{"id":5399,"date":"2017-03-25T12:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T16:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=5399"},"modified":"2017-03-25T12:31:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T16:31:20","slug":"research-report-writing-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/research-report-writing-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Report Writing [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The class: Senior High Composition. The place: Union City Community High School. The teacher: Mr. Leahey. The year: 1981. The student: Me….formerly straight A student for the last two years of high school…on the brink of breaking that perfect streak.<\/p>\n

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Until….it snowed.<\/p>\n

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Yep, it snowed and snowed and snowed and snowed.<\/p>\n

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And this girl, who had let herself get behind on creating two hundred index cards of information for her senior paper on Robert Kennedy, had a chance for redemption.<\/p>\n

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I can still remember the back ache at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

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But more importantly….I remember that at the end of eight hours of a \u201cday off\u201d due to inclement weather, with dozens of books strewn around me on the floor, I got caught up.<\/p>\n

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My 4.0 for the last two years would remain intact….because I had gotten caught up on my snow day.<\/p>\n

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Through that experience, I developed an incredible empathy for my future curriculum users and \u201cbook-testing\u201d students.<\/p>\n

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I know first hand how difficult writing a research paper can really be for students. I understand how impossible it can feel to get caught up when you fall behind in the research process. And years later, I knew that I wanted a better way, an easier way, in my books.<\/p>\n

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(Thankfully, I had a terrific English teacher who truly helped us through those dozen sources and two hundred cards with compassion and lots of hand holding.)<\/p>\n

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Teaching research writing is not for the faint of heart. That is why I have detailed my Overview Source, Color-Coded Research, Bibliography Cards (with MLA Citation spots), and Notetaking Cards so fully in my books.<\/p>\n

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And tested, tested, tested these methods, tweaking the books (don\u2019t ask my husband how much THAT cost me in editors and typesetters!) until I knew the approaches worked.<\/p>\n

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So where can you find these lessons (besides the two videos below of me teaching them to upper junior high\/beginning high schoolers)?<\/p>\n

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Well, lots of places!<\/p>\n

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Specifically, Books IV and V of Write On, Beauty and Beast; Write On, Mowgli; <\/em>and Write On, Peter Pan<\/em> <\/a>usually have at least one research report in them. (See the Tables of Contents and Projects Included at our store<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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There are also research reports in every first semester Meaningful Composition<\/em> <\/a>book (along with many other types of writing). You can find these at our store too\u2014Meaningful Composition 5 I; Meaningful Composition 6 I; Meaningful Composition 7 I; Meaningful Composition 8 I; <\/em>and Meaningful Composition 9 I<\/em>. (There are two week samples of each MC book available to download, print, and \u201ctry before you buy\u201d!)<\/p>\n

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For incremental, detailed learning of these skills throughout an entire semester, however, you will likely want one of my research-report only books:<\/h3>\n

Meaningful Composition 8 II: Junior High Research Reports<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Meaningful Composition 10 II: Four Research Reports<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Meaningful Composition 12 II: The BIG Research Report<\/em><\/a> (Very challenging\u2014do not start with this book!)<\/p>\n

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I hope you enjoy watching the teaching video (FB Live video) as much as I enjoy teaching these amazing kids! And as much as I enjoy teaching \u201cthe color-coded research\u201d method!<\/p>\n

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