Third Blog Post Assignment

This third blog post is now due Saturday 2/18 by midnight. Wow, I packed a lot into this semester-but there is SO much to think about as we traverse the world of academic writing.

Please answer the following questions in your 3rd post:

(1) Some of us struggled a bit with the infamous "list" on pg. 2 of our textbooks, so I'd like to revisit some of those concepts here...

Readers: The readers of your annotated bibs are you, me, and your classmates. But soon enough we will be entering into academic conversations with our essays. Who will YOU be writing to? Can you decipher yet who will make up your audience, even in broad terms? (Example: You are writing about the dangers of yoga, so your audience members will be those who practice yoga because you want them to be aware of the risks they are taking).


Timeliness: Making sure a reader understands why your topic is timely is crucial to them caring about your writing. Do you have a better understanding now of why your topic is timely, or how you can make it timely? Explain.


Investment: Your investment in your topic goes right along with timeliness; if you don't care about your topic, why should anyone else? Why are you invested in this topic? (In other words, why do you care about it?) Why do you think (many of our) high school teachers instructed you to write objectively without any sort of personal investment in your writing? Why do college teachers suddenly care that you care about what you're doing?


(2) Are you starting to see multiple viewpoints emerge in your research? Can you list them here?

(3) Tell us about one new and interesting thing you've learned about your topic this week. What have you learned about the process of researching?

(4) Read and respond to at least one other student's blog. Find a blog that interests you and provide an interesting perspective, some helpful advice, or ask some questions. In your post, please mention the blog you commented on so I can see it, too.

Good work - onward!