WCSS6051 Week 2 Assignment Critical Reading and Outlining
Assignment:
Critical Reading and Outlining
To prepare for this Assignment:
Choose
one of the preselected journal articles in this week’s Learning Resources.
Applying the prewriting concepts from this week’s readings, critically read the
journal article, taking notes or engaging in any other forms of prewriting that
you would like to try.
Review
sample outlines as provided in the Learning Resource “Writing a Paper:
Outlining.”
The Assignment:
Select
three related main ideas from the journal article (excluding the abstract).
Compose a written outline of the article’s main points. Use the sample outline
provided in the Learning Resource as a guide for capturing main points.
Remember, you are not drafting a narrative summary of the journal article but
short phrases of the article’s main points.
Submit your Assignment using Walden’s
APA Course Paper Template by Day 7.
WCSS
6051 Week 2 Discussion: Reflecting on Your Writing Writing Process
For this Discussion, you will reflect on your own
writing and how you have (or, perhaps, have not) engaged in prewriting activities,
such as note-taking during critical readings and outlining. Based on what you
have learned from the week’s Learning Resources, you will share your thoughts
and experiences on the use of prewriting in your own writing practice.
To
prepare for this Discussion:
·
Review the Learning
Resources on the writing process, and prewriting, in particular.
·
Reflect on your writing
process in relation to prewriting. You may even choose to consider how you
approached this specific Assignment in relation to prewriting.
·
You may reflect on past
or current examples of your research process, including this Assignment.
Post
by
Day 3 a 1-to-2-paragraph reflection on your writing process, describing
components that you currently use as well as any components that you could use
more effectively. (Note: You may choose to reflect specifically on how you
approached this Discussion assignment in relation to your writing process.)
