MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Over the weekend, start the reading process of your article.  Use the grid, by making a copy for your use. You can use Pachego-Vega's Abstract-Introduction-Conclusion pattern to start: AIC. Here are two entries about his AIC approach:

1. Start here for more conceptual discussion of AIC
2. Good follow-up AIC post here.

• Hint from me:  I use two high lighters: one color as I look for background and context while I do a first read of the document. Then, I shift to another color as a look at the M E A N I N G of the paper (Results section and Discussion).  Finally, I shift to post it notes, where I paragraphs the findings in my own words and place them on the paper.

Directions:  for those who did not earn the coveted sticker -- typically because of the missing audience analysis -- will need to resubmit their directions.  You will lose a half grad for that lapse.  :(

Extra-credit for directions share:  one half grade.  Share with a real audience:

• email (bcc me or cc me; or forward later)
• post to facebook as a note
• share hard copy in a lab setting
• us as a TA for office hours
• share hard copy with interested friend
• post to a website (yours if you blog or microblog)
• share on social media
• share via WikiHow, eHow, Instructables. etc.
• other?  Let me know. 

Let's spend some time thinking about science research articles. This google slide set is from a campus radio show. We will look at about 3/4s of the slides.

Now, to the whiteboard, to map out some paragraph arrangements and shape of the document. Most documents are lemon-like.

However, some documents are a related shape: bottom-heavy, so we need a pear for that document shape.

Images like this are available at this wonderful open source clip art site.