Secondary Library Media (6-12)
Strand 2: Standard 1:
English Language Arts Grade 11-12
Reading: Literature Standard 7
Secondary Library Media (6-12)
Strand 2: Standard 2:
1 class periods of 90 minutes each
Large Groups
Thinking & Reasoning
This is Day 2 of a 5 day unit teaching students strong research skills for a "white paper" style research paper (can be modified for any pro-con research assignment). For the purpose of this assignment, the white paper is an argumentative piece which introduces a problem and argues a solution to that problem.
In this team taught lesson, students will learn that researching is not a linear process. They will use "presearch" to help them test, adjust, or even abandon viable topics from their brainstorming. They will learn to narrow ideas to smaller, researchable concepts.
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Most students will have learned research resources from the librarian previously, so much of that lecture will be a review.
Students will continue to narrow or broaden their topic.
Pacing | Instructional Sequence | Grouping Structure |
20 | Anticipatory Set: Speed Dating Activity
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Small Group |
5 - 10 | Model moving from big idea (Renewable Energy) to narrow idea (solar roadways)
Practice as a class with new topic (e.g. voting). Have students brainstorm smaller elements of this topic (e.g. online voting, primaries, partisan voting, etc). |
Whole Group (Teacher) |
15 | Narrowing Topic Worksheet, teacher and librarian walk around and help students work through ideas. Try to guide them toward ideas that are appropriate in size for a ~6page pager (e.g. "How can voting be more accessible for rural communities" vs. "Voting") |
Individual |
15 - 20 | Presearch. Once we have viable topics, we need to presearch. Students will be introduced to Research Resources by librarian EBSCO, GALE, Boolean operators, etc. |
Lecture (Librarian) |
20 | Students will presearch topics while teacher and librarian walk around and assist students in working through ideas. | Individual |
3 - 5 | Wrapup: Homework: Students will complete a Topic Proposal for the following class period. In closing, consider having some students share narrowed topics they have come up with. |
Individual |
Reviewed by Sarah Herron