The primary aim of this project is to have students to demonstrate their ability to write reasonable mechanisms for reactions depicted in the recent chemical literature that relate to an Organic I Chemistry course. In addition to this goal, it is the intent of this project to promote and provide an opportunity for students to apply knowledge of organic chemistry reactions to the reading and comprehension of related organic chemistry articles. Further, students are instructed in the proper use of good scientific writing principles for summarizing and discussing organic chemistry literature. Students select an appropriate article, provide a brief summary of the objectives of the investigators and write a mechanism for a reaction presented in the article that is covered in the Organic I course. Results from this project have been analyzed for multiple sections and 4 consecutive semesters of an Organic I Chemistry course.