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PAGE ONE: CALENDAR

PAGE TWO: DATES/ REQUIREMENTS

PAGE THREE: CONTRACT

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PAGE ONE: CALENDAR

PAGE TWO: DATES/ REQUIREMENTS

PAGE THREE: CONTRACT

PAGE FOUR: THE ORDER INSIDETHE ENVELOPE

PAGE FIVE: PROJECT DESCRIPTION

PAGE SIX: HOW THE HOMEWORK GRADES WORK

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PAGE EIGHT FINAL DRAFT RUBRIC

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7Introduction to ResearchContractTopic IntroductionAssignment givenHW: CONTRACT

8Writing WorkshopBrainstorm in class:How to create a poll Timeline of researchDUE: CONTRACT

9 Writing Workshop

10Writing Workshop MLA Citations: How toWorks cited/*Annotated Bib

11Writing Workshop Outlining and structuring

TOPIC PROPOSAL DUE with primary research completed

14Research ProcessMeet in Computer Lab

15Research ProcessMeet in Library

16Research ProcessMeet in Library

17Research ProcessMeet in Library

18Writing WorkshopMeet in Computer Lab

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ROUGH DRAFT DUE

28Writing WorkshopConferencing/ Revision

29Writing WorkshopRevision

30Writing WorkshopPeer Editing

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LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR

You have “primary research” due Friday

WHAT IS PRIMARYRESEARCH?

PRIMARY RESEARCH:

GATHER YOUR OWN DATA

(POLLS, EXPERIMENTS)

SONOT

BOOKS/ARTICLES)

THESE ARE ACTUALLY SECONDARY RESEARCH

EXAMPLES

USUALLY RESEARCH PAPERS ARE BASED ON

WHICH?

PRIMARY OR SECONDARY?

WHAT ABOUT THIS PAPER?

BOTH!

Where do I start?

THERE ARE 8 STEPS

STEP 1: PICK A TOPIC

LOOK AT YOUR QUICKWRITE

WHO DO YOU ADMIRE?

WHO DO YOU ADMIRE?

SO YOU WILL RESEARCH HIM/HER

AND

MEMORIZE A QUOTE

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."

~ARISTOTLE

KEEP A CLEAR PERSPECTIVE

MAKE SURE IT IS SOMEONE FAMOUS

MAKE SURE IT IS SOMEONE REAL

MAKE SURE HE/SHE HAS A GOOD QUOTE

STEP TWO: QUESTIONS

WHAT’S TO ADMIRE?

HOW DOES HE/SHE INFLUENCE SOCIETY?

SO RESEARCH HIM/HER THOROUGHLY

STEP THREE: SET UP A POLL

TO GATHER PRIMARY RESEARCH

STEP THREE CONTINUED:: RESEARCH

ACCORDING TO CALENDAR:

WHEN WILL WE RESEARCH?

STEP FOUR: READ AND TAKE NOTES

STEP FIVE: GATHER AND OUTLINE

STEP FIVE: HOW?

NOT WITH POST-ITS!

CHECK YOUR REQUIREMENTS

WHAT ELSE IS REQUIRED?

PHOTOCOPIED SOURCES

HIGHLIGHTED PHOTOCOPIED SOURCES

STEP SIX: ROUGH DRAFT

STEP SEVEN ?

STEP SEVEN: REVISE AND EDIT

I RECOMMEND GOOGLE DOCS

STEP EIGHT

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHECK YOUR REQUIREMENTS

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