ch18

Chapter 18

The most important thing about writing a research paper is the purpose. The purpose is what affect the readers and how you display it has a huge impact as well. You’ll want to have it visually appealing. Something’s to think about though as you go about accomplishing your goal is the format and text style. Make sure the document is all aligned in an eye appealing way. Have the pictures and titles in places that make sense. Make your heading and title stand out. If you want to tie in a picture or chart, it’s important to place it in a position that doesn’t take away from or distract the reader for the point. Some readers enjoy consistency in reading. Meaning they want the titles to align and the pictures or charts to be someone in the same places throughout the document. That is, if there is more than one image or chart, ECT.

I haven’t come a crossed any types of pictures or visual effects to incorporate into my research paper. I’d like to find something that pulls the reader in by an emotional context. So maybe I need to find a broken family picture and say “is this the life you live with your family?”

chapter 15

Chaper 15

The Bedford states different ways to clarify your purpose and to set the mood. All the sources you have come a crossed will help you to carefully persuade your reader to side with you. You might what to use a quotation, paraphrase or even summarize the source you have ultimately found. Some sources may only be useful for the illustrations or maybe you have found a video clip, or even a study with graphs and charts. Either way these are all sources and it’s how you use them that count. Sometimes you might want to inform the reader of a disagreement that comes up often within you issue or topic. Just make sure when quoting, paraphrasing, or summarizing you don’t forget to quote the author. The Bedford suggest that if you want to take a more emotional approach then try using quotes, if its something very complex its might be better to paraphrase or summarize. The more proof you have to back your argument up the better the chance the reader is to side with you.

 Always provide evidence.  An excellent way to do this is by using authority with in your matter. Find a scientist, a politician or even a religious figure to quote that follows the ideas and beliefs you are trying to convey to your reader. This is also called using someone else’s creditability.  The  Bedford gives examples of some common attributions words.

 According to       acknowledged  affirmed              alleged asked    asserted              assumed              believed                claimed                commented       confirmed           declared              denied  described            disputed              emphasized                expressed           inquired               interpreted        mused  noted    observed             pointed out        remarked                reported              said        stated   suggested           thought                wondered           wrote

chapter 16

Chapter 16

Most of the time readers and writers don’t meet.  They typically only interact through the published writing says chapter 16 of the Bedford reader.  In order to capture the reader you’ll need to do it with in the first paragraph. You must hook them or they won’t bother to read father. The more you understand of your topic or issue the better your writing will reflect the knowledge you have consumed.  When you have chosen which side you will take with in your issue, stay with it. Don’t be wishy-washy and change your mind in the next paragraph. Stay concise. The Bedford says to choose your words wisely as to not offend your readers. Another thing to remember is the position of which you have decided to write in… first person (“I, We”), second person (“You”), or third person (“She, He, It, One, They or nouns that describe a person or group”).

Another way to capture the reader is by the style in which you write. You may find it better for your paper to make statements, or commands. Or maybe a question or an exclamation will work better.  One of these four basic types may the right one for you. It’s all in the style in which you choose to write.  Its easier for the reader if the write remembers to use transition words and connect each paragraph to one another in a smooth manner.

Talking About Stranger Safety | Parents | Scholastic.com

Talking About Stranger Safety | Parents | Scholastic.com

ch12 summary

At this point you need to develop a strategy for your thesis statement.  Make it reflect your purpose, role, and needs of the reader’s needs. The values, beliefs, and knowledge of the issue will now start to form and take position in your writing. Then the reasons for the position you have taken can now start to back up your thesis statement.
~I have a position in my mind of what a parent must be to be considered "good", I also have research from scholars that include charts, graphs, and survey results to back up my opinion

You can now start to select your evidence to support your position with things like details, facts, personal observations, and expert opinions. These will help the reader to proof in your ideas. You can support your ideas also with visual images, numerical data, summaries, paraphrases, ECT...

The next step is to be appealing to your readers to persuade them to take your position. You can do this with appeals to authority. This is when you take some opinion of a person in high authority and basically say “well president Obama agrees”, so that must make it right... another form is through appeal of emotion. This is when you get them through feelings towards what you are saying. Next is an appeal to principles, values and beliefs. Then there are also appeals to character, and an appeal to logic.

research proposal

Ashly Mota
English 102 1:00pm
Sonia Begert
April 29, 2013

Research Proposal: How to parent

My research issue is on parenting. My research question is: what does it take to properly raise a happy, successful, and intelligent child? Some things I hope to gain from my research is tips on how to make the right choices in raising a child, how to avoid failing as a parent, and what to expect from children on nature versus nurture.

Chi-Ming, Lee. "Learning to Be a Good Parent across Cultural and Generational Boundaries." Learning to Be a Good Parent across Cultural and Generational Boundaries 40 (2011): 377-85. 2011. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

“Learning to Be a Good Parent across Cultural and Generational Boundaries ", by Lee Chi-Ming, talks about the difficulties of being a parent in this day and age, and trying to meet the cultural and generational expectations of raising a child. Chi-Ming expresses the importance of education for children and how to interact with the school age child when discussing education. Lee gives his idea of what’s needed to achieve academic success through personal experiences. This article is going to help with evidence of things that are needed for parenting for example patience, actually listening, and special attention time.

"Cognitive Stages for Child Development." Cognitive Stages for Child Development. LearningRx Franchise Corp., 2003. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

" Cognitive Stages for Child Development - learning requires basic cognitive skills" is discussing the need for parents to take responsibility and ensure that their children will have all the necessary fundamentals that are required to excel in life. the author mainly describes each stage of development and how they are future building blocks for our kids growth. These skills that are developed, such as sensory/ motor skills, and cognitive skills are also understood to be  different with age ranges.

Fleck, Henrietta. "Learning to Live with Our Children." Public Health Nursing 23.6 (2006): 561-62. Nov. 2006. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

Being puzzled or confused by children is not uncommon to the 21st century. I, for one, see the differences in the way i raise my daughter, compared to the way my mom’s generation raised their children. Henrietta Flecks philosophy about parenting and family life stems from post-World War II and how it has shaped family behavior. "The United States was readjusting to civilian life following World War II, fathers were coming back from the war, moms were returning to the typical "house wife work" and the next generation coming of age to work.. Fleck's touches on belief of value in individualism, and the importance of sharing both privilege and obligation, also how maturity shows evidenced in an ability to make reasonable choices and how to be accountable for these choices.

Myers, Robert, PhD. "Parenting Today." Parenting Today. Child Development Institute, 25 Oct. 2011. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

"Easy ways to raise responsible kids -a guide for parents" goes over ideas of how to get kids of different age and cognitive development to be responsible. Myers says we want our goal to be that our kids will become " contributing members of society". each age range is divided into appropriate daily responsibilities to build and grow our kids personal development. Myers ends his article by reminding us to "keep a sense of humor", which is very important to the raising of a child. if everything is always taken to the extreme, it can result in an ill effect of low self esteem

Plowman, Lydia, Joanna McPake, and Christine Stephen. "STORRE: The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home." The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home 24.1 (2010): 63-74. STORRE: The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

“The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home," by Linda Plowman, Joanna McPake and Christine Stephen talk to sources about the possible ways in which childhood is being transformed by technology, calming that children's cognitive, emotional and social development is not being fully developed and leading to emotional and social problems. Through study's they are able to prove that its in the way the parents are allowing the technology to be used, not the technology itself. based on a survey of 346 families and 24 case studies. This will help support my theory of its how you use it, that counts.  

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Helping Your Preschool Child -- TOC

Helping Your Preschool Child -- TOC