October 26th | Outline Your Ideas for Process Essay

Use the following prompts to develop your thinking, as you prepare for writing your process essay. Please recall the largest part of your Process Pie (from yesterday) as you focus in on specific research and evidence.

PART TWO of PROCESS PIE: OUTLINE
Evidence

• What have you learned? What research do you have that demonstrates this learning? (research, analysis, critical review, persuasion) 
• What do you want your audience to understand through this research? 

Creation

• What is the purpose of your creation and how does the evidence relate to it?

Reflection

• What have you learned about yourself as a scholar, creator, innovator?

October 25th | Creative Process Pie

Please reserve 15-20 minutes of your Wednesday to complete this week's Process Journal. There will be an extension of this in Project Block on Thursday, October 26th.

Create a Pie Chart: Respond to the following question using a pie chart. Show how much emphasis you have put on each part of the creative process so far.

How has your process and/or creation come together?

STEP 1: What % of your emphasis/time in Project Block have you spent on the following:

___% Ideation: mind mapping and reflection
___% Research: professional models, academic research, interviews, survey, personal process journal
___% Creation: sketches, prototypes, drafts, choreography, sounds
___% Feedback: presentations, conferences with advisor, peers, and ELA advisor
________________________
100%


STEP 2: Create Pie Chart:

• Create a circle in your process journal. 
• Divide the circle up into four parts that represent the percentages you wrote above.

STEP 3: Write Pie Chart Reflection:

What is the largest part of your pie chart? Why do you think this is the case for this project? What piece of evidence best exposes this?

• For Example: The largest portion of my pie chart is ideation. I spent a long time working on my mind map, trying to choose a topic that I would be interested in. My mind map started with the word “plastic waste” at the center. Over the course of three weeks working on it, the lines and new ideas spilled onto two more pieces of paper. I talked to my peers and my advisor in the process. I finally ended up with the topic of “oil spills in the ocean.” I’m glad I took the time to identify something I really cared about. 

What is the smallest part of your pie chart? Why do you think this is the case for this project? What piece of evidence best exposes this?

• For Example: The smallest piece of my pie chart is feedback, because I haven’t created any sketches or drafts yet. It took me so long to decide on a topic, that I have spent my time since then reading about historic oil spills in the ocean. The only evidence I have of feedback is in my process journal, where I wrote down my science teacher’s suggestions about which oil spills to look at.

Friday, October 20, 2017 | Process Journal + Research

Needs

• materials for a Parking Lot

Gathering (no more than 15 minutes)

Headlines: Create a headline that publicizes your thoughts on the topic you have been researching the past several weeks. Publicly document headlines for reference later in project block. Whip Around to share headlines.

Writing Studio (30 minutes)

Journal Prompt

As many types of research continues to happen in project block (professional models, scholarly journals, media articles, etc.), reflect once again on the learning that is happening through this research.

Respond to the prompts below directly in your process journal. While there is not one way to write or approach these prompts, you should use specific details in order to make your reflection clear and your ideas understandable. Remember that you will be looking back at this writing and thinking in order to create your essay.

• What makes you say that? What is your current understanding of the topic? What are your individual ideas about the topic? What makes you say (or in this case write) that? 
• I Used To Think...Now I Think? How did the research change your perspective about the topic? 
• So What? Based on your current research, why is your topic important? What is important for your audience to learn from your topic? What are your next steps in the research process?

ELA Standard
Today’s reflection standard is SO WHAT?

Last week we asked you to consider the evidence you were recording throughout the research process. This week, please answer so what?. What understanding do you now have because of the research, that goes beyond the research? What has the research helped you understand about….topic, culture, problem-solving, society, human nature (just pick one!).