Blog# 9

CLOSE READINGS

MODERN LOVE: Dating & Intimacy.

Reference: Drucker, J. (2008). MODERN LOVE: Dating & Intimacy. Lesbian News, 33(12), 28. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database

INTRO

1. In the first paragraph the author talks about how she was shock when she received a wedding invitation in the mail to her lesbian friends wedding

PAST EXPERIENCE AT A LESBIAN CERMONY

2. In this paragraph the author talks about how she has many lesbian friends, and yes some have had commitment ceremonies but this was more elaborate

LEGAL TO WED IN NEW JERSEY

3. In this paragraph the author talks about how New Jersey mad it legal for homosexual couples to get married

METHOD

4. In this paragraph the author talks about how she got excited when she made her RSVP call for the wedding

FINDING A DATE

5. In this paragraph the author talks about finding the right date to attend the wedding with her

SUMMARY

6. In this paragraph the author talks about how she decide that she would attend the ceremony by herself

CONCLUSION

7. In the last paragraph the author talks about her feelings and how it would be awaked that should would be going alone, but how she just loved being apart of such a milestone

 

Growing up with a lesbian or gay parent: young people’s perspectives.

References: Fairtlough, A. (2008). Growing up with a lesbian or gay parent: young people’s perspectives. Health & Social Care in the Community, 16(5), 521-528. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00774.x.

INTRO

1. In the first paragraph the author talks about how the number of children in the USA who have a lesbian or gay parent range from 1 to 13 million (Martin 1993, Stacey & Biblarz 2001)

RESEARCH INTO THE EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN W/ LESBIAN AND GAY PARENTS

2. In this paragraph the author talks about how in some cases it has been argued that homosexual couples can affected their children’s sexuality

METHODS

3. In this paragraph the author talk about how he use real life situations and research from youth who were born or grew up with lesbian or gay parents

LIFE STORIES

4. In this paragraph the author talks about the life stories of these young people and how in involves acts of interpreting and reinterpreting the past and present

CONTENT ANALYSIS

5. In this paragraph the author talks about the data collected from his research

YOUNG PEOPLE’S RESPONSES TO THEIR PARENTS’ SEXUALITY

6. In this paragraph the author talks about some of the case studies and how some of the youth embrace their parents “lesbianism”

EXPERIENCE OF PREJUDICE AND NEGATIVE TREATMENT

7. In this paragraph the author talks about the young people reaction to being judge about their parent’s sexuality. Also how some of the prejudice came from other family members, kids at school and even some teachers

SUMMARY

8. In this paragraph the author talks about what he achieve from the study and he realize most of the youth communicated that their parents sexuality didn’t determine their parenting ability

IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICES

9. In this paragraph the author talks about how he believes that agencies and government services need to identify children with lesbian and gay parents to evaluate appropriateness in these services

CONCLUSION

10. In the last paragraph the authors concludes his research

2. What is the difference between the intro and the lit review? On what ways did the authors attempt to hook the reader’s interest?

Blog #8

The Introductory Paragraph

I agree with both articles when they say the introduction is the heart of the research paper. This is where you gain a reader or lose one. The first sentence is so important because it has to catch your reader’s attention and also make them want to read the next line. Although you have to keep it coming sentence after sentence the intro is the make it or break it.

 Both articles talk about different ways of starting your introduction, either with a quote, anecdote or humor. Just make sure it’s catchy but simple. Make sure it relates to your topic or research paper in some sort of way. The introduction is what leads to your thesis statement and it has to flow like water. I don’t know what approach I’m going to take with my introduction yet, but I’m thinking maybe a “quote” or statistic.

Work Cited: How To Write A Strong Research Paper. (2009) Thadra Petkus. Tips to Teach High School Students to Compose an Essay Introduction
 How to Write a Strong Introduction Paragraph: Tips to Teach High School Students to Compose an Essay Introduction http://lesson-plans-materials.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_write_a_strong_introduction_paragraph#ixzz0fs9o4lf5
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Blog #7

Evaluating Sources 

When reading  Cornell University Library’s Evaluating Sources you need to: 

• Know who your sources are?
• What other writings has done author done?
• What date was this information printed?
• As there been any updates or revision with this sources?
• Title of the Journal where the information came from? Is it a reliable source?
• Who was this research publish for (target audience)?
• Was the text organize, did it makes sense logically?
• Was the journal helpful or did it address your concern?

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES (SPRING 2006). CRITICALLY ANALYZING INFORMATION SOURCES. http://www-english.tamu.edu/pers/fac/may/analyzingsources.pdf 

I think this article was very helpful with showing how to evaluate sources. We need to have sources that you can depend on, so people can take your research serious. You want to make sure all your sources are creditable and helpful, to your readers. You want to have a sense of confidence and know that you’re on the right track and if your sources are bogus so is your work. It’s also important to know who the authors are and what they did previous to this research. I believe evaluating and knowing who your sources are can save lots of time and reading.  

Blog #6

Formatting

APA Style

When I did some research on formatting (APA) I realize that it is extremely important when writing a paper. You must site and give credit where it is due when writing any paper. There are 3 basic when doing APA papers: supporting the thesis, citing and avoiding plagiarism, and knowing when to put quotations and other important information.  Also both documents showed how to paraphrase without plagiarizing which was really helpful.

When I read the text in my Research Writing book, in detail they broke down how to format a paper properly and still get out all the important details. Although this never cross my mind, but even stealing someones sentence structure is a form a plagiarism I’ve learned. It also talk about citation and proper ways to references from the internet and journals. I know that this will take some getting use to but this is really important key to having a great research paper.

Link: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/13/

Perdue Online Writing Lab. (1995-2010). Types of APA Papers. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/13/

So I definitely had to go back to previous blogs and make some changes. I wasn’t properly citing my research references that I found via web. This can be time-consuming but it does make it easier to show prove of your research or be able to direct one of your readers to a website you got information from. I’m still a little confuse with the whole APA formatting technique but I’ll figure it out.

Blog #5

Critical Reading for Critical Writing

So after reading Critical Reading for Critical Writing, I understand that when we read something critically you’re looking past the words and trying to get what the text is trying to argue. Critical reading is about breaking the text down into pieces and making judgments about the text and how it is argued. The best way to accomplish critical reading by not looking for obvious information, but to read in between the lines for the information that doesn’t jump out at you.

I think critical reading is important key to writing a research paper, because when doing your research we need to be able to critically read other articles relating to the topic. Critical reading is all about the “HOW.”

• How does this text work
• How is this text argued

Link:  http://homeworktips.about.com/od/homeworkhelp/a/criticalreading.htm 

Writing for an Audience

When I read Linda Flower “Writing for and Audience” it instantly clicks, because I’m the type of reader that only read things that relate to me. Although I do read other books, mags, blogs etc…. It would be really difficult for me to do this research paper if the topic didn’t relate to me in some way.

When she mentioned in the text about connecting with your audience, that’s was a GREAT piece of advice because not only do we want to get our point across but also try to persuade others to see things like we do. Well at least while their reading your research paper.

• Know Your Audience

Link:  http://www.umuc.edu/ewc/students/writ_aud.shtml

Blog Entry #4

 

My research topic: Why do some women transition into homosexuality after having children? 

The reason I’m so curious about this topic is because some of my close friends have chose this lifestyle. For the past two years I have seen most of my friends become lesbians one after another. It’s like a disease or something and I’m so confused. The thing that interests me most about my friends is the fact that many of them have small children (ages 3-8) and were just in previous relationship with the children’s father. 

Assumptions 

1. Friends: Why are all my friends becoming lesbians overnight? 

2. Kids: How could a homosexual couple influence a child’s sexual orientation later in life? 

3. Influences: How does a relationship between a father and daughter influences a women’s love life? 

4. Attraction: Why do lesbians date other lesbian women who act like men? 

5. Siblings:  How does one sibling’s sexual orientation influences them other family members?   

Regarding your topic what has already been done? There has been lots of research done on my topic. Things like what make women become lesbians, how hard it’s to adopt a child (ren) when you’re a lesbian and how some lesbians women blame their parents because of the sexual orientation. There were some other articles I came across, that were basically saying that gay people in general still don’t deserve some of the freedom they have gain so far. How is your research different? I think my research differs from others because this is more of a personal issue for me. I have many friends who I love dearly and I really want to get to the bottom of this issue or at least get an understanding out of this research paper. What contributions will your research make? I think my contribution maybe small, but definitely worth the read. It will be through the eyes of a college student, from her lesbian friend’s point of view and also mines. It amazes me how some friends change over these last couple years and are so comfortable with their new lifestyle. I think if anybody going to get something out of this research paper it would be me and my friends.  

Describe what methodology you will use to undertake this research? The method I choose to use are “case studies”. My plan is to come up with a questionnaire for my friends, with about 10 open-ended questions. I will try and be as direct as possible with my questions, so that they understand and honestly answer them. I plan to do face to face “interviews” with them and ask them about the past relationship, ask about their children and ask to see pictures of them (before and now). 

Five places I could submit my work: 

American Journal of Public Health

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Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

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Journal of Early Adolescence

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Journal of Homosexuality

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Journal of Lesbian Studies

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Genres of Research Writing

When writing a research paper, the Genres is the way you approach your topic and how it comes off to your readers. There two type of genres in research writing from my knowledge you can ask a question or demand an answer. Or shall I say analytical or argumentative, but it all comes down to your question and what you wanna gain from your reasearch.

So out of my five choices if I had to narrow down to two of them. It would be: 1. The size of a man penis, “What makes men believe “bigger is better”? and 2. Lesbians, ” How do women transition into homosexuality after having children?”. Both of these topics interest me a lot and I think they both would be great reasearch papers.

The genres that I would take on both research paper I would take the analytical approach. I fell like these are subjects that are dear to my heart and there are a lot of questions between each of them that I would like to know. So I don’t believe the argumentative approach would be they best way to get ”good” information. The way I would complete my research is by taking the analytical approach, that would be to ask questions and get many answers and also listen well and get a sense of the people i’m interested and try to relate instead of judging them