I have changed my topic since our last blog post. I decided to write my paper on the different ways to curb the obesity epidemic in the United States. Thankfully, I have had some pretty good luck with finding quality sources pertaining to my topic. So far I have six sources, two from the packet that Ms. Fletcher gave us (Mark Bittman and Alice Waters and Katrina Heron) and four from reliable online resources. If there’s anyone out there that is writing about obesity, I found that Jane Brody from the New York Times had some very interesting and helpful topics. I would definitely look into her work if you haven’t already.
I find that the most challenging part about writing this paper thus far is my paragraph structure. I feel like all of my paragraphs are so long. I don’t know if I should try to chop them up or if I should just leave them long. I have two more things that I need to talk about, which should bring me to around eight or nine body paragraphs. If you add in the introduction and conclusion paragraphs, I should be at around eleven paragraphs for my entire paper, which falls within the requirement. At this point I don’t know if I should add more to my paper or just leave it at eleven. Although we only need to write a minimum of ten paragraphs, I still feel like eleven isn’t that many, especially for a research paper.
I want to know how long your papers are, so I can fix mine according to everyone else’s lengths. If you could leave a comment about the length of your paper that would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you and good luck!
It seems like you're in good shape with a solid plan, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI've found that using my outline really helps for paragraph organization. If they are getting extremely long, I would try to find a shift in the flow of the paragraph where a break could be made to split it into two. But for the most part, I usually just leave my paragraphs long if that's how much I need to discuss. Regarding the length of the paper, I honestly think as long as you have covered everything and talked about everything you want to include, you're good. I don't think you should add extra paragraphs if it messes up the flow of your paper. But I completely get you. I like to compare my paper to other papers to make sure I'm on the right track. I think in total, I am going to have around 13 paragraphs. But again, if you have discussed everything you need to talk about, I don't think you should worry about the amount of paragraphs because it might mess up the flow by adding unnecessary information. Hope this helps! It sounds like you're doing pretty good. (:
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