English 363: Scientific Writing

Scholars Notebook #3
Submission Dates
April 4th 2017-April 26th 2017
By: Gracie Brestel
4/3/2017: Trends in functional and/or topical headings/subheadings

Introduction
Basic Knowledge of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (ARB)
o Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Different types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their effects
o MRSA
o TB
o CDI
Methods to combat ARB
o Photocatalytic method
o Plasmonic thermogel disinfection method
o Role of nanoparticles
o Conventional Methods (treating with antibiotics)
o Alternative Methods (trying to get around conventional methods)
(out of the box ideas)
Danger of ARB
o How to test for resistance
Conclusion
References

4/10/17: Abstracts Paraphrasing

Describe the content and structure you plan to use in your reviews
abstract
o The content and structure we/I plan to use for our reviews
abstract is to be as specific as possible in what I am trying to get
across, be to the point and exclude any and all filler words. The
structure I would hope to flow seamlessly and include the
important headings with maybe a few subheadings to tie it all
together. The content compliments the structure especially in the
format being chosen for said paper and abiding by the dove
press guidelines (specific to our paper).

4/26/17: Analyzing Sample Cover Letters

1. These cover letters addresses the SLO in an adequate and specific
manner by stating what was learned throughout the semester and
showing that whichever assignment was chosen to be addressed was
addressed and revise accordingly. The first cover letter seems to be
more formal and specific with the evidence to support the claims being
made. The second one does it as well but not as seamlessly and shows
to have more filler than the first.
2. For each of the cover letters, the first one analyzes their statement of
purpose, the review paper, and a prezi presentation and the second
cover letter addresses a revised proposal and a peers statement of
purpose and is missing a third element to be addressed in their
portfolio. Cover letter 1 addressed all of the SLOs achieved and
explained them in depth without using numbers, personally I think that
takes a lot of skill. Cover letter 2 addressed all of the SLOs as well but
when referring to the SLOs in depth it seems to lack further
explanation and simply stated that it achieved that SLO.
3. The author for the first cover letter organizes the cover letter
extremely methodically and knows how to follow each statement
made. It shows to have amazing structure and is confident in the way
they are speaking just by noticing their writing style. The author of the
second cover letter seemed to write the bare minimum and doesnt
relate the aspects of their portfolio works back into how it has achieved
that SLO but rather just stated the SLO. I like the way cover letter 1
went about its organization and would like to organize my cover letter
in such a lovely manner. Incorporating that into what I already know
will make for an amazing cover letter.
4. The first cover letters tone is very confident and approachable but
gets the points across that it needs to. They know what is expected of
their corrections and why they are changing what needs to be edited in
their works they are presenting. The style being used is formal and the
format looks to be MLA and correctly portrayed with indentations, color
changes of important words, correct spacing between each paragraph,
and especially sticking to a singular paper for each paragraph. This
cover letter was effective in the tone by being formal and speaking to
any and all appropriate audiences while the format and style went
hand in hand and seamlessly integrated multiple grammatical and
English techniques to make an outstanding cover letter. Cover letter 2
shows a lesser formal/informal tone and may tend to come across as a
bit cocky in some places. As I reiterate, they seem to state the bare
minimum and only tie in a few SLOs while the others are just left
stated for what the SLO is and not for how it is being implemented in
that part of the portfolio. The style of the paper is clunky and full of a
lot of filler words beating around the bush. The format was really
interesting and off due to there being no indentations, different font
style, plenty of redundancy, the author even stated he informality in
line 3-4. This cover letter was effective in a basic style of putting all of
the basic information out there and adhering to a certain format by
keeping consistency. I didnt prefer the format of the second cover
letter mainly because it was chunked together and was difficult to read
in such a style.