Today we discover more…

Today we find out what we are going to research…

Today’s Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to write 5 lines of information in response to a prompt.

• Students will evaluate the results and select three careers of interest to use on the topic selection organizer.

• Students will identify their research topic.• Students will create at least 3 research questions

for their topic and will complete a K-W-L.

Do Now

What have you learned about yourself from the career cruising activity?

Explain your answer.

Information• Journals, Journals, Journals

- Due today• Do Nows are due today• K-W-L and Topic Selection due today• Tuesday

- some real research

Do Now

What have you learned about yourself from the career cruising activity?

Explain your answer.

Today’s Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to write 5 lines of information in response to a prompt.

• Students will evaluate the results and select three careers of interest to use on the topic selection organizer.

• Students will identify their research topic.• Students will create at least 3 research questions

for their topic and will complete a K-W-L.

Career Cruising

• Finish 139 questions about interests• Finish 45 questions about skills• Review the list of jobs/occupations

- which are of interest to you?- which do not interest you?- which do want to know more about?

Topic SelectionStep 1: Select three topics from the survey that interest you. Write them on

the lines below.

1. ___________ 2. ____________ 3.____________Step 2: Answer the following questions based on the topics you chose above.• Which topic might have the most available information?• Which topic do I know the most about?• Which topic would I like to learn more about?• Which topic would be the best to research?

Step 3: Are there any repeated answers from Step 2, write that topic on the line, this might be a good topic.

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K-W-LK

What I knowW

What I want to knowL

What I learned

The Proposal1. Questions to be answered about your topic from K-W-L

a. ___________________________________________________b. ___________________________________________________c. ___________________________________________________d. ___________________________________________________e. ___________________________________________________

2. Sources I need to use for my researcha. ___________________________________________________b. ___________________________________________________c. ___________________________________________________d. ___________________________________________________e. ___________________________________________________

3. Other goals for my projecta. ___________________________________________________b. ___________________________________________________c. ___________________________________________________d. ___________________________________________________e. ___________________________________________________

Writing the Proposal

• Paragraph(s)- minimum of one paragraph

• Identify - topic- what you want to find out- what sources you may want to use

• Use the writing process

Today’s Learning Objectives

• Students will be able to write 5 lines of information in response to a prompt.

• Students will evaluate the results and select three careers of interest to use on the topic selection organizer.

• Students will identify their research topic.• Students will create at least 3 research questions

for their topic and will complete a K-W-L.