This document provides instructions for students on the work they will be doing in class. It includes:
- Completing a section in their researcher's notebook.
- Learning how to synthesize information from multiple sources.
- Continuing to work on their research project by paraphrasing sources to avoid plagiarism.
- Creating a rubric to evaluate a sample project on consumer advocacy about the iPhone.
1. DO NOW
Entry Task – Researcher’s Notebook
• Turn to Section III
• Complete this right now!
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Learning Objectives
I can synthesize the information I learned
from several sources into cohesive
paragraphs.
What does SYNTHESIZE mean again?
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Researcher’s Roadmap Chart:
• End of Unit 3 Prompt
• Read along as I read with you
• Use your Researcher’s Notebook to
write your essay on the lines!
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How to Show Sources at the end:
Last name, First name of author. “Title of
the Article in Quotes.” Underlined
Source. Month day, year published.
Web. day Month year.
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Creating a Rubric:
• Take out “iCare about the iPhone”
• Create our own rubric to grade it!
• Let’s read it again…
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Creating a Rubric:
• How is the “iCare” article different from
writing done in class this year?
• WHO is this person writing to?
• Does the audience change the WAY
you write (your voice)?
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Criteria
Questions to discuss
What a 4 looks like
(3 bullets)
Content
What are the three parts of the
project?
What do you notice about the
recommended action?
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Command of Evidence
What kinds of facts does the
author use?
How are they presented?
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Cohesion/ Style
What do you notice about the
layout?
What is the intended audience?
How do you know?
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Conventions
What do you notice about the
language?
Grammar?
Spelling?
Conventions?
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Criteria
Questions to discuss
What a 4 looks like
(3 bullets)
Content
What are the three parts
of the project?
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What do you notice
about the
recommended action?
Section about how it
relates to the
consumer, facts a
consumer needs to
know, and what
action a consumer
can take.
• Recommendation
shows some analysis of
the problem and a
realistic option
• Content is engaging
and clearly connects
to the audience’s
experiences.
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Creating a Rubric:
• YOUR turn!
• Work with shoulder partner on row 2
• Use sticky notes to record bullets
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Criteria
Questions to discuss
What a 4 looks like
(3 bullets)
Command of Evidence
What kinds of facts does
the author use?
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How are they presented?
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Criteria
Questions to discuss
What a 4 looks like
(3 bullets)
Cohesion/ Style
What kinds of facts does
the author use?
•
How are facts
presented?
•
•
13. Lyddie
Working Today
Criteria
Questions to discuss
What a 4 looks like
(3 bullets)
Conventions
What do you notice
about the language?
•
Grammar?
Spelling?
•
Conventions?
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