Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Fifty & Fifty-First Class Periods: Notetaking

Students used class time to complete note cards for their research paper.

Homework: Students should have completed a total of thirty-five note cards by the beginning of class time on Wednesday.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Forty-Ninth Class Period: Conducting an Interview

Students submitted fifteen potential questions to use either for their interview(s) or their questionnaire.

Mr. Stone discussed tips for interviewing using a handout from Ms. Taylor-Johnston.

Homework: Schedule an interview for your research paper.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Forty-Seventy & Forty-Eighth Class Periods: Research, Interviews, and Questionnaires

Students met on Monday in the library for a final day of gathering sources. They completed their working bibliography of at least ten sources (not including interviews or questionnaires).

In class on Tuesday, Mr. Stone had students define their selected campus problem in one sentence. The majority of the students had the opportunity to read their sentence to the class and receive feedback.

Homework: Prepare a list of fifteen questions for either your questionnaire or an interview.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Forty-Fifth & Forty-Sixth Class Periods: Library Research

The class met in the library to locate ten sources for their research papers. A working bibliography of these sources in MLA format is due on Tuesday, December 6th.

Students will need to conduct an interview, create an questionnaire and conduct a survey in addition. These should be conducted after December 6th.