week 4

Day 7

By the end of the class, students should be able to 

• define the general purpose and location of a literature review in a research paper
• identify various types of organizational patterns for a literature review
• consider which organizational patterns may work for their topic. 

Warm-Up: QandA

1. Take attendance

2. Take Questions on homework

3. Tell students we will be in the lab next Tuesday
4. PUSH for them to follow the blog and use it as a resource!

Google Drive Check-Up 9:15-9:25

Show students how to ensure that they are sharing with me.  Encourage them to place all their documents in ONE folder. Show them how to create different folders to keep their information organized. 

Lecture: Literature Review Process and Organization 40 min

Literature Review PPT 

Show students:
   Example introduction paragraph
   Example body organizational patterns

Pair work on Matrix  30 min

Place the different organizational structures on the board. Have students consider in their groups which organizational structure may work best for their topic. Have them try to draft out the matrix with the main subheadings

Language Used in Literature Reviews  (Time permitting)
Sample Lit Review Paragraphs *use page 11-15
Evaluative Language Handout

Have students practice with the handout

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Day 8

Lesson was scratched. Students stated they needed extra time on their research questions and objectives. Some students started out outlines. Lesson moved back

By the end of the class, students should be able to...

• look at a sample literature review and identify common parts
• identify common phrases and vocabulary words to report on sources
• identify common phrases and vocabulary used to synthesize sources 

REVIEW/EDIT
Go to students research questions and objectives and show students an example of research questions and objectives for analysis. Have students work to edit these...

1. Worksheet to Identify the parts
First, pull up the student sample UCA paper outline below of their literature review. They follow a simple logical procedure. The literature review is 10 pages long and should start each section with any needed definition and explanations before moving on studies done.

What the student UCA paper lacks is critical evaluation of any studies. He/She does do not much to justify why their study should be done. For most literature reviews, you are going to want to do this and carve out a research space for yourself. This is commonly found on the end of a literature review after you have discussed all the studies. Ask yourself where do you fit in the research story? What are these studies missing that your study will assist with?

Worksheet 


2. PPT Presentation
Example Paragraphs: A look at language

Activity: 
Have students think of academic vocabulary that connects studies...

• shows similarity
• shows contrast
• show that they are the same

Then, have students share their vocabulary. Fill in words they are missing with Language for compare/contrast


3. Workshop
Work on organizing your outlines and building topic sentences for your paragraphs. Remember that you need topic sentences, academic language, headings, and subheadings. As groups work on this, I will be meeting with you to discuss your progress.



Materials:
Two Full Sample literature Reviews with my comments 
Literature Review sample with with identification of parts.
Literature Review as a paper (not part of a thesis): It shows how a student transitions from annotations into paragraphs
Sample Lit Reviews in our field

Extras
Transition word Worksheet