Week 8: February 25-March1

UPCOMING DUE DATES

Friday 3/1: Vocab Quiz Unit 8

Friday 2/22: Research Brainstorming -- five names and rationales due (will accept on time until Monday 2/25)
Monday 2/25: Research Pre-Interview Survey due (will accept on time until Wednesday 2/27)
Monday 3/4: Research Interview Questions Due
Monday 3/11: Research Interview MP3 due
Monday 3/18: Interview Transcript and Summary Due

Thursday 2/21: First Biography Reading Check (see schedule below)
Thursday 2/28: Second Biography Reading Check (see schedule below)
Thursday 3/7: Third Biography Reading Check (see schedule below)
Thursday 3/14: Biography Parallel Final Assessment

RECENT HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Research: Interview Subjects Brainstorming 
• Research: Pre-Interview Survey  
• Malcolm Gladwell "Slackers" for reverse outline

 

Monday 2/25

• Notes on Primary and Secondary, Narrative and Expository Writing
• Two types of writing that will be included in your research 
• narrative in form 
• primary sources
• tells a story 
• first-hand experiences 
• who: interview subject 
• expository in form 
• secondary sources 
• explains a topic 
• second-hand experiences 
• who: scholars, researchers, reporters 
• you will blend both types of research 
• this is how many news reporters and journalists construct their writing -- they often start with the narrative (a personal story about a particular person), then shift to expository (explaining the issue or historical occurrence in a broader context), then possibly shifting back to narrative form 
• starting with the narrative helps to understand the topic because you can relate to it more
•  Read Malcolm Gladwell's article "Slackers" and identify the paragraph ranges that fit each of the following classifications --
• Narrative about Gladwell's life
• Narrative about Salazar's life
• Expository Research and facts (statistics, background, expert opinions)
• Go over vocab words for Unit 8

Tuesday February 26

• 10 minutes of free reading
• Vocab: Completing the Sentence
• Reverse outline for Gladwell's "Slackers"  -- work with a partner to define shifts between main ideas and enter each main idea as a roman numeral on an outline.  Describe the main idea in 2-3 sentences.  Skip 3-4 lines to enter supporting details (A, B, C) at a later time
• The purpose here is to see the structure of the article and to learn from the way that Gladwell shifts between the two techniques (narrative and expository).

Wednesday February 27

• 10 minutes of free reading time
• Finish reverse outline for Gladwell's article 

Thursday February 28

• Review what types of sources could be considered credible
• Brainstorm search terms based upon your interview subject's pre-interview survey -- try variations on the basic search term you first conceive in order to give you more specific and targeted search results. For example, the following chain of deeper search terms might give you better results:
•  9/11 >> Terrorism >> Impact of Terrorism >> Psychological Impacts of Terrorism >> Americans Opinions and Perspectives on Terrorism >> Effects on View of the World and view of America after 9/11
• Searching a variety of terms will give more depth to your research than the superficial terms that come up with a topic search
• Conduct preliminary research
• Some good sources for preliminary research --
• https://sites.google.com/site/popehighschoolmediacenter/social-studies-resources
• http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decades.html
• http://americanhistory.abc-clio.com/?webSiteCode=SLN_AMHIST&returnToPage=%2f&token=3DA926540F70CC0F5884605A5489CDF7&casError=False
• http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/?userGroupName=cobb90289
• Major newspapers -- NYTimes, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times
• University and museum publications

Friday March 1

• Vocab Quiz
• Reading Quiz
• Finish preliminary research