Career Research Paper April 30

At this point in the Career Research Project, students are or should be working on the first draft of the paper.  Using their outline as a guide and their notecards for the nitty gritty information (that are already cited with source and page number), the hard work is complete.  It is just a matter of forming their information into paragraphs that stay on topic, flow smoothly from one idea to another, and cover all the required material (as seen in the rubric on the back page of their packet).  Writing the paper should be the easy part of this project.  Gathering materials, finding relevant information, and putting it onto notecards and citing them was the hard part.  Most students are writing their 7th, 8th, or 9th paragraphs and will finish up with the conclusion early next week. Due to computer lab access this year, (hurrah!) the project is going much more smoothly and quickly!  Some of the due dates may be pushed up to allow time for our novel unit AND for me to grade so they can revise them! 

**Heads UP!  The My 3 Words Project is coming along nicely.  There are about 10 more students left to videotape, and any parent interested on being on the parent planning committee please e-mail me at mcioni@d50schools.com. I would love to have you partake in this great night of celebrating your child's 7th grade journey. 
I haven't thought of a title for this year's group yet, but I have several ideas.  Invitations will go out to family members and friends.  All are invited to this red carpet extravaganza!

April 14, 2011

Today was the last day for working in the library. 
My 3 Words information was collected, so I can get a schedule out tomorrow as to when each student will be videotaped.

By Tues., April 26, all students need to have the following completed and ready to go at the beginning of class:
1.  at least 5 bibliography notecards
2.  at least 30 informational notecards
3.  completed outline in packet
4.  completed thesis statement
5.  completed introduction


last Hotwire 4.1 - 4.4 due that Friday.

Enjoy Easter!

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

My 3 Words Information handed out today!!!!  So excited for this mini-project to begin.  

RESEARCH PROJECT:
Two class periods spent on writing notecards, gathering more sources if needed, and getting questions answered!  If you are behind, come in early between 7:50 and 8:20!

Over break: study vocabulary Unit 6!  One more hotwire to finish over break, then you can just plow through books!

Today in class:

We worked on our notecards to help us organize information.  Students should be bringing all research materials every day.  They need their packet, bibliography cards, and any printed source material.  Around 40 notecards will be due on April 15th.  They had one class period today, and they will have 2 on Tuesday and at least 2 more throughout the week probably more.

ON ANOTHER NOTE:
I will be sending home a schedule for MY 3 WORDS Taping.  If I can get some done over spring break, I would love to do so.  It is a great activity that culminates in a spectacular red-carpet event at the end of the year, and it really brings us together as a class. Information will be sent home in the next couple of days.
Thank you!

Career Research Paper

Last week, we began the Annual Career Research Paper.  It is a daunting task, but they way we break it up should make it very manageable for the students. 

At this point, students should have the following completed items:

Signed Packet
Working Thesis Pg. 4
Working Outline Pg. 5-7
All Resources Printed and Available for Classroom Manipulation
Blank Notecards
At least 5 Written Bibliography Cards
Works Cited Typed and Turned In

If these items are not completed, they should be worked on over the weekend!  Thanks and work hard!