Author Archives: Ally Salomon
improve draft
To improve my draft I went through all the comments made and applied them to my final paper. I also read through the articles I used in my paper and added some information that was needed. while improving my paper I worked on organizing the sections and improving the flow of my paper. And in the end I added page numbers and fixed my citations by adding a date.
refine thesis or lit.
To refine my thesis, I took my topic of coral bleaching and made it more specific. I made it more specific by focusing on coral bleaching in The Great Barrier Reef. And to refine my sources I focused on the sources that had to do with the Great Barrier Reef and other Reefs near by going through the same issue.
find topic
When finding my topic I was always interested in coral bleaching, but I wanted to pick a specific place. After a lot of researching of articles I decided to pick the Great Barrier Reef because it was the most vulnerable to coral bleaching and climate change. Also, because I am going to Australia for a study abroad this summer so it interested me. All together I found this topic interesting and the Great Barrier Reefs decline to be an important issue to share.
draft paper reflection
While writing my draft paper I split my paper up in to an introduction, vulnerability to climate change due to rising SST, rising SST, coral bleaching is the stress response of coral losing its photosynthetic pigments. After I made the sections I I went through all my information I collected from my articles and put them into the corresponding section with a citation and mixed in my own thoughts . When I was done with this process I read through my rough draft and created a bibliography at the end of the paper. I then turned it in for revision.
draft paper
learning what is known reflection
learning what is known about coral bleaching in GBR
support thesis with lit reflection
I supported my thesis with lit by reading through a few of my articles that had to do with my thesis. After reading each article I put the key points that supported my thesis into a word document. The information was then put into the designated sub point it supported.
developing a thesis reflection
To develop my thesis I read through a few of my articles, and then narrowed the ideas down to key points. After this I took the key points and decided what I wanted my paper to be about. when I figured out what I wanted to write about I constructed a thesis based off of the key points.