draft introduction and literature review

Literature Review:
I really liked the way Glynda Hull set up her introduction. I feel as if she set up the paper perfectly. She gave an example, explained what the focus would be, what she hopes to accomplished from this essay, and the kind of study. For my research paper I would refer back to this essay because I feel as if it would work with introducing the topic.


Introduction:
For my introduction I would like to follow the same type of structure:
I would use a piece from the interview.
I would explain who the two people I chose to interview were and little bit about them
(Alexandria, senior at Kean, has taken English classes at her community college and Kean, etc.)
(Amy, Junior at Kean, has been at Kean all three years. Has taken many English classes as well, etc.)
I would summarize the point of that piece that I used and why I would it was important.
This would then lead into what my topic was about and why I wanted to focus on this question.
Point by Point discussion

I'm not sure that I liked the way she ended her introduction so I would need to see if I could find a different way to end the introduction.


Questions that were added to the Blog:
1.  What are the strengths your writing for the introduction?  What do you need to work on? What are the strengths of your writing for the review of the literature?  What do you need to work on?
My strengths will be compiling all my information to make a strong introduction. I will need to work on an effective conclusion that will lead into my work.2. What is the research problem identified in your introduction?  How do you point out what your research project will contribute toward resolving this "problem"?  In other words, what have you written about  the importance of your project for writing studies?

3. What have other researchers found out about your topic that is relevant to your research project?

4.  How do you connect findings from question 3 to the purpose of your project?

5.  What is your plan for finishing/revising your introduction and literature review?
6.  What feedback do you want from me?

Blog 17

Interview Protocol:
Do students attitudes change when they are writing english papers for the teacher and not themselves?


Warm-Up Questions:
When did you start reading?
When did you start writing?
Do you remember who taught you how to write/read?
Do you remember what book you first read? How did you feel?
Can you tell me about your first writing experience?
Were you proud of you work and why?
What was your best experience with writing throughout all your years in school?
What was the worst experience with writing and why?
Did the teacher have an impact on your experience with writing?
Is school important to you and why?
Does your family have the same or different values about school?

General Focus:

How many years have you been in college?

How many classes would you say involved you writing papers?

Were these classes only English classes?
What did you like about your English classes?

Did you find the English classes here at Kean to be useful?
Did you dislike any of your English classes?
Did you find that other students disliked the class for the same reason or different reasons?
Did you have a favorite English class?
Did you have to take English classes for a requirement or major/minor?
Do you like to write outside of the classroom?
Do you remember how you felt after writing your first creative piece of writing?
Which do you think is harder and why? Academic writing or creative writing?
Do you remember an assignment you wrote in school?

In-Depth Questions:
What is your opinion on how English classes are set up?
Do you believe these classes meet the needs of the students?
Do you think these classes allow students to express themselves?
Have you ever felt restrained when writing a paper?
Do you think academic writing is used more frequently then creative writing?
When your creative piece gets graded how do you feel?
Do you think its fair to judge someone's creativity?
Do you think that being able to write well creatively could help academic writing? Or the other way around?
What is the easiest part about academic writing?
What is the easiest part about creative writing?
Do you remember a certain academic paper you wrote? Can you tell me about it?
How did you feel when you were writing this?
How did you get prepared?
How did you feel when it was over?
Will you ever look back at the paper or no?
Does you future have plans to become something associated with English?
Does you job require you to use proper grammar?
Which type of writing will be necessary within your profession? Creative or academic?

Wrap-Up Question:
Is there anything else you would like to add?