Today you will have most of the period to type in the English Lab. We have a handout, however, that you must complete as homework and bring to class tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, all juniors at BGHS will be taking the required On-Demand test. We have already talked about the test and done a little practice for it in class. Please read the handout and fill out the other side of it. (You aren't writing an actual essay--just jotting down some details and an outline.)
Anyway, back to the research project. Remember, this is NOT a personal opinion essay. Some of you have just rambled on for several paragraphs with personal philosophy pulled straight from your head. Obviously, personal opinion is an element of the paper, but it is not the sole foundation of it! This is especially true for Section 1, but applies to Section 2 as well. For the most part, your opinion/commentary MUST be backed up with data/facts that you found through research. If you don't use any research in your paper, then it is NOT a research paper! (And will be graded accordingly.) Make a statement or share an opinion AND BACK IT UP WITH PROOF.
Example: If you tell a friend that Barack Obama is the greatest president in the past 100 years, you'd better be prepared to cite facts/proof to back up that claim. If you tell a sports fan that the University of Kentucky is the most corrupt program in the nation, you'd better have some facts you can state to back up that claim. If you are going to make a comment to a group of people that the problem of police brutality has been greatly exaggerated by the media and the internet, you had better have some data to support that claim. If you are going to tell Mr. Tucker that he is the worst teacher ever, then you need to share specific examples that back that up and support it as fact.
-In your paper, if you state that college expenses have skyrocketed, you need to back up that claim. WHERE IS THE PROOF? Well, the proof is in your research. SHARE IT!!!!!!
-If you share your opinion that public school principals are in high demand, include some actual data to prove it.
Looking up lots of information does not get you a grade. USING that information does.
No data shared, no research happened. No research, not a research paper. Not a research paper, no passing grade for research paper. Dig???
Anyway, back to the research project. Remember, this is NOT a personal opinion essay. Some of you have just rambled on for several paragraphs with personal philosophy pulled straight from your head. Obviously, personal opinion is an element of the paper, but it is not the sole foundation of it! This is especially true for Section 1, but applies to Section 2 as well. For the most part, your opinion/commentary MUST be backed up with data/facts that you found through research. If you don't use any research in your paper, then it is NOT a research paper! (And will be graded accordingly.) Make a statement or share an opinion AND BACK IT UP WITH PROOF.
Example: If you tell a friend that Barack Obama is the greatest president in the past 100 years, you'd better be prepared to cite facts/proof to back up that claim. If you tell a sports fan that the University of Kentucky is the most corrupt program in the nation, you'd better have some facts you can state to back up that claim. If you are going to make a comment to a group of people that the problem of police brutality has been greatly exaggerated by the media and the internet, you had better have some data to support that claim. If you are going to tell Mr. Tucker that he is the worst teacher ever, then you need to share specific examples that back that up and support it as fact.
-In your paper, if you state that college expenses have skyrocketed, you need to back up that claim. WHERE IS THE PROOF? Well, the proof is in your research. SHARE IT!!!!!!
-If you share your opinion that public school principals are in high demand, include some actual data to prove it.
Looking up lots of information does not get you a grade. USING that information does.
No data shared, no research happened. No research, not a research paper. Not a research paper, no passing grade for research paper. Dig???