Research April 10-26

Today we began our research unit.  You are researching an author.  You will find out all you can about the author so you can give a presentation about him or her.  Pretend you are writing their biography.  What information is needed:  Name, birth, death (if not alive), family, career, famous works, etc.  Anything interesting about your author.

You must have a minimum of five (5) sources!

You will make an annotated bibliography and a works cited page (both due April 18th) and a Power Point (due April 24th).  You will present your Power Point in class the 24th to the 26th.

You will also be finding 20 vocabulary words as you research.  You have the sheet to fill in as you work.  Make sure to write the word, definition, and the sentence in which you found the word.

You also need to have a picture of your author printed for Monday.  We will be doing an author wheel in class Monday.  I will grade this.

Research Project

Directions: You will be researching a famous author.  You will be provided with a list of authors from which to choose, or you may choose one of your own (upon teacher approval). Throughout this assignment you will receive several grades.  You will do an author’s wheel, an annotated bibliography, a works cited page, a Power Point, and a presentation using your Power Point.  Each assignment will be explained further as they are assigned. 

Below are the assignments and grades attached to each one.

Author Wheel:  100 (formative):  This is your first assignment leading into the overall research.  You will begin your research and make this wheel. (Individual grade)

The meat of the research: 100 (summative)

Annotated Bibliography:  35 Alpha order, complete with annotations, hanging indents, DS, TNR, 12 point font

Works Cited: 15   Alpha order, complete, hanging indents, DS, TNR, 12 point font

Power Point:  35 10 slides with specific information and graphics.  Must have cover page with picture of author.

PP Presentation: 15 No clowning around, professional, clear explanation, eye contact.  There is a rubric that will be followed for this grading.

Vocabulary: 100 (formative): You will do this as you research your author; a graphic organizer will be provided for you to track your vocabulary. (Individual grade)

Rubrics:

Research Rubric

_____Annotated Bibliography (35 points)

 _____Alphabetical order (5)

_____Complete annotations (20)

_____Hanging indents (5)

_____Mechanics: Double Space, Times New Roman, 12 point font,

1” margins (5)

_____Works Cited (15)  For this piece, you just take out the annotations, and

 wallah!  Done!

_____Alphabetical order (5)

_____Hanging indents (5)

_____Mechanics: Double Space, Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch

          margins (5)

_____Power Point (35)

_____Must have cover page with picture of author. (10)

_____Ten slides with content and graphics (25)

                    _____10 slides (10)

                    _____Graphics on all slides (5)

                    _____Content on all slides (10)

_____Presentation (15) See rubric on back.

Total Points ________/100

There is a back page to this rubric, but I do not have a digital copy, so do not lose the copy you were given.