Homework

In a well written and carefully considered paragraph, explain the answer to your question. Be sure to make your research question clear. Also, use internal citation in your paragraph.

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Some resources for you to use as you continue

This is a good resource if you are still struggling to strengthen your research question: http://twp.duke.edu/uploads/media_items/research-questions.original.pdf

This resource has some suggestions about how to organize a research paper: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/PlanResearchPaper.html

An essay on Kafka that may help some of you get started

http://www.upenn.edu/nso/prp/met/breckman_lecture.html

What's due next?

• Be sure to be working on "evolving" your working question. In a typed paragraph, articulate your "evolved" research question, with an explanation of why this is a question worthy of research. In addition, I would like you to identify the sources that you have been working with, and the sources that you plan to read.

Our research

We have been working in the library with Ms. McAndrews to evolve our initial research question into a question that connects not only to the text, but to the reader and the world as well. We have been calling these "dense" questions."

Continue reading within the sources that you have been introduced to. On Thursday (block 4) and on Friday (block1) you will be asked to write your question and to turn it in for my review.

Write your questions here! (In the comment section)

TED talk to view for homework

Watch the following TED talk : https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you?language=en

Take notes on the following questions:

1. What is the speaker's thesis?



2. What evidence does he give to support his thesis?




3. What are the implications of his thesis?