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Sophomore Writing Workshop (ACP/SCP/GEN) 121, 122, 123
Writing in the Research Mode
TIME FRAME: 10-15 days
GRADE: 10
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 4
23.2 LANGUAGE ARTS - EXPLORE AND RESPOND TO LITER
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23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS
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23.3 LANGUAGE ARTS - COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS
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23.4 LANGUAGE ARTS - ENGLISH LANG CONVENTIONS
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04.2 LRIT - COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
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What makes research writing effective?
What is Research?
All good writers need to be sure of their facts. To have accurate information on a subject, it is often necessary to do outside research. Research writing requires you to gather information from outside sources and use it in a focused study of a topic. It offers a writer the opportunity to go beyond common knowledge of a subject, uncover new information, and share this new knowledge with others.
How Research Writing Fits Into Your Life
In this information age, much of the information that comes to you is the result of research. TV news and business reports, magazine profiles of popular performers, newspaper sports statistics, health pamphlets you read at a doctor's office -- all have research behind them. Big chunks of the Internet consist of research writing, as do virtually all of the reference books you're likely to consult in a library.
In school, most of your textbooks qualify as research writing, and so do many of the papers you write for assignments. Once you leave school, you're also likely to do research writing on the job, gathering and imparting information to employers, employees, fellow workers, and/or customers.
(Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook, Annotated Teacher' s Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997,130-131)
Paper Expectations:
Research papers may be of the informational or persuasive nature. For either of the research options, you will be expected to complete the following steps:
Step #1: Research Contract (5 points)
-- Develop a clear, focused topic
-- Develop a clear thesis statement
-- Evaluate and collect quality resources (minimum of three)
Step #2: Works Cited Page (5 points)
-- Format the selected sources according to the MLA guidelines
Step #3: Notecards (5 points)
-- Establish a note-taking strategy (color coding, or enumeration of sources)
-- Select essential material
-- Summarize, paraphrase, or quote the essential material
Step #4: First Draft (5 points)
-- Draft a prewriting (outline, power outline, etc.) for paper
-- Compose instant draft of research paper following prewriting plan and without using resources. That is, students should write what they know, what is part of their working knowledge.
Step #5: Second Draft (5 points)
-- Augment instant draft with necessary research information
-- Incorporate directly quoted materials
-- Document added material according to MLA guidelines
-- Edit for fluency, grammatical correctness, and completion of thesis support
Step #6: Final Draft (5 points)
-- Edit draft until it meets standards of acceptability in fluency and grammatical correctness
When writing in the research mode students will:
-- Complete each step of the research process,
-- Evaluate the reliability and quality of their sources,
-- Understand and emulate the MLA guidelines for works cited pages,
-- Discern the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism,
-- Select essential material for note taking,
-- Establish and utilize a note-taking system,
-- Record essential material by either summarizing, paraphrasing or quoting,
-- Develop and utilize prewriting skills and strategies,
-- Develop and incorporate drafting skills,
-- Effectively integrate researched material,
-- Develop and implement editing skills and strategies,
-- Cite research materials using MLA parenthetical documentation,
-- Produce a final draft that meets standards of acceptability in fluency and grammatical correctness.
-- All students will be instructed on the steps of the research process.
-- All students will be instructed on standards to use in determining reliable and quality sources.
-- All students will receive instruction on how to write a works cited page in MLA format.
-- All students will be shown a variety of note-taking strategies.
-- All students will be instructed on the differences between incorrect paraphrasing, correct paraphrasing, and plagiarism.
-- All students will be instructed on the techniques and strategies for summarizing, paraphrasing and directly quoting materials.
-- All students will be taught how to effectively integrate research materials into an essay.
-- All students will be shown the MLA format for parenthetical documentation.
-- All students will be instructed on the steps of the writing process.
-- All students will be shown models of quality writing in the research mode.
-- Each student will conference with his/her teacher to discuss the steps of the research process.
-- Each student will conference with his/her teacher to discuss the quality of his/her writing, and to determine the steps necessary for improvement.
-- All students will receive written feedback on the quality of their research writing.
Assessment of student writing in the research mode includes student-teacher conferencing to determine successful completion of each step of the research process, student-teacher conferencing to determine successful completion of editing and achievement of standards for acceptable quality of the final draft, and written feedback regarding the quality of the drafts and of the final paper.
Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook. New Jersey:
Prentice Hall, 1997.
Samples for writing in the research mode may include:
"Kafka's Greatness" by Stephanie Crowe
"Gambling on Our Future" by Nathan Nguyen
"Jack the Ripper" by Jamie Lee Swift
All sample essays can be found on the eschool website in the SWW folder at .