Senior Project, Week 8

This week's checklist:
These are all the documents we need to have done as soon as possible!

1. Letter to Judges
2. Part 2 of I-search paper (see below)
3. Part 3 of I-search paper (see below)
4. Presentation - This can be done a variety of ways. (Power Point, Google Presentation, Prezi, Padlet, your data notebook, etc.)

Senior Project, week 7

Goals this week: Complete first 2 paragraphs of "Letter to Judges" and part 2 of your I-search paper.

Monday 

1. Start "Letter to Judges"
2. work on part 2 of paper
3. work on presentation

Tuesday

1. Class meeting - progress updates
2. work time

Wednesday

1. practice speeches tomorrow
2. work time

Thursday

1. Practice speeches

Friday

1. work time

Senior Project, week 6

Monday - Tuesday

1. Part 1 turned in?
2. Find 3 sources, take notes
   
3. Work on part 2 of your paper. Look at your central question.  How can you answer it?? 
• What is your central question?
• What were the results of your search?
• Write a thesis statement based on your results.
• Support your thesis with data (Cite all facts!)
4. Start working on the introduction of your presentation!!

Wednesday

LIBRARY

Thursday

1. Yearbook dedication page
2. work on part 2, presentations
3. meetings with Mrs. Rose

Friday

1. review Monday's agenda
2. part 2, presentations
3. Practice speeches - May 1 (next Thursday)
4. meetings with Mrs. Rose

Senior Project, Week 5

Monday

1. Part 1 turned in?
2. Find 3 sources, take notes
   
3. Meetings with Mrs. Rose!

Tuesday

1. Dedication page
2. e-parchment
3. sources with notes
4. Meetings with Mrs. Rose!

Senior Project, week 4

Monday

1. Inference, slide
2. Turn in rough draft

Tuesday

1. Inference post test
2. research for part 2 of paper

Wednesday

1. Have you turned in your pictures?
2. READ YOUR EMAIL
3. Find at least 3 sources.
4. Edit part 1 of your paper.

Senior Project, week 3

Monday

1. Inferences - slide 3
2. Sifting through the Data (assessment tomorrow)
3. Work on part 1 of paper --> 
• Attention grabber (for example, why did you choose this topic?)
• What do you already know about your topic?
• What is my topic/central question/project/mentor/etc.? 
• What do I hope to learn from my research/ project/mentor?

Tuesday

1. Inferences - slide 5
2. Sources
3. I-search, part 1
4. Update portfolios

Wednesday

1. Inferences - slide 6
2. doc
3. Info-graphics
4. Group Collaboration

Thursday

1. Inferences - slide 7
2. Write down your inferences on this document.  Today, just find your name and write as many inferences as you can about the situation.  Why would the dog be barking?  Just like yesterday, comment on at least one person's inference.  (If you do not know how to do this, see someone who was here yesterday.)
3. Have you been updating your journals?
4. Work on editing the first part of your I-search paper.  Remember that you should have the following questions answered:
• Attention grabber (for example, why did you choose this topic?)
• What do you already know about your topic?
• What is my topic/central question/project/mentor/etc.? 
• What do I hope to learn from my research/ project/mentor?
5. Start researching to answer your central question.  Do not forget to create source cards for each source you find.  Source cards need to have:
• Name of source. 
• MLA citation information  (Check Senior Project Documents or Easybib.com for help.)
• Links to the document (optional)
• Any notes that you take from this source.
• Any quotes that you may want to use from this source.

Senior Project, week 2

Goals for end of week:

1. Create graphic organizer and send to Mrs. Rose.
2. Choose a topic.
3. Create a list of mentors.
4. Make contact with at least one mentor, or at the very least have a script / email draft created.
5. Have Topic Approval Form turned in.
6. Have Parent Topic Approval Form turned in.
7. Begin Part 1 of I-Search paper

Monday

1. Class contract
2. Goals
3. Topic form
4. Find / make contact with mentor.

Tuesday

1. Class contract?
2. Are we on track for this week?
3. Topic form (New form in Microsoft Word OR Google Doc.)
4. Find / make contact with mentor. 
5. Fill out Mentor Approval Form once you have found a mentor and he/she has agreed to work with you.
6. Now, the Parent Approval for Mentor Form

Wednesday

1. Inferences
2. Class contract?
3. Are we on track for this week?
4. Topic form (New form in Microsoft Word OR Google Doc.)
5. Find / make contact with mentor. 
6. Fill out Mentor Approval Form once you have found a mentor and he/she has agreed to work with you.
7. Now, the Parent Approval for Mentor Form
8. Let's start our papers!  Complete the Sifting Through the Data modules, from 21 Things 4 Students.
• Michigan eLibrary How to Video

Thursday

1. Can you solve the mysteries?
2. Finish all items from Wednesday
3. Start I-Search, part 1.
• What am I doing?  (Topic? Central Question? Project?)
• What do I hope to learn?

Friday