Class discussion

-academic sources and scholarly sources are very similar but scholarly sources are a peer reviewed academic sources
-my group developed a list of important aspects that are needed in all of the sources we find relevant to our field of study
     1. Expectations
     2. Comparisons
     3. Examples
     4. Reliable resources
     5. The source needs to be written by a reliable author in your field of study
-when finding academic sources, you can search for aspects related to your topic and not just specifically  your topic because any academic information is useful as long as it is relevant to your topic
-I have found 3 of my sources, I still have to find one more academic source and I plan on using our list of important aspects to find a good scholarly article.
-when you organize your paper; you should use your written sources as facts and examples and apply quotes from those sources, and you should use your interview sources to explain and engage on the information you gathered from your written sources.

Source summary

One of my sources is about writing in Kinesiology, which is a more broad term for my field in exercise science. This source is a webpage to explain to future kids that want  to study in the field of kinesiology. It explains the expectations of kinesiologist, it explains what kinesiology is and its different fields like; athletic training, physical education, exercise science, and therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation. It  also shows you examples of different lab reports, and injury plans, and explains how they are written and formatted. It also talks about the differences within a Bachelors degree, a masters degree, and a doctorate degree. explaining the different requirements and objectives of writing in each degree. This webpage is a lot like our informational report, it was made for students looking into kinesiology as their major and will be a very helpful source for me when writing my informational report!

Interview summary

I interviewed Lara Pro who is a graduate from Louisville that studied exercise science and now an athletic and personal trainer. I asked her what were the different kinds of writings that required for her profession and she said; research projects, reflective papers, advocacy papers, summary papers, and some medical notes of injured patients.She also told me that advertising is huge for yourself. Its not a usual type of writing but you have to sell yourself, your knowledge, and your skills to get patients in order to make your earnings. I asked her what the difference was in writing for a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, and a Doctorate? She told me that the style of writing at a graduate level is different. When research papers are done as a graduate you have to support ideas without using your own opinion. Sophisticated language and grammar must be used and APA format is required. Also in these research papers you must use multiple, correct sources not using the internet. She said to be to the point and not drag ideas out, be straight to the point .Another question I asked her was if she had any tips or guidelines for writing in this profession? She told me that accuracy is very important and that you need to know your sources, write more than one draft ALWAYS and make sure you have correct language and grammar. The last question I asked her was is writing in exercise science different from writing in other fields and she said that it's a lot like other writings but she said every field has a different goal to reach in their curriculum. As an athletic trainer you do have to diagnose which means you have to review injuries and write up plans, which can be a different type of writing from other fields.

Interview questions

1. What kinds of writing do you do within your profession?
2. What is the difference between writings for a Bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and a Doctorate  degree?
3. What tips or guidelines do you have for writing in this particular profession?
4. Do you have any advice or comments about taking this field into consideration as a profession? (In terms of writing.)

Writing in Kinesiology

My first written source for my informational report is called "Writing in Kinesology." Although my profession will be athletic training, it falls under the subject if kinesiology and I got a lot of good information about the different types of writing in my future profession. I feel like this source that I chose has multiple genres but overall I would say its kind of like a blog. It has a lot of different aspects in it like what Kinesology is, the different types, the different types of writing afflicted with Kinesology and examples of the different types of writing. At the end it even has an interview about different writings in kinesiology from someone in that profession.

I think that this source will be very helpful to my paper because it explains and gives a lot of information of writing in my profession. It gives examples of the different types of writing done in my profession like research papers, lab reports, reflective papers, advocacy papers, short essays, summaries, and medical notes. It also has other links to other pages that might go into more detail on a certain field or have an example of something so that I can better understand what their point is. The purpose of this source is a lot like the purpose of our paper and I think that it will be a very helpful and reliable source.

Rhetorical Situation of Assignment 1

My first assignment for English 102 is an informational report. The purpose of this report is to increase the awareness of what a specific profession involves. My profession is going to be athletic training so my audience is going to be a group of high school students that are interested in becoming an athletic trainer. I will need to analyze and explain the responsibilities  that are required for a athletic trainer and I will also need to use different types of sources such as an interview and academic sources to support my understandings. The genre of this assignment will be a report that will include researched source material in a formal language. My stance should be persuading and informational towards my audience. My media and design will probably just be print but in some reports diagrams and photographs are used to help illustrate the knowledge you are presenting.

One question I had about this assignment was that the guideline says that you need one interview and 3 written sources but it also says that you need at least 2 academic and 2 non-academic, so for the written sources do we need 3 or 4?

Rhetorical Situation

Rhetorical Situations
-can contribute to strong, audience-focused, and organized writing.
-refers to any set of circumstances that involves at least 1 person using some sort of communication to modify the perspective of at least 1 other person
-"rhetoric" is any communication used to modify the perspectives of others
-"primarily an awareness of the language choice we make."

-the books explanation focused on the purpose, audience, genre, stance and media of writing.

Rhetorical Situation Analysis

My rhetorical situation analysis is on a personal narrative that I wrote in my English 101 class last semester called "Finding Your Comfort." My purpose of this writing was to express and explain my fears. I explained situations that had happened to me as a child like vacuuming while no one was home because I couldn't hear if someone was breaking in or hearing kidnappings on the news while my parents were watching it. These situations are what caused my fears and another influence on what I feared was the movie "Taken" which I used as a source to help explain my fears in this paper. My audience was my professor and a few classmates that had to peer review my paper. After reading and learning about audience, I think that I should have had a little more detail in this paper to help them understand my situations and why I was scared of being kidnapped. Since this paper was an assignment, the genre was required to be typed in MLA format. I cited my sources at the end of my paper because that was required as well. In this paper I don't think I expressed much of a stance and I think that it's something that I need to work on. I don't put much emotion or attitude into my writings. I wrote my paper based solely on the requirements so I didn't have much of an attitude toward my writing. My medium was print because again, that's what was required. I wrote five paragraphs about what my fears are and what situations caused them when I was younger. As far as rhetorical situation goes I think that my strong components are purpose, genre, and media. My weaker components are audience and stance.

Syllabus

I don't have a whole lot of questions or concerns about this classes syllabus but just a few. I know of the 4 major assignments, few quizzes, and the in-class assignments but are there any tests or finals in this class? Also do you allow or give any extra credit for this course?
I'm not great at turning things in on time but I have set goals for myself this semester and I hope that those will help motivate me in turning my assignments in on time and asking questions if I don't understand something. In this case I am glad that you don't accept late credit because it will me get in the habit of having my assignment ps done and turned in on time! I am also pleased that you allow revision on our major assignments because that will be helpful if I had interpreted the instructions incorrectly and will be able to redo the assignment the right way. Other than that I have no problem with the requirements and expectations on the syllabus.

About me

Hey, it's Michelle!
I am a freshman at the University of Louisville majoring in exercise science. This is my English 102 blog for this semester. I love to spend time with my friends and family. I also love to exercise and express myself!