whoops

I actually started my blog post on October 19, but never finished it! It was still sitting in Drafts but it was a totally different topic because I was still confused about my research topic and focus.

Because most of my research was historical as I was looking at the evolution of composition textbooks, I deviated from the format that Dr. B wanted. It was during peer review that Alex and Eric pointed it out to me. I also got so caught up in the 8 page limit that I felt I had written too much (Alex and Eric wrote even more!)

For my next revision, I'm going to add in those research questions, organize my categories a little more, synthesize more, and add myself into the conversation. I have already planned to have my ENG 111 students evaluate a children's book for their final essay, so before, while, and after they do that, I want to find out how they would feel if they had some more multicultural material in their first-year writing textbooks.

I really like this topic. When I mentioned it in the ENG 111 class, one of my education students wanted to write about it as well. I told him that I could toss a source or two to him. :)