Research Steps

posted Oct 27, 2014, 7:07 AM by Unknown user   [ updated Oct 27, 2014, 9:29 AM ]
Here, I'll be adding the steps of our research.  If you miss a day, please check here.  We'll use Google Docs for most of this assignment.  When each item is due, you can turn it in by sharing it with agarrison@skiatookschools.org.  When sharing it with me, please select the "Can Comment" option.

*Remember, if you are using a student Gmail account, it's the first letter of your first name + your last name @student.skiatookschools.org.*

1.  Choose a topic.  After Monday 10/27, there will be no topic changes.
2.  Research Project Planning sheet due Monday, 10/27.
3.  Research notes are due Tuesday, 10/28, by the end of the hour.  Create a Google Doc, entitled Research Notes, to keep track of potential sources and notes.  You are required to have at least three sources and 15 notes.  **Be sure to put quotation marks around anything that you didn't paraphrase or summarize!**  After this document is finished, turn it in by sharing with me at agarrison@skiatookschools.org.  Please choose the "Can Comment" option.
4.  Sources are due Wednesday, 10/29, at the end of the hour.  To turn in your sources, create a "working" Works Cited page.  Using www.easybib.com, copy and paste each source into a new Google Doc, titled Works Cited.  You will need to double-check this document at the end of your project and delete any citations that are not used.  Turn in this document by sharing with agarrison@skiatookschools.org.  Please choose the "Can Comment" option.
5.  Thesis Statement and Outline are due Friday, 10/31, at the end of the hour.  Using the handouts as a guide, craft a thesis statement and outline.
6.  Rough drafts are due Tuesday, 11/4, at the beginning of the hour.   Print it out for peer edits and share it with agarrison@skiatookschools.org.
7.  Peer edit and revisions are due Wednesday, 11/5 at the end of the hour.  Complete revisions in the rough draft document that was already shared with me.
8.  Final drafts are due Thursday, 11/6.  Print final draft and Works Cited page to turn in.

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