English 201
Dakota State University
Dr. Dan Weinstein, Instructor
Spring, 2009
Research Project Page
Week 10 (March 16 - 20)
Your Research Topic
Read pages 289 - 301 of our Prentice Hall Research Guide and type your research topic here.
Your Working Research Question (Tentative)
Type your (preliminary) research question here. It must be written in the form of a question.
Write here, about 500 words of writing.
Week 11 (Mar 23 – 27)
First, read the following sections of the "TILT" information literacy tutorial:
Next, complete the next two rounds of loose writing, then the two word lists. The goal is to both expand and refine your understanding of your topic and to reevaluate the research question you have chosen to pursue. Maybe, after you have done some reading, you would like to focus on a different, more interesting or relevant question, or add follow up questions to your research agenda.
Round 2 (Loose, Exploratory Writing about Your Research Question - after you have read several scholarly sources related to your question. What have you found out? What do you think about your question now?)
Write here, about 500 words of writing.
Round 3 (Loose, Exploratory Writing about Your Research Question - after you have read several more scholarly sources related to your question. What have you found out? What do you think about your question now?)
Write here, about 500 words of writing.
5 Adjectives Associated with the Loose Writing You've Done
Example:
1.educational
2.trained
3.experienced
4.enthusiastic
5.curious
5 Nouns Derived from the Above 5 Adjectives (to help you find concepts with which to search and write)
Example:
1.education
2.training
3.experience
4.enthusiasm
5.curiosity
MLA Citation and Summary of Two Scholarly Sources which Speak to Your Research Question
Sample Citation:
Grabe, Mark. "Voluntary Use of Online Lecture Notes: Correlates of Note Use and Note Use as an Alternative to Class Attendance." Computers and Education 44 (2005): 409-21. ScienceDirect. Purdue U Lib., West Lafayette, IN. 28 May 2006 .
All sources must be approved by your instructor before you write the first draft of your research essay.
Citation (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, and a description of its most significant examples)
Citation (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, and a description of its most significant examples)
Week 12 (Mar 30 – Apr 3)
Your Notes from an Interview with an Expert in the Field of your Question - find someone with expert knowledge in the field of your research question and interview this expert by email, by electronic chat, by phone, or by personal interview.
Who is this expert? (name, affiliation, educational background, credentials, snail mail address, email address, web site address)
Write here. Fill in information about your expert.
What does this expert have to say about your research question? How would this expert direct your research? If this expert were in your position, what would this expert write about?
Write here. Tell your expert your research question and what you have found out about it so far. Then ask your expert if your question interest him or her, and, if so, what aspect(s) of it he or she finds most interesting and why. How would he or she direct your research from here?
Next, ask your expert, if she or he were writing a research paper in the same field, what would she or he write about?
Revised Research Question (Writers sometimes change their research questions as their research unfolds. If, after doing a bit of reading and consulting with an expert, you would like to refine your research question, write the new question below this bar. If you plan to stick with your original question, simply enter that same question below this bar.)
Write your research question here.
Next, write related questions you expect you will also need to answer in your research essay.
Week Week 13 (Apr 6 – 10)
Annotated Bibliography (minimum ten scholarly sources - these may include the two sources you cited and summarized previously)
Citation 1 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Enter your citations and summaries in the white spaces.
Make more room between the blue bars if you need it.
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 2 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 3 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 4 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 5 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 6 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 7 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 8 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 9 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples,some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Citation 10 (must include a direct link to the document, or a copy of the document much be attached to this page)
Summary (summary must include the source's thesis, main points, a description of its most significant examples, some indication of how you might use this source in your essay)
Rhetorical Observations from Readings (under their citations, describe how two of your sources are written, rather than what they say - we are looking to find in these sourcs features and organizational patterns you might use in your own paper)
Source 1
Source 2
Week 14 (Apr 13 – 17)
Comments on Other People's Outlines (Indicate here on which pages you have left comments, and when you left them.)
Week 15 (Apr 20 – 24)
Research Essay (Draft)
Week 16 (Apr 27 – May 1)
Research Essay (Final)
Reflective Essay