS.