Warm Up 9/6 1. Take out both your homework that was due on Friday, and also the 1-3 ideas for your senior research project. 2. Choose one of your project ideas. I won’t hold you to it beyond today. 3. From that one project idea, think of a topic that a. is directly related to what you’ll be doing but requires substantiation beyond what you’ll get simply by participating, and b. has analytical potential.

O Ex 1. project idea: refurbish a hiking trail O Which is the better topic? O How to refurbish a hiking trail, OR O The financial and natural effects of forest fires on public parks in Washington. O Ex 2: project idea: job shadow a teacher O Which is the better topic? O Effective ways to teach math skills to elementary school students O The impact of effective teaching on a student YOUR LOGIN & PASSWORD: Firstname.Lastname (your birthday, numerically) EXAMPLES

1. From that one project idea, think of a topic that a. is directly related to what you’ll be doing but requires substantiation beyond what you’ll get simply by participating, and b. has analytical potential.

Agenda 9/5 O Warm up/review O Go through our first RACES activity.

Learning Targets O To apply the research process to a potential topic for our senior research project. O To evaluate an article for its relevance to our potential research topic. O To relate this article to each step of the research process.

Independent Work RACES: Efficiency Matters - if you do not finish in class, you must complete the RACES by our next class. R: Research (5 minutes)...QUICK research! As you do more research, go deeper into more specific search terms and topics. Locate one online or print source about your potential senior research topic. Create a document in Google Drive called “LASTNAME - RACES - Title of Article” A: Annotate (15 minutes) If online, cut and paste the text of the article into the Google Document. If on paper, photocopy or scan the text of the source and annotate on paper (arrive to class with the copy ready!). Read the document and annotate it. Use the highlighting tool and the margin comments feature to make notes to self. C: Cite (5 minutes) Create a proper MLA citation for this article. Place this MLA citation at the TOP of the document. This step must be completed, but not necessarily at this point of the sequence. E: Evaluate (10 minutes) At the end of the article, answer these questions: How reliable of a resource is this? How can you tell? How useful of a resource is this? What might it be useful for? What do you feel like this resource leaves out? S: Synthesize (15 minutes) Starting with RACES 2, consider ALL of the sources you have explored as part of the RACES evaluation. Look back at the content of previous articles. Answer this question: In what ways does this article build upon, connect to, corroborate, or contradict previous readings? Now that this new piece of content is added to the puzzle, what conclusions can you draw or what bigger picture is coming clear?

R: Research (5 minutes)...QUICK research! As you do more research, go deeper into more specific search terms and topics. Locate one online or print source about your potential senior research topic. Create a document in Google Drive called “LASTNAME - RACES - Title of Article” A: Annotate (15 minutes) If online, cut and paste the text of the article into the Google Document. If on paper, photocopy or scan the text of the source and annotate on paper (arrive to class with the copy ready!). Read the document Read the document and annotate it. Use the highlighting tool and the margin comments feature to make notes to self.

C: Cite (5 minutes) Create a proper MLA citation for this article. Place this MLA citation at the TOP of the document. This step must be completed, but not necessarily at this point of the sequence. E: Evaluate (10 minutes) At the end of the article, answer these questions: How reliable of a resource is this? How can you tell? How useful of a resource is this? What might it be useful for? What do you feel like this resource leaves out?

Synthesize (* We won’t be doing this today) O S: Synthesize (15 minutes) O Starting with RACES 2, consider ALL of the sources you have explored as part of the RACES evaluation. Look back at the content of previous articles. Answer this question: O In what ways does this article build upon, connect to, corroborate, or contradict previous readings? O Now that this new piece of content is added to the puzzle, what conclusions can you draw or what bigger picture is coming clear?

Homework O Finish this assignment O Check out our class blog!