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Keep these considerations in mind: Prompt: Write a three- to five-page researched informational essay on a provided topic. Your essay should meet these requirements: You will also share the essay with your peers using multimedia presentation software. (Check with your instructor for specifics.) Remember that your essay must contain Reread your essay carefully to edit for spelling and grammatical errors. Spellcheck features or programs can be helpful tools for checking spelling but they sometimes do not find errors that human eyes can find. Make any necessary changes to fix any errors with grammar punctuation capitalization and spelling. Review your work one last time—again reading it aloud can be helpful—as you finalize the last draft. Make sure to check for these key things before you submit the final draft to your teacher: Be prepared to submit the final draft of your essay and a link to your slideshow presentation later in the course. If you have questions about how to submit your work ask your instructor. There are two parts in this activity: The Writing Skill is the instruction for this part of the Writing Project and the Writing Activity contains the writing prompt as well as the specific steps you will need to complete for this part of the Writing Project. Please complete Part 1 before Part 2. Part 1: Writing Skill 0}” class=”rs_read_this”> Before you start writing a research paper you need to clearly understand the task purpose and audience for your paper. Your task is to write a researched informational essay. This essay should be The essay should contain For this essay you will apply what you have learned about an informational text’s objective tone and formal style. You will also share the essay with your peers using multimedia presentation software. (Check with your instructor for specifics.) Along the way you will create a thesis statement general outline and annotated bibliography of your sources. The purpose of an informational essay is as its name suggests to inform your readers. One purpose for informational essays is to identify problems in society and try to explain and describe them. 0}” class=”rs_read_this”> The purpose of a researched essay is to synthesize interpret and present information from a variety of credible (believable and convincing) sources. For this paper you should use multiple print and digital sources that you have evaluated for accuracy and reliability. To fully convey the purpose for your essay you will have to understand your audience particularly their level of knowledge about the topic and ideas you are explaining. Always ask yourself this question: For this particular task assume your audience consists of your instructor and your fellow students. Knowing your audience will inform how you write and what you write about. You will have a better understanding of Once you have a topic for your writing the next step is to develop a research question of appropriate focus and scope. This means you need to examine how broad and complex your research question should be. When considering focus and scope think about all of the points that your readers must understand. You will need to cover the information sufficiently but do not provide too much information which could prove confusing or overwhelming for your readers. 0}” class=”rs_read_this”> Writing a research paper will allow you to practice valuable skills such as These skills are easily transferable to your future education and career goals. In the short term you have the opportunity to deeply explore a subject that interests you and to share your findings with others. 0}” class=”rs_read_this”> Ask the journalistic questions of who what where when why and how about your topic to narrow it down. Think about a specific group place or time period you might want to focus on. Focus Practice: Refining a Research Question Continue to refine your question. Consider what other information might be useful. 0}” class=”rs_read_this”> Your focused research question will lead directly to your thesis statement. It is therefore important that your research question be clear strong and focused. It should also be open-ended leaving you room to answer your own question. After deciding on a research question it is time to begin brainstorming more specific ideas for your writing. You can brainstorm a topic and research question in a variety of ways. Some techniques for brainstorming and prewriting are © 2016 StrongMind Circled topic ideas grouped under the main topic “Environment.” The topic “drought” starts one branch off of “environment” with “effects” and “causes” branching off of “drought.” The topic “pollution” starts the other branch off of “environment” with the topics “water” “noise” and “air” branching off of “pollution.”

Part 2: Writing Activity 0}” class=”rs_read_this”> Prompt: Write a three- to five-page researched informational essay on a provided topic. Your essay should meet these requirements: You will also share the essay with your peers using multimedia presentation software. (Check with your instructor for specifics.) In this activity you will explore options for writing topics from the provided list and select one. If you have an idea for a topic that isn’t on the list or would like additional options ask your teacher. Select two or three topics that seem interesting to you. Then try at least two prewriting techniques (freewriting listing idea mapping) to decide on a single topic for your researched informational essay. If you feel that you need to develop your understanding of a topic before making a decision conduct some brief research. Next write out the potential research questions that you developed while prewriting. Try narrowing or broadening the scope and focus of each idea to see what you come up with. Keep your task purpose and audience in mind as you write down possible research questions. Save your prewriting notes and ideas in a document on your computer. Your instructor may ask you to submit your work for this activity. Requirements: three- to five-page researched informational essay Your final draft should be well organized concise and focused. The transitions between your sentences and paragraphs should facilitate the smooth progression of ideas and information throughout the essay. The final essay should feature details and descriptions that help engage the reader and build meaning within the text. The essay should demonstrate your command of grammar rules and conventions such as correct capitalization punctuation spelling and sentence variety. Your annotated bibliography entries should be included within the Works Cited page. contains a clear focused and complete thesis statement uses evidence from at least three different non-Wikipedia sources uses an objective tone and formal style formatted in accordance with MLA style an interesting introduction a clear focused thesis statement sufficient accurate and relevant evidence to support your thesis statement graphic aids and formatting as appropriate a thoughtful conclusion an annotated bibliography in MLA format Spelling grammarparts of speech (usage tense agreement)sentence structure and varietyrepetition parts of speech (usage tense agreement) sentence structure and variety repetition Punctuationend punctuationquotation marksparenthesessemicolonsem dasheshyphenscommascolons end punctuation quotation marks parentheses semicolons em dashes hyphens commas colons Part 1: Writing Skill Part 2: Writing Activity based on a focused appropriate topic – your instructor may want to approve your essay topic or provide an essay topic for you. Please check this with your instructor before beginning the project. formatted in accordance with MLA style three to five pages long a clear focused and complete thesis statement evidence that supports the thesis statement and that comes from at least three different non-Wikipedia sources Who is your audience? how much context and background to include what specific details the audience would need to know how best to interest the audience in your topic locating and putting together information evaluating sources for accuracy and credibility interpreting information to convey a meaningful message Too broad – What are the effects of climate change? This question would cover a topic that is too broad and would encompass too much information for a three– to five-page research paper. Too narrow – How is my outdoor hiking affected by climate change? This is a personal question that would likely be too specific to interest all your readers. Improved – How are the people around me in my region affected by climate change? This question reflects improved focus and scope but it still does not narrow the topic of climate change. The topic remains enormous and far-reaching. The tone is also too casual. Specific and focused – How are people in the southwest region of the United States affected by drought resulting from climate change? This question is broad enough—it covers the population of a region rather than only one person’s exercise choice. It is also specific enough—it focuses on the effects of drought resulting from climate change. This research question has an appropriate scope and focus for a researched informational student essay. What is the overall point you want to make? What is it you want people to know or understand? What is important about this topic? Why should readers care? Freewriting – When you freewrite you write continuously about whatever comes to mind regarding possible topics for your paper. Let your mind wander and allow one thought to lead to another. Do not stop and edit your work do not stop and think about what you are writing and do not worry about grammar. Set a time or space limit—for example 10 minutes or two pages—and then just write without stopping. Once finished review your writing to see if you can get any ideas for a topic. This technique can sometimes be a good way to overcome writer’s block. Listing – When you make a list you jot down topics that interest you. Think about topics you may have heard about in the news recently— locally nationally or globally. Was anything of particular interest to you? Did you discuss any interesting issues with family or friends recently? Is there anything you would like to know more about or think other people should know more about? You can also make a list of possible claims or possible reasons or sources. Just get your ideas down on paper in list form. Then review your ideas and see if any might lead to an effective interesting research question. Idea mapping – This prewriting technique is sometimes also called clustering webbing or mind mapping. The idea is to create a visual representation of your ideas and the connections between them. Write down your main topic and draw a circle around it. Then connect that topic to other topics in their own circles and so on until you are left with several associated ideas. Your idea map could look something like this as you begin: contains a clear focused and complete thesis statement uses evidence from at least three different non-Wikipedia sources uses an objective tone and formal style formatted in accordance with MLA style net neutrality freedom of speech in the modern age the impact of social media on mental health climate change the Electoral College renewable energy sources self-driving vehicles