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Students: please do a search under "right wing think tanks" (like The Heritage Institute source we saw this morning). Go to the link listed as "rightwing watch." Be very careful about using these sites. Read about who is funding these sites.
We started the class by doing freewriting in the computer lab. After about 10" of freewriting, we went to the library where one of librarians showed us the resources: reference sources, online databases, catalogs, etc.
After the presentation, we went back to the lab where the instructor gave students a quiz about the presentation.
At the conclusion of the class, the instructor took students' homework: MLA Works Cited, essay revisions, etc. and the in-class work such as the library presentation quiz.
To do for next week:
Topic finding: if you do not have an approved topic or you wish to refine your topic, do the following: go to the library and review the periodicals (hard copy) section. Find five topics that interest you. They must be quite specific. Send the sources by e-mail to the instructor to the Comcast e-mail given to you in class. If you wish to do refine your topic, do the same but look at periodicals specific to your area.
Read the first five pages of the poetry link ("How to Read a Poem").
Read Lester, Ch. 2
If you were to get a tutor and you did not turn in the name, be sure to do so and turn in the name next week.
Be gathering sources for your research topic. You will need 10 sources, annotated, listed in an MLA Works Cited. Some time allowance will be given to students who have not yet selected a topic.
