Thursday, January 29, 2015

• Today we worked on our outlines.
• Make sure you are putting thought and effort into your outline. It should be your map when you start writing your paper.
• You must have shared your outline with me by Friday night. It is due at the end of the day. 

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

• The first thing you need to do today is type up your research reflection paper that you hand wrote in class yesterday. The paper MUST be formatted using MLA. You will lose points if it is not formatted correctly.
• Make sure you double check your spelling, grammar, etc. on the reflection paper.
• When you are done with the reflection paper you need to continue working on your outline.
• The outline is due this Friday the 30th.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

• You are writing a one page paper that will be submitted via Google Docs by Wednesday January 28th.
• You are handwriting a rough draft today.
• On Wednesday you will type it up on Google Docs and continue to work on your outline.
• Your outline is due Friday January 30th.
•  Here is the research reflection handout.

Research Reflection Paper

English IV

·       Write a one page reflection paper explaining your research.

·       How did your research go?

o   Good things

o   Issues/Problems you had doing your research.

§  Trouble finding information?

§  Found too much information.

·       How did the research affect your thoughts on your topic/thesis?

o   Did it confirm your thoughts?

o   Did it change your thoughts?

·       How are you going to use the research?

o   What are you going to write about?

o   How are you going to use the research?

·       How could you improve your research?

o   What will you do different next time?

o   What worked really well?

Monday, January 26, 2015

• We filled out an index card for yearbook with your name and favorite quote. This quote will go with your panel picture in the yearbook.
• I went over the expectations for the research reflective paper.
• You are writing a one page paper that will be submitted via Google Docs by Wednesday January 28th.
• You are handwriting a rough draft today and tomorrow.
• On Wednesday you will type it up on Google Docs and continue to work on your outline.
• Your outline is due Friday January 30th.
•  Here is the research reflection handout.

Research Reflection Paper

English IV

·       Write a one page reflection paper explaining your research.

·       How did your research go?

o   Good things

o   Issues/Problems you had doing your research.

§  Trouble finding information?

§  Found too much information.

·       How did the research affect your thoughts on your topic/thesis?

o   Did it confirm your thoughts?

o   Did it change your thoughts?

·       How are you going to use the research?

o   What are you going to write about?

o   How are you going to use the research?

·       How could you improve your research?

o   What will you do different next time?

o   What worked really well?

Friday, January 23, 2015

• Today we finished up our research.
• You should be filling in any holes you found while working on your outline. 
• Your final research notes are due Friday, Jan. 23rd.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

• Today we finished up our research.
• You should be filling in any holes you found while working on your outline. 
• Your final research notes are due Friday, Jan. 23rd.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

• Today you have class time to work on your outline in the computer lab. 
• You need to make sure you have shared your Google Doc outline with me today. 
• You need to have your outline mostly done so you know what you need to look for in your final two days of research tomorrow and Friday. 

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

• Today I talked about your research notes and ways to improve them.
• The most important thing is to remember that you should be thinking about every quote, statistic, or source you write down and putting your own thoughts with that note. 
• How are you going to use the note?
• How does it change your thoughts about the topic?
• How will this note be used to prove or support your thesis.
• Essentially you should be thinking about how you are going to write your paper. 

• Format your source into the proper MLA works cited format. That way you do not have to go back and look them up again.

• Then we discussed how to use an outline. We went over the outlining handout. The most important part with the outline is understanding that this is the "what" you are going to include in your paper. Once you start writing your paper you only have to focus on the "how" part of writing. You will know what you are going to write so the last thing, and often the hardest, is to figure out how you are going to write it. 
• You MUST complete an outline of your paper. It needs to be started by the end of this week. The final outline will be due Thursday, January 29th. 
• Your outline will be done in a Google Doc. You need to create a new document and title it Your Name-Research Outline. It should look like this: Tony Summers-Research Outline. The document needs to be shared with me as soon as you create it. 

 

Friday, January 16, 2015

• We worked on the iPads in class today finishing up your initial research. 
• I discussed and showed some examples of what I expect in your notes. 
• Make sure you are thinking about how your notes and research are going to help you write your research paper. 
• Your research should be guiding you and helping you to learn more or make a clear decision about your topic. 
• The research should support what you are going to write about. 
• You must share your Google Doc with me today for a grade on your research and notes.
• We will begin writing our outlines on Tuesday next week.

Thursday, January 15, 2015

• Researching your topic in the library. 
• Make sure you put anything that you cut and paste into your notes in quotation marks so you know it is a direct quote. 
• You MUST make comments on your notes as to how you are going to use them, their purpose, or what they mean in relation to your paper.
• Make sure you share your notes with me on Google Docs!

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

 

• Researching your topic in the library. 
• Make sure you put anything that you cut and paste into your notes in quotation marks so you know it is a direct quote. 
• You MUST make comments on your notes as to how you are going to use them, their purpose, or what they mean in relation to your paper.
• Make sure you share your notes with me on Google Docs!

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

• Researching your topic in the library. 
• Make sure you put anything that you cut and paste into your notes in quotation marks so you know it is a direct quote. 
• You MUST make comments on your notes as to how you are going to use them, their purpose, or what they mean in relation to your paper.
• Make sure you share your notes with me on Google Docs!

Monday, January 12, 2015

Today we started researching in the library. Remember to use a variety of sources but they MUST be legitimate. NO ask.com or essays101.com or anything else like that. 

Keep good, detailed, organized notes.

Your document should be titled YOUR NAME-RESEARCH PAPER on Google Docs. 

Share your notes with me.

Friday, January 9, 2015

• Today we discussed how to take notes while doing our research. 
• Keep your notes concise. Do not cut and paste large chunks into your notes.
• Only save the important facts or details.
• Organize your notes by source. 
• Go ahead and make your works cited for each entry so when you are ready to create your works cited page you can simply cut and paste the entry.
• Paste a link into your notes for your online sources so if you need to go back to them you can simply click on the link in your notes. 

• Your notes will be kept in a Google Doc. You will title your notes: name-research notes. (Tony Summers-Research Notes)
• Here is an example of some of my notes from a paper I wrote: Leopold Von Ranke Notes. 
• Today you will write down your topic of choice on an index card and explain why this topic interests you. This was turned in for a grade.

Thursday, January 8, 2015

• Today we discussed how to conduct research online and at the library. We talked about using other sources besides online information such as books, movies, documentaries, etc.
• We talked about how to narrow down your research topic so that you can create a working thesis statement to use in your research paper.
• We looked at how to use Google Scholar to find sources and how to use the cite function to create a works cited entry.
• We also talked about EBSCO Host again and how to do an advanced search. We looked at the cite function for this site too.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

• Today we looked at the Purdue Owl website and refreshed our memories on how to do citations and a work cited page. 
• Using the MLA Practice Handout you need to answer the four questions and then put the eight sources into a works cited page. Use a separate piece of notebook paper to do the works cited and staple it to the handout.  
• This is due at the end of class or when you return to class tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

• Welcome back to class.
• We went over some rules that need to be readdressed. 
• No cell phone use unless it has been allowed for class use.
• No food or drink allowed in class. 

• We talked about having a plan for after graduation.
• Have you applied to the colleges you are interested in?
• Have you submitted scholarship applications?
• Have you asked for letters of recommendation if you need them?
• Not going to college. Have you found a trade school, talked to a military recruiter, or started looking for the best job for you after high school?
• Graduation is May 22nd, don't go into the next phase of your life without a plan.

• I introduced the senior research paper to the class and went over the expectations and deadlines.  
• We looked at the research paper rubric so that you know exactly how it will be graded. 
• Your first deadline is to have a topic picked with an idea for your research by Friday January 9th.