- MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PRINTED OUT THE UNIT TWO RAB ASSIGNMENT. STUDY IT CAREFULLY.
- Please be patient as I grade the Unit One assignments. It is a PROCESS, just as writing is a PROCESS. Do not disturb your Final Drafts in the google draft. Just as we did for the RD, you will preserve this, and you will download to your own computer files to work on the revisions there.
- I am still waiting for everyone to do the HW 2 Summary for “Schools Kill Curiosity.”
4. We are doing two things at the same time. We are refining and discovering what our RQ will be — and — We are practice writing a Source Entry for our practice article.
5. Look at the Assignment Unit Two Sidebar — Research Source Leads where I have listed all topics and RQs from the class. If you are still searching for a good topic, I have listed other topics that might make good research projects on the Research Source Leads Sidebar. Go Look! I will continue to add resource leads.
6. DUE SUNDAY October 13: HW #3 — Your RAB Proposal Paragraph for your RQ. (You are not MARRIED to your RQ yet, you can still change later. However I want you to get started. REPEAT: you can absolutely change later if this one doesn’t work out.)
Remember you should choose a RQ that you are personally and passionately interested in. Remember that your interest needs to last through Unit 3. Students last year did RQs that ranged from the Chinese spies to the supernatural to afrobeats music. They did really fun projects for the Unit 3 Genre project. So choose carefully.
- Title: RAB Proposal Paragraph – Your Name.
- Category: RAB Proposal.
- You can start posting this HW now. But definitely by Wednesday everyone should have a clearly written proposal following the instructions on the Assignment. Use the paragraph template!
- Due by Monday comment on TWO student peers.
This paragraph is your proposal which will later become your RAB introduction. Address the following questions:
- What is the topic that interests you? Why does it interest you personally?
- What do you already know about it?
- What do you want to explore further and find out?
YOU MUST Use this example paragraph starter as a template for your RAB Proposal:
My research question is: ______? This topic interests me because ___. (good solid explanation, should be personal – 3 more sentences) I already know that ______. (3 more sentences). Some points that I plan to explore and find out more about are _________ (3 points).
THEN PUT LINK HERE (one article that you found as possible source — should be a news article or a feature piece). FOCUS ON FINDING NYTimes or WSJournal articles
- Your proposal should explain a personal reasoning and connection to your RQ. Why are YOU personally interested in this RQ? Your proposal is just that a proposal; therefore it is written BEFORE you do the research! Your proposal should not have researching-sounding-speak. Instead show your passion and curiosity and your personal connection to your RQ.
- Help and learn from each other: Comment on two of your classmate’s proposal paragraph. DO NOT JUST WRITE “Great idea” – this does not help. Please make meaningful comments. You may make suggestions on a certain angle of the Research Question. You may add a point about a subtopic or make a pointed question to add another dimension to the student’s RQ. Please give targeted thoughtful commentary. If you can’t, then choose another student peer to comment on.
- Find one New York Times or Wall Street Journal article that looks good for your research question and add the link at the bottom of your post. This should be a news article or a feature article. Try googling “_____ your RQ and NYT” and see what comes up. (NYT = New York Times)
- See my example proposal on the Research Project Resources page:
Example RAB Proposal
