In a 200+ word blog post, explore these questions:
- How did you decide what information was most important for the draft?
- Why did you decide to “leave out” certain information? How did you make these rhetorical decisions?
- What were the steps for your research in this draft?
- What assumptions/biases did you bring to the research? How did you work to contextualize and check these assumptions/biases?
- How did you work with facts, observations, and so on, in order to form an argument?
- What information are you still searching for to help your research?
1(A) The most important information I thought was the history of the organization. Also the land conversation that the organization does. I also thought it was important to metio how to join the organization if someone has interest in Ducks Unlimited.
2(A) Some Information I left out was the meeting themselves usually there is some kind of food served and drinks every week. Also at the end of each semester we have a large banquet to raise money which is always a fun time even if you don’t bid on any of the items. I felt that this information was unnecessary.
3(A) Some steps were to sit back and think about an origination that I enjoy being and that I would have access to members and research. Also Mr.G sends out daily assessments about things we should do for our research papers so I made a checklist and followed that list.
4(A) Some assumptions I had made where it was going to be incredibly difficult to gather all the information. After reading the prompt several times I realized that all the information was well within reach.
5(A) I just took what I knew from personal experience with Ducks Unlimited and put that in the paper. What I didn’t know I looked up through Ducks Unlimited website. Also when I went to the meeting the week the paper was assigned I asked who would like to be interviewed for a paper I’m writing and most said they would not mine. It was a mix of knowledge, research, and just connected with the members.
6(A) The only information that I need is to conduct my interviews. Which I was going to do this week, but I’ve been stuck on campus and the meeting this week got canceled.