Writing a research report or preparing a presentation can be challenging. However, both tasks will seem much easier if you break them down into manageable steps.
Research Activity
Click the assignment button below and complete the worksheet titled Select and Summarize. It will guide you through all the steps that were demonstrated in this lesson.
After you've completed your assignment, submit it to your teacher. Your work on this assignment will be graded using the rubric below.
| Superior 5 points |
Average 3 points |
Poor 1 point |
|---|---|---|
| Note-taking | ||
| You include notes for all your sources, as well as all the necessary publication information for each. You also include notes that mostly paraphrase sources, and you include a descriptive heading that clearly identifies what the notation is about. | You include notes for most of your sources, as well as most of the necessary publication information for each. You also include notes that paraphrase sources, but you also include many direct quotes that should have been rewritten. You include descriptive headings for most notes that identify what the notation is about. | You include notes for only a few of your sources, and you do not include most of the publication information for each one. Your notes are mostly direct quotes from the sources, and descriptive headings are either missing altogether or do not describe the notation. |
| Similarities and Differences | ||
| Your similarities and differences are clearly drawn from the information in your notes. You include three similarities and one difference. | Most of your similarities and differences are drawn from the information in your notes. You include two similarities and one difference. | Your similarities and differences are not based on the information in your notes, and you have included only one or fewer similarities and differences. |
| Conclusions | ||
| Both of your conclusions are based on facts from your research, are not facts stated directly in the sources, and reflect your own thoughts and ideas about the topic. | Only one of your conclusions is based on facts from your research, is not a fact stated directly in the source, and reflects your own thoughts and ideas about the topic. | Your conclusions are not based on facts from your research or they are stated directly in the source, indicating that your conclusions are not your own thoughts and ideas. |
| Thesis Statement | ||
| Your thesis statement precisely expresses your opinion about the topic, and you provide three or four ideas that clearly support your claim. Your claim is written in one or two sentences. | Your thesis statement somewhat clearly expresses your opinion about the topic, but you provide only two ideas that support your claim. Your claim is also written in one or two sentences. | Your thesis statement does not clearly express your opinion about the topic, and you provide one or no ideas to support your claim. |
| Summaries | ||
| You include summaries for each of your sources, which are clearly identified by the publication. | You include summaries for most of your sources, which are clearly identified by the publication. | You include only a few summaries for each of your sources, and they are not clearly identified by the publication. |
