What do I need to know about myself and my community, in order to develop a project?
How can I document and share my thinking through effective routines and organization?
Please remember to take Attendance.
At the end of this week of exploration, we begin narrowing ideas toward a driving question and a course of research.
DO NOW (10:00-10:10): Five Minutes of Research, and then SHARE OUT
On a scale from 0-5, how much information did you find? Share out, including one piece of new information and the source. Consider, the quality of the source.
SEE. - What did you notice in your 5 minutes of research? In our share out?
THINK. - What do you think a lot/little information in 5 minutes means? What do you think about the quality of sources found in 5 minutes?
WONDER: What does this experience make you wonder about your own research process.
EASYBIB SETUP (10:10-10:30): Set up an account and new project in Easy Bib by following these directions.
How can I document and share my thinking through effective routines and organization?
Please remember to take Attendance.
At the end of this week of exploration, we begin narrowing ideas toward a driving question and a course of research.
DO NOW (10:00-10:10): Five Minutes of Research, and then SHARE OUT
On a scale from 0-5, how much information did you find? Share out, including one piece of new information and the source. Consider, the quality of the source.
SEE. - What did you notice in your 5 minutes of research? In our share out?
THINK. - What do you think a lot/little information in 5 minutes means? What do you think about the quality of sources found in 5 minutes?
WONDER: What does this experience make you wonder about your own research process.
EASYBIB SETUP (10:10-10:30): Set up an account and new project in Easy Bib by following these directions.
- Click login on the EasyBib website.
- Click Sign in with Google so that your new Easybib account is associated with your Etude Group email. Click allow.
- Click +New Project
- Title your new project: First and Last Name | IDEAS Block | Fall 2016
- Example: Addie Degenhardt | IDEAS Block | Fall 2016
- Click Share on the right side of your new project.
- Share your project with adegenhardt@etudegroup.org or hsheets@etudegroup.org (depending on your English teacher).
- Once you have been assigned a formal IDEAS Block advisor, also share the project with them.
MORE QUESTIONS (10:30-11:05): Working toward a driving question.
- Create a new document in your Project Block folder. Name it : Firstname Lastname | Driving Question | Fall 2016
- Read the Driving Question page on the Humanities Website.
- In your document, generate clear lists of Open and Closed questions on a topic.
- When you begin the research phase, answer the closed questions first. This will provide you with some basic background knowledge about your topic before you begin attempting to research and synthesize your open questions.
- Remember, there are multiple ways to answer your driving questions. The research phase is about finding all of those ways BEFORE you provide one viable answer based on your own beliefs and understandings.
- Share your questions with your current IDEAS Block advisor. **NOTE: The Writing Center will be up and running next week. Please watch for an announcement about time, location, and appointment protocol.
