Hi all--
I've talked to a number of teachers who had said that narrowing the topic for a research project can be difficult for many students. It's been lots of years since I taught English, but I certainly remember that to be true then.
This is a link to a pdf which address this task pretty well, I think. It's provides a good example of narrowing a topic. Even if you don't run these off, it would be pretty easy to illustrate on the board.
http://rpc.elm4you.org//guide/docs/step1/narrowing_a_topic.pdf
The pdf comes from the list of resources that is in the link Patrick sent last week. Other good stuff is there, also, to use as needed.
http://rpc.elm4you.org/guide/support_materials.php
I'm teaching students in English classes this week and next how to access the new library catalog throught the new library website, so I hope that will help, also. We'll need to stress that even if the library doesn't have a book completely on Siamese cats, we do have books on cat breeds, so a chapter or even pages in that book could be used as a resource. We're doing research projects, not just book reports.
Thanks for the positive reaction I've heard from so many of you. Any feedback is appreciated!
JoAnne
JoAnne Williams
I've talked to a number of teachers who had said that narrowing the topic for a research project can be difficult for many students. It's been lots of years since I taught English, but I certainly remember that to be true then.
This is a link to a pdf which address this task pretty well, I think. It's provides a good example of narrowing a topic. Even if you don't run these off, it would be pretty easy to illustrate on the board.
http://rpc.elm4you.org//guide/docs/step1/narrowing_a_topic.pdf
The pdf comes from the list of resources that is in the link Patrick sent last week. Other good stuff is there, also, to use as needed.
http://rpc.elm4you.org/guide/support_materials.php
I'm teaching students in English classes this week and next how to access the new library catalog throught the new library website, so I hope that will help, also. We'll need to stress that even if the library doesn't have a book completely on Siamese cats, we do have books on cat breeds, so a chapter or even pages in that book could be used as a resource. We're doing research projects, not just book reports.
Thanks for the positive reaction I've heard from so many of you. Any feedback is appreciated!
JoAnne
JoAnne Williams
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