PHASE IV

The “Scholarly Article” is the term I’ve chosen to describe the major written project. Though we focus primarily on an IMRaD structure, I do not wish to inhibit students’ creative license to attempt projects beyond the Academy’s definition of “good” writing genres, so this term is loosely defined. The Scholarly Article is specifically framed as the students’ chance to showcase the Writing-Studies research they’ve conducted and disseminate their findings.

In preparation for this assignment, students engage in a number of small assignments, such as reading responses to Stylus articles of their choice and IMRaD & CARS exercises. These low-stakes assignments emphasize their right to diverge from direction depending on the writer’s specific, situated, and contextual writing situation.

The Scholarly Article is weighted heavier than any previous phase of the project at 15% as it represents the point of greatest rigor, including 8 major parts: The CARS introduction adapted from the proposal, a lit review adapted from their annotated bibliography, a methods section adapted from their research design, original results, discussion, and conclusion sections, a references page with a minimum of 8 sources, and appendices with literacy artifacts and relevant materials. This project requires writers to focus on threshold concepts, course outcomes, and theoretical frameworks as they compose an analysis of their literacy artifacts and it exigencies. The Scholarly Article especially demonstrates writers' expertise in procedural writing knowledge. Their reflective portfolios demonstrates their declarative expertise.