Using the referenced material, Vandermey, R., Van Rys, J., Meyer, V., & Sebranek, P. (2012). The College Writer: A Guide to Thinking, Writing, and Researching (4th ed.). For each question, the response should be at least 400 words, and have at least two other authoritative sources than the one provided between all 4 questions, and must be used in APA format and be cited with a direct link to sources. Direct Quotes are not excepted!!
1. List 5 topics you might consider writing about with a sentence or two about what your thesis statement might be for each topic. To generate topics, you may use journal writing, freewriting, listing, or clustering to generate topics. Review Chapter 3 in your textbook. (The writing of thesis statements is discussed in chapter 4 on pp. 44-47; in ch. 3, it does discuss each of the strategies for generating topics on pp. 36-38. Thesis statements are also discussed in ch. 25 on pp. 313-314.)
2. Take 2 of the topics from the list and write 2 paragraphs about what you already know about the topic and why you considered it as a research paper.
3. Using the SQ3R method, read the paper, “Water Woes in Walkerton,” from Chapter 2, pages 26-29 of your textbook. Make a formal outline of the paper and copy it into the space provided.
4. Start a Journal for your writing. For your first entry, summarize the process you used to come up with the 5 topics you might write about. Comment on which ones may be the best fit for you to write about and why.
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