Hey!

To clarify:
Your SJ DOC PROJ needs to be totally, completely decided on NOW. BUT (!!) you don't need to have the work itself done until the end of the term, when you will show it to us. The reason you have to know what it will be, obviously, is that it creates your research topic. Today, for those of you who came to class, we met in the library (that info link is in the post just below this one). So, you should be doing research--collecting sources and starting to skim them. The next thing we will do is an Annotated Bibiliography. That is a list of 10 sources you might use, arranged according to MLA standards, with a 1-2 sentence note under each one explaining how/why you might use it.

*Please bring the packet of handouts from today's class with you on Friday. There should be four things in your packet. Browse them.

Remember the pattern:
SJ DOC PROJ (must comply with class criteria, will be presented during the last 2 weeks of class)--> topics to research--> reading, thinking, some note-taking, evaluating sources--> Annotated Bibliography--> more reading, thinking, choosing definite sources, creating a THESIS for your paper--> Argument Arrangement Essay--> Introduction (talks about SJ DOC PROJ and how it connects to your thesis/research), many rough drafts, peer review, notes from me, planning, thinking, writing, re-writing--> Final Paper (10 pages total, including Intro (see above) at the beginning, Thesis supported by 6 sources (no more than 2 websites), Social Justice Statement (a synthesis of IMY and your own ideas) . . . and a Works Cited page)