Rebuilding Research Writing Strategies for Sparking Informational Inquiry [Paperback]

Our students must become skilled at finding answers and using information to succeed in college, careers, and daily life. Using inquiry, writing, and technology to infuse passion into the classroom research paper motivates students and results in deeper learning. In this practical, research-based book, authors Werner-Burke, Knaus, and DeCamp encourage you to toss the old index cards and jump-start the classroom research paper so that it is more meaningful, manageable, and effective. Explore innovative ways to help students find engaging topics, collect and evaluate information, and write, rethink, and revise to truly impact their audience. The book is filled with tools and student samples to help you implement the ideas in your own classroom.

Special Features:

• Clear connections to the Common Core State Standards
• Ready-to-use classroom handouts for different stages of the research process
• A handy appendix featuring a sample research project timeline and rubric
• Helpful examples of real student work and assessments
• Research-based foundations that guide and inform how the process unfolds and why it works

Introduction: Kindred Spirits

Chapter 1: All That Rises: Convergence Drives Change

Chapter 2: Lighting the Fire: Topic Selection with Passion and Curiosity

Chapter 3: Search and Seize: Getting to the Good Sources

Chapter 4: Death of the Notecard? The Thoroughly Modern Research Paper

Chapter 5: Speak to the Living: Real Sources, Real Audiences

Chapter 6: Are You Being Served? What Tech Tools to Use and Why You Should Bother

Chapter 7: (D)RAFT into Unconventional Waters: Deepening Topic Perspectives

Chapter 8: Metaphors Be With Youlãô