CC.11-12.R.L.1 and SD.9.R.2.1
Assignment: Use ProQuest to find two full text, scholarly articles on a topic of your choice. Outline each article, noting similarities and differences in the information presented. Note what your level of understanding is of the topic after reading and outlining the article. Did the article help you to understand your chosen topic better, or do you feel more confused by what you learned?
This exercise is going to allow students to discover if they really understand the text of the journal articles they find in ProQuest. If, after reading and outlining, they find that their comprehension of the text is somewhat foggy, then that may be a clue to them to possibly change the topic they are researching. Analyzing and comprehending text are the focus of the above listed standards, and I think this exercise would cover that.
I'm not sure what else to go into on this one. I am purposely keeping this exercise specific to one standard. It is important for 11th and 12th graders to not only read material, but fully understand what they are reading in order to embark upon research projects that they will do for high school classes as well as college.
Very good, Brenda! We know that to prepare students for college they will need to use databases such as ProQuest and other more specialized databases, and they will need to comprehend complex text. Thanks!
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