☺ Research Project & Paper Tour
Overview
The research paper is a complex project. Together, we will work through twelve (12) separate steps. To view a PowerPoint that details our process and the time line we’ll follow, click here: a 12 Step Process & Timeline.
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Resources
- Video: What is MLA?
- Inventions & Inventors Databases
- Cambridge Rindge & Latin Research Guide
- more detailed process than ours
- web-based vs. PowerPoint or book (like ours)
- A Fair(y) Use Tale
- 10:13 video
- created with brief cartoon clips
- focuses on copyright laws
- Sample Topic Outline
- Sample Sentence Outline
- HowTo Video: EasyBib
- Google Advanced Search
Meeting the Standards
Our unit corresponds with all of the GLEs (grade level expectations) of standard number three (3), the English/Language Arts “research standard” of the Delaware Department. To view this document in its entirety, follow this link.
Put simply, those GLEs look like this:
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3.1a1 |
Identify and locate a variety of sources including printed materials, personal interviews, oral reporting, forums, and technological forms of information |
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3.1a2 |
Develop and use procedures to gather information and ideas; (a1) (a) developing and following a process for research completion |
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3.1b |
Independently extract information to achieve a specific purpose; extract information relevant to a specific purpose |
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3.2a |
Use technology to synthesize information into a meaningful format to express ideas and experiences, and to create text, drawings, graphs, diagrams, photographs, videos and graphics |
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3.2b |
Independently present information which is sufficient in quantity and depth to achieve a specific purpose, avoiding plagiarism |
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3.3a2 |
Establish criteria by which sources and information can be analyzed for accuracy, bias, stereotypes, and validity |
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3.3b1 |
Independently interpret information as appropriate to a specific purpose |
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3.3b2 |
Independently draw conclusions based upon information relevant to a specific purpose; independently formulate logical conclusions based upon information relevant to a specific purpose |
Assessments
Uplinked rubrics coming soon. =)

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