Today in class we will examine Maryanne Wolf’s Guardian essay “Skim Reading is the New Normal.” If your final essay and annotated bibliography focuses on limiting screen time, consider including Wolf’s essay as an additional source.
Note that Wolf mentions several studies of the effects of screen use. If you use Wolf’s essay as a source, look carefully at the ideas you cite and determine whether they are hers or those of a researcher she mentions. If they are the ideas of another researcher, be sure to include the appropriate parenthetical citation for an indirect source. See the samples in last Tuesday’s post.
After we examine Wolf’s essay, you will have the remainder of the class period to conduct additional research and compose additional portions of your final essay and annotated bibliography. Tasks to undertake include these:
- Using the HPU Libraries databases to locate additional sources.
- If the subject of your final essay/annotated bibliography has a Wikipedia page, locating that page, scrolling down to the list of references, and identifying one that might serve as one of your sources.
- Using Google Scholar to locate a potential source.
- Composing an annotation for one of your sources.
- Reviewing the sources you have gathered and noting what similarities and differences you can identify among them. Those similarities and differences may serve as material for your essay or your commentaries.
- Revising your final essay.
Next Up
Wordplay Day! To prepare for class, revisit the Dictionary and World Builder pages on the Scrabble website, and review the posts on my blog devoted to Scrabble tips,
Jane Lucas 