100 10050 120 Sophomore Writing Workshop (ACP/SCP/GEN) 121, 122, 123 130 Writing in the Research Mode 140 10-15 days 150 10 160 170 4 180 210 23.2 Language Arts - Explore and Respond to Liter 211 1.9.1 212 213 214 215 216 220 23.3 Language Arts - Communicating with Others 221 1.9.2 222 1.9.3 223 2.9.1 224 2.9.2 225 2.9.3 226 2.9.4 230 23.3 Language Arts - Communicating with Others 231 2.9.5 232 233 234 235 236 240 23.4 Language Arts - English Lang Conventions 241 1.9.2 242 2.9.1 243 2.9.2 244 3.9.1 245 3.9.2 246 3.9.3 250 04.2 LRIT - Computer Technology 251 4.9.2 252 5.9.2 253 5.9.3 254 5.9.8 255 6.9.1 256 6.9.2 300 300 What makes research writing effective? 400 400 What is Research? 400 400 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. 400 400 How Research Writing Fits Into Your Life 400 400 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. 400 400 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. 400 400 (Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook, Annotated Teacher' s Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997,130-131) 400 400 400 Paper Expectations: 400 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: 400 400 Step #1: Research Contract (5 points) 400 -- Develop a clear, focused topic 400 -- Develop a clear thesis statement 400 -- Evaluate and collect quality resources (minimum of three) 400 400 Step #2: Works Cited Page (5 points) 400 -- Format the selected sources according to the MLA guidelines 400 400 Step #3: Notecards (5 points) 400 -- Establish a note-taking strategy (color coding, or enumeration of sources) 400 -- Select essential material 400 -- Summarize, paraphrase, or quote the essential material 400 400 Step #4: First Draft (5 points) 400 -- Draft a prewriting (outline, power outline, etc.) for paper 400 -- 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. 400 400 Step #5: Second Draft (5 points) 400 -- Augment instant draft with necessary research information 400 -- Incorporate directly quoted materials 400 -- Document added material according to MLA guidelines 400 -- Edit for fluency, grammatical correctness, and completion of thesis support 400 400 Step #6: Final Draft (5 points) 400 -- Edit draft until it meets standards of acceptability in fluency and grammatical correctness 400 400 400 500 500 When writing in the research mode students will: 500 500 -- Complete each step of the research process, 500 -- Evaluate the reliability and quality of their sources, 500 -- Understand and emulate the MLA guidelines for works cited pages, 500 -- Discern the difference between paraphrasing and plagiarism, 500 -- Select essential material for note taking, 500 -- Establish and utilize a note-taking system, 500 -- Record essential material by either summarizing, paraphrasing or quoting, 500 -- Develop and utilize prewriting skills and strategies, 500 -- Develop and incorporate drafting skills, 500 -- Effectively integrate researched material, 500 -- Develop and implement editing skills and strategies, 500 -- Cite research materials using MLA parenthetical documentation, 500 -- Produce a final draft that meets standards of acceptability in fluency and grammatical correctness. 600 600 -- All students will be instructed on the steps of the research process. 600 -- All students will be instructed on standards to use in determining reliable and quality sources. 600 -- All students will receive instruction on how to write a works cited page in MLA format. 600 -- All students will be shown a variety of note-taking strategies. 600 -- All students will be instructed on the differences between incorrect paraphrasing, correct paraphrasing, and plagiarism. 600 -- All students will be instructed on the techniques and strategies for summarizing, paraphrasing and directly quoting materials. 600 -- All students will be taught how to effectively integrate research materials into an essay. 600 -- All students will be shown the MLA format for parenthetical documentation. 600 -- All students will be instructed on the steps of the writing process. 600 -- All students will be shown models of quality writing in the research mode. 600 -- Each student will conference with his/her teacher to discuss the steps of the research process. 600 -- Each student will conference with his/her teacher to discuss the quality of his/her writing, and to determine the steps necessary for improvement. 600 -- All students will receive written feedback on the quality of their research writing. 700 700 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. 820 820 Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook. New Jersey: 820 Prentice Hall, 1997. 820 820 Samples for writing in the research mode may include: 820 820 "Kafka's Greatness" by Stephanie Crowe 820 "Gambling on Our Future" by Nathan Nguyen 820 "Jack the Ripper" by Jamie Lee Swift 820 820 All sample essays can be found on the eschool website in the SWW folder at .