We are now beginning our yearly research paper!
We are beginning a new blog as a giant project between several of my advanced English classes, which you can visit at: local-options.blogspot.com! Nothing is posted there yet (as we haven't written anything for it yet), but by the end of the first assignment, we should have about 30 projects on there, in a Time Magazine-esque creation—on which you research paper will be posted!
This week, we looked at some pages in Google Drive that are there to assist you in your choice of topic for the research paper. Email me if you do not remember the login username and password and I will send it to you.
The two parts to your homework are listed below (**Unless you are on Monday):
Topic Choice:
The first part of your homework is to choose and claim a topic.
Go to the page on Google Drive: "01 Research Paper Topics." This is a list of over 60 topics from you can choose your topic. Once you have chosen a topic, you will write your name next to it, as well as your chosen thesis*. Do it soon though, because if someone else claims your topic (and has written your same opinion on it), you'll have to choose another one.
If you want to write on a topic that is not one of these 60 topics, just add your topic to the list, and then write your name and thesis next to it.
*Thesis = Opinion because Reason 1, Reason 2, and Reason 3
- ie: Cats are the best pet because they are clean, friendly, and inexpensive.
Pre-Research Worksheets (**TUESDAY ONLY)
Before you choose your topic, I want you to make sure it is a topic you will truly enjoy!
Therefore, go to the page: 02 Pre-Research Worksheets. Copy the template and paste it three times into a new document which you save into the folder: Pre-Research Worksheets Here under your first and last name.
Then fill out the templates for three different topics that interest you. Then choose one, and claim it—using the directions from above!
I know that is a boatload of information, so email me if you have questions!
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