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Week Four
Evaluating Sources and Annotations
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Identify fused (run-on) sentences
Create Writing Schedules
Discuss Research Critically
Evaluate a Source
Write an Annotation
Lesson Objectives
• Find the main subject and verb.
• If there are more than one main subjects and verbs, you
might have a fused sentence.
• To fix:
• Add a period, and separate.
• Use conjunctions/punctuation marks to make a complex
sentence.
• And, So, For, But, Or, Yet, Therefore, However, Until,
Because, That, etc.
• Vary sentence length.
Tips for Fused Sentences
Correct the following sentences:
• We knew which car we wanted to buy we went to the
dealer to buy it.
• The safe is empty the butler is gone.
• The current was swift he could not swim to shore.
• She doubted the value of meditation she decided to try it
once.
Practice
Question:
• Why is scheduling
important?
Tips:
• Do not Procrastinate!
• Set Daily Goals
• Find your time, your
place
Create a Writing Schedule
Think about the following questions:
• On a scale of 1-10, with ten being awesome, how was
your research experience? Explain.
• What were your expectations versus what actually
happened?
• What do you wish you had known about the research
process before starting this project?
Researching
Consider the following points:
• Author’s credentials
• Journal’s credentials
• Date of publication (Currency and Relevancy)
• Source’s accuracy
• Citations and Research
Evaluate a Source
• Write a summary of your
favorite movie/TV show AND
your least favorite movie/TV
show.
• Evaluate them, based off of
objective qualifications.
Annotation Exercise
Two parts:
• Summary: Key Points, Thesis, Strong
Quote
• Evaluation: Relevance, Accuracy, Quality
Annotations
Monday, 2/10:
• Brief Assignment
Three
Homework
Wednesday, 2/12:
• St. Martin’s: 13 & 15
• First-Year: Ch. 6
(114-46) and 17 (41548)
• Bring in a copy of
Draft 1.1