The final product should be an apa style investigative literature essay. The product should follow the “C.A.R.S.” model.
You will compose a researched essay about the topic/issue they have chosen.
This research essay should help readers understand the complexity of the
issue, perhaps highlighting things about their topic that are misunderstood
(and by whom they are misunderstood) or should be understood in a
new/different way. You will use John Swales’s CARS model to structure and
articulate their intervention.
It is important that you understand this is not an argumentative essay.
It is an essay in which you will synthesize (bring into conversation) six
sources (likely but not necessarily the ones you annotated) that have
something to say about your topic.
You are to approach this topic primarily through inquiry (question-
asking, as opposed to argumentation). This essay should tell your readers what
is important to notice in the research you conducted. You are encouraged to
conceive of yourself as a researcher contributing to an ongoing
conversation
in your chosen field, not simply as taking a stand and defending it.
This research essay should help readers understand the complexity of the
issue, perhaps highlighting things about their topic that are misunderstood
(and by whom they are misunderstood) or should be understood in a
new/different way. You will use John Swales’s CARS model to structure and
articulate their intervention.
It is important that you understand this is not an argumentative essay.
It is an essay in which you will synthesize (bring into conversation) six
sources (likely but not necessarily the ones you annotated) that have
something to say about your topic.
You are to approach this topic primarily through inquiry (question-
asking, as opposed to argumentation). This essay should tell your readers what
is important to notice in the research you conducted. You are encouraged to
conceive of yourself as a researcher contributing to an ongoing
conversation
in your chosen field, not simply as taking a stand and defending it.
Minimum of 6 sources six sources.
o Three of those sources must be scholarly, peer-reviewed (that is,
Three of those sources must be scholarly, peer-reviewed (that is,
vetted by authorities in the field) sources of any type
o The other three are your choice of primary, popular,
The other three are your choice of primary, popular,
and/or additional scholarly sources.
o You may absolutely use the sources you’ve already annotated, but
Must use a direct quote from a minimum of 4 out of six sources
o Three of those sources must be scholarly, peer-reviewed (that is,
Three of those sources must be scholarly, peer-reviewed (that is,
vetted by authorities in the field) sources of any type
o The other three are your choice of primary, popular,
The other three are your choice of primary, popular,
and/or additional scholarly sources.
o You may absolutely use the sources you’ve already annotated, but
You may absolutely use the sources you’ve already annotated, but
you may also supplement or swap.
you may also supplement or swap.
from which you are able to draw conclusions.