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!