MONDAY - single period - Meet in Library
- Homework Check: My Learning Community assignment.
- Presentation in the library by Gwyen Mosch, Library Media Specialist, on How to Find Articles On My Topic Using School Databases
- Learning Target: I will be able to identify the the correct database I need and search it for texts that relate to my area of investigation.
- Assessment: Select and print out one text related to your area of investigation from one of our school databases.
TUESDAY - double period - Meet in Library
- Homework Check: My Learning Community assignment.
- Presentation/Review in the library by Mr. D on How to Find Articles On My Topic Using School Databases
- Learning Target: I will be able to print an article from the school database based on my area of investigation and hand it in by the end of this period.
- Complete the Selecting an Article Assignment.
- Assessment: Search for and print an article from the school database on your area of investigation.
WEDNESDAY - single period - Meet in Library
- Learning Target: I can identify two new areas of investigation about my topic using the Exploring a Topic tool and an article from the school database.
- Using the article you found yesterday about your topic, fill out a new Exploring a Topic tool. Identify two new areas of investigation related to your topic. Do three for extra credit!
- Hand in your completed Exploring a Topic Tool at the end of the period for a classwork grade worth 100 points.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY - Meet in Library
- Do Now: Read and analyze (think about) the diagram below. How might you explain what it illustrates?
- Learning Target: I can ask questions about my area of investigation in order to help me gain background knowledge and understanding of my Potential Area of Investigation.
- Inquiry Questions: Questions that identify things you need to know about a topic and that will help guide your research.
- Mini-Lesson: Initiating Inquiry: Posing Inquiry Questions
- Find the handout pictured below in your Research Portfolio.
- Where are we in the process? We are still in the exploring a topic of Initiating Inquiry on the student research plan.
- Posing Inquiry Questions: Asking questions that will help you conduct pre-searches on one of your areas of investigation.
- Model how to generate Inquiry Questions based on an Area of Investigation and how to select and refine a question.
- Guided Practice: remember that you are to find general information about your Area of Investigation that will help you gain background knowledge and understanding of it.
- WHAT TO DO
- Select a Potential Area of Investigation from one of your Exploring a Topic tools.
- On your own or with a group of at least three people, brainstorm a list of at least 15 questions about your Potential Area of Investigation.
- Use the Generating Questions section of the Posing Inquiry Questions handout to help you.
- Once you have your list of questions, look at your Potential Area of Investigation Question and refine it using section two of the posing inquiry questions handout.
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