Summary: We learned more about and formatting Modern Language Association (MLA) Works Cited. Then, collaboratively, we made sure you know more about the steps of the research process, the key terms of academic writing, narrowing down a research topic, finding reliable and solid research material, and taking useful notes. We also carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 7 – 8 to focus on your close reading.

Outline of our Research Process:

1. Basic Information
2. Causes
3. Further Examples or Case Studies
4. Effects
5. Solutions

Documents:

Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition

MLA 9th Quick Guide

“”Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.” – William Faulkner

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 07: Close reading

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 08: Give your material order

MLA Note Taking Sample:

Wong, Yu, Hussey Freeland, Deborah M., and Kari C. Nadeau. “Food Allergy: Immune 

Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Immunotherapy”, Nature Reviews Immunology 16,

31 October, 2016, pp. 751–765. https://www.nature.com/articles/nri.2016.111

Homework is due by 7PM on 07/03/2024 by taking photos of your notes and inserting all the photos in your Google Document under the titles Research Article #7 and others. If you are behind, upload them in your shared Google document.

Or if you feel six articles are enough, please do new entries of a Write & Improve article where you write the essay once and then submit two new entries based on the AI advice of Write & Improve and a spell checker such as the free versions of Grammarly or Language Tool.

Instructions for Homework Content:

1. Researching and taking notes on solutions to your issue: Please, research the SAME research issue using one Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about solutions or findings to improve the situation. Then take two pages of notes using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations with the URL in the doc. Try to summarize your work.

Could you upload photos of your notes #7 in your shared Google Document under Research Articles #5 and #6 in your shared file so I can edit your MLA Works Cited? Or complete a new Write & Improve essay assignment.

MLA Quick Guide

Student-Sample-MLA-Paper

How to Find an Issue to Research

Free Database Engines for research on your MLA Paper: 

Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then click on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent, and it is free including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidential content for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focuses on high-quality applications and submissions.

Google Scholar: Google scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also helps you cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA!

CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access.

Learning About Global Issues–Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses, and provides 18 core global issues. I got permisson, thank you Chuo U for Sadai students.

Zenbird Media: Topics & Issues: Do you often think about researching issues related to your local community, or Japan in general, but find the data in the Japanese language. Then, Zenbird Media is for you! They make a beautiful website for professors, so we can focus on giving students feedback rather than building websites.

2. An option to do Write & Improve practice essay:

 Please follow the instructions as best you can following one of the five essays you chose to write this quarter. You can write again and again following the guidance to improve your score. All essays are due on 07/31/2024.