i need help with my english 105 university paper (i search) i need to add 5 pages to my essay and i need it to be done in 10-11 hours

English 105 2017-2018

I-SEARCH: A QUEST

Rhetorical Situation

An I-Search tells the story of your search for answers to a question and your process of integrating those answers with what you already know and believe. For this project, you’ll write about your search process in first person. Unlike a traditional research project, you’ll write as you go, allowing your audience—anyone who might have a similar question—to discover along with you. This project invites you to research something you really, truly want to learn about or learn how to do—it can be anything (I’ll have to approve it, but let’s start with “anything”—see previous students’ ideas on the back). Pose a question of immediate personal interest to you!

Focus your quest on learning through research—look for information that can help you answer your question. As you learn more, you’ll have new questions. You’ll explore various kinds of sources and practice evaluating them. You’ll also practice interpreting, summarizing, quoting, incorporating, and citing a wide range of sources. Rather than looking for a specific number of specific kinds of sources, seek the best information to answer your question. Look deeply, research rigorously, and include at least one oral interview and at least one scholarly article.

Tasks

· Decide what your question is: What do you want to find out? What do you already know, or think you know? What immediate difference will this search make in your life?

· Refine your question. Remember I need to approve your question.

· Figure out how you’ll find the answer(s): Whom will you interview? (Why?) Where will you search? What search terms will you use? What kinds of data will help you most?

· Start drafting in sections as you go—this project practically writes itself as you go along.

· As you draft and revise, be mindful of your rhetorical situation as a person on a quest.

· Create an original title for your I-Search.

Length and Format:

· Write this 1800-2700 word/~6-9 page paper in narrative style. Label these four sections:

· Part One: What I Know and What I Want to Find Out (300-600 words/~1-2 pages)

· Part Two: My Search Process (1200-1500 words/~4-5 pages)

· Part Three: What I Concluded/How This Search Matters (300-600 w/~1-2 pages)

· Part Four: Works Cited (if MLA) or References (if APA)

· MLA or APA format; 11- or 12-point font (your choice); no breaks between paragraphs

Due Dates

· Bring your best idea(s) toward a research question:  __Feb 5th______

· In-class Workshop (Bring two paper copies!): __Feb 19th_____

· Your Peer Conference Day/Date/Time: TBD:Feb 14th-16th____

· Revised Submission Draft: __Feb 21st______

Resources

· Everyone’s an Author: chapters 1, “Thinking Rhetorically; 3, “Reading Rhetorically”; 20, “Finding Sources; 22, “Evaluating Sources”; 25 “Quoting, Paraphrasing Summarizing”; 24-28 on source use, and more!

· Can I Use I?: “What Makes a Good Research Q?”; “Where Do I Start…?” “How Do I Back Up My Argument with Sources?”; “When Should I Quote...?”

I-Search Topics by Previous Students

· Ultimate Frisbee- origins and getting on the team

· Getting a teaching position in Chicago

· Vegetarianism (This one was really cool; it was written to persuade the student’s parents who thought being a vegetarian was completely unhealthy)

· Am I a perfectionist?

· Do I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

· Does my brother really have ADHD?

· Exploring electrical engineering as a major/career

· How can I get a Disney internship?

· Living in LA

· Coping better with stress

· What effect does marketing have on me/college students? How?

· Med school: A good plan?

· What does the FBI actually know about me/people like me?

· Trans-racial adoption

· Starting a soap business

· Study abroad in Spain

· Seizure disorders: What might help my brother?

· How I can become a millionaire by 35?

· Where to live/study in London

· How to handle my endometriosis

· Moving to Texas

· Careers in English besides teaching

· Do I have a social phobia and what can I do about it?

· Is criminal psychology a profession (for me)?

· What are the requirements and likelihood of my becoming a zoo veterinarian?

· Spanish and engineering (not a successful search)

· Living at the coast

· How can I learn to balance college and social life and get/stay fit?

· Researching getting an apartment in town (one successful search, one not)

· Do I deserve a $15 minimum wage?

· How can music be used to teach English to English language learners?

· Why do I have so many nightmares and other people don’t?

Questions?

Ask in class or visit my office hours: M, F 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM