Informative Research Paper, Essay #3
This week as we return from fall break, and midterms, we are
starting pre-work for the next essay assignment entitled “The Informative
Research Paper.” We will have thirty days to pick a topic, learn the lessons,
and have our first draft finalized for grading. This paper’s topic will also be
the same topic we use for the final essay assignment in our class, “The
Rogerian Argument.”
The topic choice is ours to decide, except for a few topics
Mr. Sentell said we cannot use. The “no-no” topics are highly debatable, emotional-charged
topics that have been debated to death already. They are also ones that there
would be an information overload on when researched. Once the topic is chosen
the assignment is simple, research it and write a paper that is informative
enough so your readers can form their own opinion without doing any additional research
of their own. We are not to argue for or against the topic, just be
informative. Keeping opinion out of this may be very difficult for some. The
persuasive argument comes later in the next assignment.
Hopefully since everyone has plenty of advanced warning they
can pick a great topic and research it using all the methods we have learned so
far. I know I am personally going to put a lot more time into research this
time. I might even step foot in a library for the first time in a long time!
Jason, I also have considered going to the library. However you can rent and download books also from the Kent libraray and there are on-line libraries that you can download from as wel,l free of charge. BUT this brings us to our "bubble filter" and our on-line tracking-- doesn't it. So I as well as you know that sometimes our online information isn't always the best. Happy "hunting".
ReplyDeleteJason, I'm with you on putting more time into this paper. I feel more comfortable with a research paper than the previous paper we’ve done. I have also thought about going to the library but with working full time and having a family, I don’t know if I will have time. I guess I’m going to have to stick to the web and make sure that they are reliable sources. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteJason, you did a great job summarizing the assignment. We have to write a research paper for my high school English class, as well, this year. Most of us do all the research for our papers online. We have learned that you can find great primary sources online. For example, I have found a newspaper article, and two interviews with the subjects of my paper. I just thought that I would mention that, just so you know that option!
ReplyDeleteGreat job in the re-wording. I've never really written an informative research paper so I hope I can do a decent job. Good luck with yours!
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