Day 5, second half: We are in the library - let's use it

Note: If I am called in for jury duty (which I already postponed last spring to not
interrupt teaching), we will have two on-line classes. I will post what do do and
with whom. Stay tuned. I should know by Friday afternoon 5PM. If you find
nothing on our class blog, we will meet next week as usual.
I am sending you into the library to select a book that interests you. Bring it to class.

Step 1 Please answer the following questions in full sentences:

1. Why did you select the book you brought to class?
2. How many authors does it have? Some books have none: they have an editor.
3. What is the title?
4. Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?
5. Which city was it printed in, and when? You may find that certain books were printed again and several years are printed when editions came to market. Choose the last year and tell which edition it was. If a book was printed in 1940, 1968, 1982, you pick 1982 and count to three: 3rd edition 1982
Answer these five questions in writing. (1. text, 2. text, etc.)


Step 2 Providing the same information as asked above, write a coherent paragraph about the book you selected. Pick a quote from the book and incorporate it into your text. Provide full bibliographical information at the end in a "Works cited" portion of your post.

Need help with the format of the bibliographical information on your book? Check our LEO site, or  "MLA" in Wikipedia, to mention one source of enlightenment.

Homework: Read five blog posts from classmates (dealing with the books they found) and describe what you found out about their book choices. Hot link the originating pages to your review blog post. You do not have to edit them. Write a bibliographical review (why did they choose these books, what do the five have in common - if anything, etc.) of their five books, list the books in any format you want (APA, MLA, Chicago) - but be consistent for all five entries.