Great Expectations Research Paper
You have been assigned a research paper related to Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. The paper is due on ________. The paper must be 5 pages in length, not including the title page. It must follow the research paper format on the "Research Paper Format" sheet that was handed out in class. Moreover, you must cite at least 5 sources within the text of your paper. Your paper must also have a bibliography, citing the 5 sources. In addition, the paper must be done on the computer in 12 point font and double spaced. Below are some topics that you may choose from. If you choose another topic please get your teacher's permission before proceeding. Good luck in your research!!!
Use the menu below to navigate this page: Use the Big 6 Research Paper Organizer © (1999) or the Assignment Organizer © (1999) to help you complete your assignment. They use the Big 6 format and keep your research organized and focused for you. Follow the directions given in the organizer and by Mr. Woods. You can type directly on the organizers and then download the information to a disc or print it out. There is a section for each of the six steps of research. There are also links to important information to help you complete your research. A Writing Process Organizer can be printed out and used to develop a successful writing project! Step #1: Task Definition A good way to get started. What does your teacher want you to do? Make sure you understand the requirements of the assignment. In order to define your task you must form your task around an essential question. Once you have formed your essential question you must decide what information you think you will need to support that question. You do this with supporting questions. To learn more about supporting questions look at "What kinds of questions did you ask today?" Remember there are several types or levels of supporting questions: Memory questions (Level 1), Convergent Thinking questions (Level 2), Divergent Thinking questions (Level 3), and Evaluative questions (Level 4). There is a worksheet you can print out to help you form your questions. Make sure your supporting questions use more that one type or level of question!
Step #2: Information Seeking Strategies This means that you need to make a list of all the possible sources of information that will help you answer the questions you wrote in Task Definition above. AND: Step #3: Location & Access Figure out where you will get these sources. Beside each source, write its location. If it is a web site, list its web address. Try to use those that your teacher or librarian have linked or bookmarked. This will save you time. If your source is a person, figure out how you will contact him or her and make a note of this.
For Step #2 and Step #3 you should use the COWS information literacy model. COWS is an acronym to help you remember the ORDER you should look for information.
And if all else fails:
When doing research, always start with current reference books, textbooks and non-fiction library books. Learn some basic information about your subject and start a list of "keywords" you can use to gain more information on your topic. Use the library's OPAC to check your resources. To find a list of titles in our library that apply to this project type in "Woods/Great Expectations " in OPAC and select the "Categories" icon.
Remember: When doing research you need to look at the second page of cataloging and review the "notes" section of the page to find out information about the book. Also use the "subject" section of the page and look at the subject headings listed for the book. Using these subject headings is an excellent way to narrow or broaden your subject search. They can also provide you with additional keywords to use in searching for your topic. Use your bookbag while doing research using OPAC. It helps keep your research on track, provides you bibliographic information for your project, and will save you time in locating information in the library. Hints!
Some of the Reference Books you could use are:
Use these resources every day! If you need them the usernames and passwords are provided. Our online resources are:
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These are password protected databases that you can access 24/7 from school or home. They work like a search engine but contain information that is not available for free on the World Wide Web. College students use similar databases for their research projects. The Gale Group resources has five different databases:
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W = Aspects of a the Victorian Book: http://www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html Bibliomania: Charles Dickens: http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/19/frameset.html The British Empire: Egypt: http://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/egypt.htm Charles Dickens: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jdickens.htm Charles Dickens: http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/dickensov.html David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page: http://charlesdickenspage.com/index.html Fashion-Era: A Woman's Place in C19 th Victorian History: http://fashion-era.com/a_womans_place.htm (Use the menus at the top and left side to navigate the site) Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Industrial Revolution: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html# IRWeb:The Industrial Revolution: http://library.thinkquest.org/4132/ The Literature Network: Charles Dickens: http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/ The Literature Network: The Pickwick Papers: http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/pickwick/ The Literature Network: Great Expectations: http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/greatexpectations/ Literature of the Victorian Period: http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/victoria.htm Public Health and Technology during the 19th Century: http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/bluetelephone/html/health.html A Regency Repository: Of Arts, Literature, Fashion, Personalities, Inventions, Learning, the Domestic Arts, and Matters Military & Political: http://www.regencylady.net/repository/ The Social Consequences of Industrialisation in Britain in the Early Nineteenth Century : http://www.lakemac.infohunt.nsw.gov.au/library/links/hschelp/ Sparknotes: Great Expectations: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/ The Time Traveler's Guide to Victorian Britian: http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/ The Victorian Dictionary: Exploring Victorian London: http://www.victorianlondon.org/ (Use the menu on the left to find information) Victorian England: An Introduction: http://www.english.uwosh.edu/roth/VictorianEngland.htm The Victorian Literary Archive: 19th Century British & Irish Authors: http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/19th-authors.html The Victorian Period: Daily Life in Victorian England: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Victorian_index.htm The Victorian Web: http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html (Excellent Website) Hint!
S = How to Find a Specialized Search Engine for Your Topic If you use a search engine to find material you must always evaluate the site you wish to use. To help you in evaluating your site use the Web Site evaluation Guide.
And now back to the Big 6! Step #4: Use of Information Engage the source (read it, listen to it, view it, touch it!) and take out the relevant information. If you can't understand any of it, be sure to ask Mr. Woods to help you. It's OK not to understand, it's not OK not to ask for help. Make sure that you check out "Ideas About Note Taking and Citing Sources" from the Use of Information page.
Step #5: Synthesis You will need to:
Step #6: Evaluation To evaluate your product you will need to:
Here are some additional pages and sites to help you put your paper together and evaluate your product. Style Guides Copyright Information The Big 6 Rubric Editing Checklist Research Project Final Evaluation Form
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