English+10+Research+Project

Collaboration

 * Students work in teams of two
 * Adaptation for group of three: two more inquiry questions and one more page in Wiki

Topic

 * Choose topic that is relevant in today’s world and to students’ experiences
 * Teacher will provide possible topics
 * Topic choice must be approved by teacher (to ensure it is researchable and arguable)
 * Focus of thesis: persuasive
 * Deadlines, calendar

Inquiry Questions

 * KWL process produces 5 inquiry questions
 * Reduce down to 3 questions for final project
 * Research process geared toward answering inquiry questions but should stay open to discovery.
 * Will need to teach similar processes as before
 * Adapting texts for use in reports: summaries, paraphrases, etc.
 * How to document sources
 * A variety of note taking options
 * New processes
 * How to use a Wiki for collaborative writing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to edit a collaborative work
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to integrate hyperlinks into text
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some parameters on resources need to be set; for example, it may be desirable to have the team interview an expert on the topic for one of the resources.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Product is now three separate pages in the Wiki
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students choose the information they most want to present (decision making; collaborative planning)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Of the five inquiry questions they have at the beginning, the team chooses the most important, most informational, or most persuasive of the three. They need to keep their audience in mind when they make their decision.

Oral Presentation

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reporting to the class (oral presentation)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Teams will share their favorite piece from their research and writing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Show it and tell why they chose to share it with class.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What did the team learn (about all kinds of things; we’ll have to determine the options)

Rubric

 * Deadlines
 * Final project