reading for chapters 1,2, & 4

Reading these chapters really helped me sort through all the anxiety and things of those nature I had about this project and the accompanying assignments. These chapters broke down the basics and provided step by step lists that will make my experience easier. Chapter 1 basically ran through the basics; "how to research and write with confidence?" and "how can I choose an appropriate topic?". Each of these sections broke down the ideas easily and made the subject matter very easy to take in and easy to apply to my project. Chapter 2 focused more on finding your topic, making sure it applies to you and your peers, and how to begin searching for sources. Then the second half of this chapter focused in on out topic and how we can "focus on an issue". This section helped me a lot and i will be referring to it a lot more in the upcoming weeks because it gives great advice about how to pick a topic that is interesting to you. Chapter 4 then focused on our sources and how to make sure they are credible and how to go about doing that. Topics such as "reading critically" and "what should I pay attention to as I read" were a huge help to me and I will be going back to this chapter a lot for help with finding, reading, analyzing, and organizing my sources.