Practice Works Cited Page

When you've identified your five sources for this assignment, please post a practice works cited page here as a comment. By Monday, I would also like you to post a summary of one source. Remember to summarize the main claim or conclusion of the source, describe its methodology, discuss the evidence the study uses to support its claims, and comment on the significance of this particular study.

Research Update

Before you leave class, post a comment here and give the rest of us an update on how your research is going for your annotated bibliography. What topic or issue are you focusing on? What database have you been using that has been the most helpful? How many sources have you found so far (ones that you think you'll end up using)? Which ones seem the most promising? Do you have any questions about using the databases through Penrose Library? Are there any challenges that you are facing as a researcher that you’d like help with?

Generating Questions for Today’s Discussion

To start class today, I would like you to get into the pairs listed below and take a few minutes to reflect on the reading for today. What was the most interesting part of Liebow’s study thus far? What did you think about it? Then, frame a few questions about the reading that you think would generate a thoughtful conversation among the rest of us. Post your question(s) here as a comment.

Here are the pairs I would like you to work in: Priya & Lynzi, Devon & Malina, Leslie & Nicole, Alex H. & Claire (& Sierra), Brooke & Hadley, Charlie & James, Alex P. & Jason.

Initial Reflections on "Tell Them Who I Am"

Before class on Monday, I would like you to reflect on the first two reading assignments for our course (this past Wednesday’s and this upcoming Monday’s). First, in your own words, describe what a participant-observer study is. What are the limitations of this kind of study? What are we able to learn by conducting such research? Explain how Liebow’s study illustrates this kind of methodology. How does his position and identity as a researcher shape his study?

Second, how does Liebow describe the physical spaces of the shelter in the introduction to his book? How do these spaces impact the women who use them for shelter?

Third, pick one of the first three chapters (“Day by Day,” “Work and Jobs,” and “Family”) that you thought was the most interesting and summarize the main point of it. What was significant for your about this chapter? Identify a compelling passage, anecdote, or moment in this chapter and explain to the rest of class why it resonated with you. How does it relate to the main purpose of Liebow’s study?

Welcome to WRIT 1633! Post your interview of your classmate here as a comment.

For your first blog post, please introduce the classmate you interviewed to the rest of us. Write a 250-350 profile that captures who he or she is, where he or she is from, and what he or she likes to do. Tell us more about this person’s experiences as a writer or his or her interest in service-learning. Perhaps most importantly, give us a sense of this person’s experience with the issue of homelessness and what he or she hopes to learn about (as a writer, researcher, or civically engaged person) by taking this course.

Whatever issues you focus on, take care with this short piece, for it is our first impression of you as a writer, as well as the first impression of the person you interviewed. Have fun with this piece—make it interesting! Use quotes, brief stories, and any other vivid details you can discover to enrich your profile of this person.