Your Assignment: 4/19/11

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Your Assignment 4/19/11

1. Finish the partner projects and select a
   date/time to present.
2. Finish the web quest from yesterday
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3. Work on the senior project planning sheet today
   (all planning materials due Friday).

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Planning the Senior Paper

• Select a topic you are interested in.
• Turn it to a main research question.
• Your research paper will be the answer to this
  question. Remember, not to broad or narrow!
• Develop 4 or 5 subordinate research questions
• Each paragraph in your paper will answer one of
  these questions.
• Begin researching online
• Evaluate your sources so that they are credible.
• Write down the sources that you use.

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Lets Practice

• Step 1 Select a topic you are interested in.
• Sample topics
• The US Economy
• Integrating technology into classrooms
• Paranormal investigations
• Cell phones in society
• Cyber-bullying
• Treatment of celebrities vs. normal people
• Music education in schools

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More Practice

• Step 2 Turn it into a research question.
• Sample Questions
• How does the current state of the economy affect
  the number of students able to go to college in
  America?
• How do paranormal investigators inspect
  metaphysical activity?
• How has the rapid growth of cell phone usage
  impacted American society?
• How and why has cyber-bullying become a major
  problem in our nations schools?

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Additional Practice

• Step 3 Create sub-questions for your main
  research question. Sample sub-questions
• Sample Main Question How do paranormal
  investigators inspect metaphysical activity?
• Sub-question 1 What kinds of activities are
  considered paranormal?
• Sub-question 2 What digital/analogue equipment
  is used to detect activity?
• Sub-question 3 According to the experts, what
  kind of evidence determines whether or not
  paranormal activity has taken place?
• Sub-question 5 Why have TV shows about
  paranormal investigations become so popular
  today?

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How should I keep up with my preliminary research?

• During this planning stage, keep a running list
  of notes.
• List the websites that you have found a wealth of
  information on.
• List the brief answers you have found for your
  sub-questions.
• List further questions you have about the topic.
• List areas where you need help.
• Once your topic has been approved, you will begin
  evaluating sources and keeping notes on notecards
  as you complete your research.