Senior Research Calendar 2015
January 2015
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
12
13
14
Finish Dante’s
Finish Dante’s
Gale Database
Inferno—Illustration Inferno—Illustration Practice – Meet in
Library Computer
Lab #2
15
Finish Dante’s
Inferno—Test
19 Martin Luther King
NO SCHOOL—
Student Holiday
20
Complete the Cornell
Notes of Inquiry
over your chosen
social issue.
21
LATE ARRIVAL—
Start Time—10:15
Go over Research
Packet & show what
links are available on
teacher website.
22
On GALE—library
database—find 8
possible articles that
address your social
issue.
Copy and paste the
articles to a Word
File that you entitle
Research Articles.
26
Pick 3 of the 8
articles that have a
human interest story
and/ or background
& historical
information.
Print out 2-4 pages
of each article,
including the MLA
Works Cited entry.
Read and highlight
all 3 of the articles.
Complete Source
Sheets for all 3
articles.
Note: Most printers,
inc. the OKI printers,
print double-sided.
Choose the option to
Print on both
sides—long edge.
27
Mini –lesson on
Introductory
Paragraph and Thesis
Statements:
Write Introduction
with Thesis over
your chosen social
issue.
28
Finish reading,
highlighting, and
completing Source
Sheets for all 3
articles.
29
Using 1 or more
articles, write a
paragraph about a
human interest
story in which you
put a personal face
on the issue. Make
sure you have a topic
sentence and then
support that sentence
with the human
interest information,
using textual
evidence
(paraphrased and
quoted) and
parenthetical
documentation.
Continue reading,
highlighting, and
completing Source
Sheets for all 3
articles.
Friday
16
Read 1984 Reader’s
Theater—Discuss
Social Issues that
Show 60 Minutes
relate to 1984.
clip on Escape from Discuss possible
Camp 14. Discuss
Social Issue Topics.
Social Issues that
relate to that story.
23
Create an Annotated
Bib. —Take the 8
articles, copy and
paste the MLA
Works Cited Entry
and briefly write
about what is in each
of those articles.
Print out your
Annotated Bib. and
turn it in.
30
Using 1 or more
articles, write a
paragraph about
the historical
context/
background
information needed
to fully understand
your social issue.
Make sure you have
a topic sentence and
then support that
sentence with the
background/
historical
information, using
textual evidence
(paraphrased and
quoted) and
parenthetical
documentation.
February 2015
Monday
Tuesday
2
Three typed
paragraphs, one
introduction with
thesis, one on
human interest and
one on background,
due today. They
must include textual
evidence
(paraphrased and
quoted) and
parenthetical
documentation.
Wednesday
3
Pick 2 of the 8
articles that have
additional
information/
supporting evidence
on your social issue
including any
counterargument.
Print out 2-4 pages
of each article,
including the MLA
Works Cited entry.
Read and highlight
BOTH of the
articles. Complete
Source Sheets for
BOTH articles.
9
10
Write a paragraph Write a paragraph
with your 1st Point with your 2nd Point
as your topic
as your topic
sentence and
sentence and
Supporting
Supporting
Evidence, including Evidence, including
textual evidence
textual evidence
(paraphrased and
(paraphrased and
quoted) and
quoted) and
parenthetical
parenthetical
documentation.
documentation.
16
17
NO SCHOOL—
Assemble the 5+
NO CLASS FOR
MLA Works Cited
STUDENTS (Staff entries. Format them
Development)
in proper MLA style,
using a hang indent
and alphabetizing.
You must have used
these 5+ articles in
your essay in order to
include them on this
page.
4
EARLY
DISMISSAL—
11:30
Continue reading,
highlighting, and
completing Source
Sheets for both
articles.
11
Write a paragraph
with your 3rd Point
as your topic
sentence and
Supporting
Evidence, including
textual evidence
(paraphrased and
quoted) and
parenthetical
documentation.
18
LATE ARRIVAL—
Start Time—10:15
Thursday
Friday
5
Finish reading,
highlighting, and
completing Source
Sheets for both
articles.
6
Create an outline
for your essay based
on your educated
opinion and the
research information
you have found.
Follow the format of
the outline found in
your research packet.
12
Write a paragraph
with any
concessions/
counterarguments
that people might
argue about your
topic.
13
Write a conclusion
in which you have a
call to action.
19
Organize research
project to turn it in.
*turn in research
Finish Works Cited paper (typed paper,
page. Double check works cited, outline,
the format of your rough draft(s),
entries with Purdue articles, source
OWL if you have not sheets)
yet done so.
20 or Monday, 2/23
FINAL DEADLINE
for turning in
research essay with
all of the prewriting,
drafts, highlighted
articles, source
sheets, etc.
Daily and Quiz Grades will be taken throughout the research process over:
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Selecting a topic
Meeting deadlines
Finding sources
Completing source sheets
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Prewriting Activities
Revision Activities
Completing an outline
Rough Draft
 Turning in all required
components on the due
date
 Etc.