On Monday, you will review and respond to each others' drafts of the Inquiry Contract. Please bring two hard copies of your draft to class: one for peer review, and one to hand in to the instructor. (I encourage you to save a copy to a disk, USB, or some other media that you can access for in-class revising.)
As described in the Inquiry Project Description (on the Blackboard Course Documents page), the Inquiry Contract is a one-page (single-spaced) project proposal. There are three parts:
1. In the first section, explain why are you interested in this topic: What do you want to know? What motivates you to learn more about this topic?
2. In the second section, describe at least two things you already think, feel, or know about this topic.
3. In the third section, raise two questions that you could reasonably address in a seminar paper on your topic.
It would be helpful to attach a list of the sources you plan to consult in the course of the research. This may include secondary sources (such as books and articles), as well as first-hand sources (interviews, observations, and personal experience).
Drafts of inquiry contracts from last spring's English 401 students may be found on the Course Blackboard (Discussion Board--> Inquiry Project Topics and Questions).
As I announced Friday in class, there is no common reading assignment for Monday's class meeting. In lieu of course readings, I encourage you to continue reading and note-taking on the sources you've found so far on your Inquiry Project topic.
Peer tutor groups will meet on *Friday* with Ian Turner for focused group discussions of the practicum experience.
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