The Notes—What to Write
Up to 500 words of your notes can count toward the total verbiage; you must write a blue book essay of at least 750 words. If your qualifying notes do not
total 500 words, then you need to write enough verbiage in your blue book essay to total 1250 (drafting plus essay).
Only certain types of drafting contribute to the total verbiage. To count, your notes need to include some genuine draft material—that is, cohesive pieces of
writing, in complete sentences, that you could insert into an actual essay. Only the type of material covered in #1 and #2 below count; bullet points, lists,
phrases, outlines, and other types of writing (as described in #3) do not qualify.
1) To count, the drafting MUST include an identification sentence and a directed summary that responds to the partial writing topic on the first page.
You do not have to use any of this material in your actual essay.
2) The drafting SHOULD include introduced, cited, and translated/explained quotations, paraphrases,
and summaries from any reading in the “Extending the Discussion” section of Assignment 4 in the
textbook. That is, each passage must include a signal phrase, the borrowed material, an MLA
citation, and some of your own writing that seamlessly explains—just as it would in a real paper—
either what the passage means or how it relates to the partial writing topic.
You do not have to use any of these chunks in your essay—but do not forget that the final
version of your paper must include at least one cited quotation from an Assignment 4 reading.
If you paraphrase or summarize from memory but do not recall the page number, cite just the
author.
3) You may also include quotations from Frazier (but annotating a paper copy is a better idea) and
any other types of notes that you think will help you—bulleting, phrases, lists, outlines, proposed
drafting, and so forth. However, these particular notes will not contribute to your word total.
Frazier: https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/lovely-sort-lower-purpose/