Freshmen: Today we focused on Step 2 of our 7 Step Essay Process. Today we focused on Collecting Information, and to do that, we learned about Question Based Research Strategy. This is what you are to do: Start collecting information on your topic. For this project, you need at least three sources - one from the Internet, one non-internet print source (book, journal, magazine, etc.), and either a survey or an interview. Due for Monday are your 12 index cards, each with a question about your topic that you need to research. You also need to bring your interview or survey, each which much be at least 10 questions long. Your survey sample must consist of at least 25 people. Your interview questions should be open ended, not closed ended (close ended questions invite yes or no answers only). It is okay for some overlap between the questions you research on your index cards and your interview or survey, but for the most part, they need to focus on different aspects of your topic.
Due next block period are your sources. You need to print up your Internet sources and bring a copy of your non-Internet source so that we can spend time in class conducting research. If you want to administer your survey to the class, you can do so that day as well - bring enough copies.
Read for 20 minutes, keep working on your vocab, and bring your copy of They Say I Say to class on Monday - we will need it all next week.
CNF: Today we concluded reading Chapter 5 in preparation for the seminar on Monday.
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