ENGL147 Week 1 Discussion Latest 2020 JULY

ENGL147 Advanced English Composition

Week 1 Discussion

You Do Have a Voice; You Do Have a Perspective:?Explore a Topic?and Viewpoints

Required Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Textbook: pp. 63-91, and review pp. 266-270

Lesson

Play media comment.

Minimum of 1 scholarly, peer-reviewed article from the Chamberlain University Library (Links to an external site.) (in addition to the textbook)

Apply the following writing resources to your assignment:

Link (multimedia presentation):?Citing References in Text?(Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Link (website):?APA Citation and Writing (Links to an external site.)

Part 1: Research, Read, Think, Respond

First, please note the course theme announcement your instructor has posted. Your topic must address the course theme. Then, carefully read this week's Lesson and textbook pages. Once you have completed and considered those readings, with the assigned course theme in mind, you should have some viable starting ideas for a tentative topic.

Next, with a few of your own potential topics related to the course theme in mind, please go to the Chamberlain University Library (Links to an external site.). Please first review the Searching for Scholarly Sources in the Chamberlain University Library tutorial in the bulleted list above under Required Resources (important and helpful), and then spend a good amount of time experimenting with keywords and narrowing techniques.

During this process, the tentative topics you had in mind when you started will narrow, possibly change, perhaps take on different qualities. Your goal for this discussion is to generate possible topics, to research and locate scholarly sources that address those possible topics, and to narrow to a focused topic you will write about for the course.

Instructions for Your Discussion Post:

Referring back to the "But How Do I Choose My Topic" section of the Lesson, share your approaches to each step and which tentative topic and stance you arrived at. In one rich, substantive paragraph, address the following:

During the exploration of topics phase, which of the topic generation methods from this week's lesson worked best for you and why? Please be specific and offer examples. Did you brainstorm and narrow? How?

Describe your use of the questioning process that helped you to narrow your focus, the Who, Where, When, Why, How.

When you spent time thinking about whether your topic is truly debatable, what possibilities arose? Where do you stand? Where might others stand with or in opposition to you?

Finally, review the "What Do I Want to Accomplish" paragraph in the lesson and describe what you wish to accomplish.

Then, for that same topic, share the position and thoughts offered in one article from your library search. In one rich, substantive paragraph, address the following:

Please provide the title and author of the scholarly, peer-reviewed article you chose and offer a brief summary of the author's purpose and points.

Does the author tend to agree with you or not? Please explain.

Do you feel this article may be useful to you in your work on the major argument research paper? Why or why not? Be specific.

Initial Post Citation and Referencing: All sources discussed?must be cited and referenced?in APA format. For pointers on APA citations, please refer to the Chamberlain Library's?Citation and Writing Assistance?website (noted in Required Resources).

Follow-Up Post Instructions

Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Please provide rich, substantive, constructive feedback that will help your fellow students develop their topics by asking questions, pointing to additional research, or providing professional and personal examples. Help your fellow peers to brainstorm potential supporting and opposing points for their topics. Finally, offer some suggestions for how your peers might narrow their topics. A respectful, professional tone is expected.

Note:?If you see that someone has already received feedback from two peers, please choose to help a peer who has yet to obtain feedback. Check back regularly and reply those who have responded to you, including any classmates and/or your instructor