Organize/Synthesize/Outline information
Skill: Create outline
Lessons/Assignments:
Skill: "Chunk" information found in sources
Skill: Construct argument
Lessons/Assignments:
Skill: Use evidence to support argument
Technology Tool: Interactive Essay Map
Skill: Considering Counterarguments
Assess Sources
Skill: Interpret and use different types of sources
Skill: Assess type of sources used
Skill: Determine if sources are too heavily weighted to one type
Skill: Refine source list
Skill: Differentiate between facts and opinion
Skill: Create strategy for finding additional sources if needed
Skill: Avoid becoming immobilized by piles of sources
Conference with Others
Skill: Identify point in research process where feedback will be helpful
Skill: Identify helpful sources of feedback
Skill: Peer conferencing (protocols for giving and receiving feedback)
Lessons/Assignments
Skill: Create outline
Lessons/Assignments:
- Assignment: Big Picture Outline
- Assignment: Preliminary Outline
- Assignment: Detailed Outline
- Graphic Organizer for Research Paper
- Skill: Analyze information to find connections/patterns
Skill: "Chunk" information found in sources
Skill: Construct argument
Lessons/Assignments:
- Mini Lesson: Using Sources to Support Argument
- Lesson: Using Data and Statistics to Support Research
- Worksheet: Topic Sentences
- Guidelines for Structuring a Research Paper
Skill: Use evidence to support argument
Technology Tool: Interactive Essay Map
Skill: Considering Counterarguments
Assess Sources
Skill: Interpret and use different types of sources
Skill: Assess type of sources used
Skill: Determine if sources are too heavily weighted to one type
Skill: Refine source list
Skill: Differentiate between facts and opinion
Skill: Create strategy for finding additional sources if needed
Skill: Avoid becoming immobilized by piles of sources
Conference with Others
Skill: Identify point in research process where feedback will be helpful
Skill: Identify helpful sources of feedback
Skill: Peer conferencing (protocols for giving and receiving feedback)
Lessons/Assignments