Sample Blog for 102 classes: Title of source would go here

Source publication info would go here: Author's last name, first name. "Article title." Magazine title Publication date: page #s. If not PDF full-text, EBSCO info would follow. Long story short, do some bibliographic info and use your handbook to know for sure what to place here.

PART ONE: NOTES AND QUOTES
In this section, I would provide an overall summary of what this source had to say.

I also recommend putting in any commentary that will help you distinguish this source from the many others you will read while researching. (Highly readable, a little obscure, good info for this point I want to make in the later part of my paper, etc. etc.)

Direct quotes from the article that are very good. Make sure to put " " around them. It is best to copy and paste them directly from an electronic source whenever possible, so you do not mistype something. For overkill, you could put the words "direct quote" or DQ behind it as well.

Paraphrases. In addition to direct quotes, give serious consideration to paraphrasing what was said in portions of the article as well. Make sure you put it IN YOUR OWN WORDS and do not borrow the original phrasing. Put the word "paraphrase" or some abbreviation for it behind it to indicate that it is not the original wording. These types of notes record what was said or the gist of what was said when the wording is not particularly interesting to begin with.

PART TWO: REFLECTIONS
In this section, write about what the source made you think about your topic. In this section, you may choose to write about what you thought about the source specifically, but branching out into what you now think about your topic helps tremendously too. Having full reflections in your blog will help you when you go to write your first draft later on.

It should be noted, however, that the reflections should also pertain to your topic. Keep your focusing question in the back of your mind. The reflections should help answer that question in some way.