For Thursday's class, please remember to:

(1) continue thinking about your Project IV topic and email me with any questions or concerns you may have;

(2) read the 2 PDFs posted on the Unit IV page -- "Environmental Pollutants" and "Realms of the Soil." Remember to pay attention to the annotations in the margins as well as read the front matter which introduces each piece. There will be a short reading quiz at the beginning of Thursday's class.

(3) Look over the PDF titled Scholarly vs. Popular Sources (available on the Unit IV page as well). Information on this sheet will not be a part of the quiz (although the bonus question might relate to it).

Enjoy your Wednesday off!

For tomorrow, please read the Annotated Bibliography Handout from the UNC Writing Center as well as the information on Annotated Bibliographies in the NFG, pages 116-124. (Please note that the Daily Schedule has been updated to reflect recent changes.)

Please be prepared for a quiz on the objective information. The quiz will not cover the sample annotations in the NFG; however, you should read them as they provide examples of an assignment you are asked to write; you will find the 2nd example (not the 1st) more closely resembles the annotations you will be asked to write.

Also, please read over the assignment sheets for Projects IVA & IVB as well as the samples and the topic selection information.

Keep in mind that Projects IVA & IVB are linked -- that is, they are two individual parts of a larger project. The Annotated Bibliography is a formal write-up of the information you would have to collect in order to write the Literature Review. The research you do for the Annotated Bibliography will form the content of the Literature Review; if you take the Annotated Bibliography seriously and put a significant amount of effort into it, then the Literature Review will be much easier to write.

The Project III Cover Letter sheet can now be found on the Unit III page of the course site at the very bottom of the right-hand column. If you did not get a chance to finish this in class, please do so and email this to me before the end of the day. If I do not have it in my Inbox by 5 p.m., I will not accept it. Please note that I will check to see if I can open the file that you attach and send you an email letting you know that I have received your cover letter.

Also, while there is no direct homework for the weekend, I strongly encourage you to look over the assignment sheets for Projects IVA & IVB and start brainstorming possible topic ideas. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

Other than that, have a great weekend and enjoy the return of Spring!