Please note: These are journal writing activities. Other than me, your instructor, no one can read or see this information.
Activity #1
Here, you will learn how to add research to your existing Comparison and Contrast essay. Conduct research and add your research to your essay. You must add 4 sources to your essay. The essay should grow to 4 pages. The 5th page should be your works cited page (where you list your 4 sources). This essay should include in-text citations.
Here is an example. I have taken one paragraph from my essay about roses. I have conducted research on leaf patterns.
Attach your paper to this journal activity.
The following is an example of how I expanded one of my paragraphs to include in-text citations. The two sources, that would be added to the works cited page, are below this paragraph to show which two sources were used (Please note, the hanging lines of the source citations can't be intended because of this Blackboard app limitations).
The two roses have very different leaf structures. The rosa rogusa has dark green leaves that are about the size of a small orange slice. You may find several leaves, around 20-30, on a limb. The leaves make their bushes seem like boxwoods. They should cover the plant. Occasionally, I have seen rosa rogusas with bare limbs in some places and full branches in other places. They can look “scraggly.” The grandiflora rose has very few leaves: one or two will surround the blooms.. The leaves are not very noticeable. The blooms steel the show. The leaves on both can be described as Ovate and oblong; however, the grandiflora leaves are double the size of a rogusa leaf
(Learning to Recognize Leaf Types").
Furthermore, according to "Basics of Leaf Identification,"
the leaves on both plants' leaves are alternate and compound. They are compound because "there are many leaves on one stem," and they are alternate because there are several leaves on one side and the same number of leaves on the opposite side in the exact spot.
“Basics of Leaf Identification.”
Plant Daddy, YouTube, 14 Apr. 2023, www.youtube .com/watch?v=2dn3szygmig.
“Learn to Recognize Different Types of Leaf Shapes | Plant Leaves.”
Nature Clearly, YouTube, 6 July 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5tQXZKU57A.
Activity #2
- Write about 3 issues that are major concerns for you today. One must be about money. The second must be about relationships. The third must be about housing/shelter. Write 7 sentences about each.
- Highlight, in a bold color, the issue that is most important to you and that you will want to write about
and share
with your peers in a peer review.
- Write two or three sentences explaining why this issue became such a concern
- Write a question designed to explore reasons why this issue developed.
- Next, answer the question.
- Write a question designed to explore possible outcomes/effects.
- Next, answer the question.
- Write a question designed to explore who else is affected by this issue.
- Next, answer the question.
- Write a statement describing the effects of the situations(s) on your life and speculate about how things may have been different.
- Write any other questions you can think of.