Writing: Research, Forms and Conventions: Unit Review

Example: How do [Novel A] and [Novel B] present memory as something that must be passed on, and why do their reasons differ? Comparative, focused and arguable.

Any five: working title, primary texts in MLA, research question, working thesis, rationale, lens or approach, planned sources, timeline, anticipated challenges.

Building a schedule from the due date back to today, setting milestones such as the draft and proposal.

Re-scope or adjust early with your teacher: widen the search (genre, theme, interviews), ask a librarian, or narrow the question.

Title and abstract, end of the introduction, conclusion, headings, then the sections you need.

The critical conversation, the gap, and the thesis.

Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion; limitations are usually in the Discussion.

Relative: 100% increase (doubled). Absolute: 0.5 percentage points (0.5% to 1.0%), or 5 more cases per 1000.

A preprint has not yet been peer-reviewed, so its findings have not been checked by other experts.

Find and open the source yourself and check author, title, journal, year and pages; a DOI should lead to the real article.

Two-Eyed Seeing (Etuaptmumk): using the strengths of Indigenous and Western knowledges together.

Introduce, cite, explain.

concedes (or acknowledges, grants).

No. It is self-plagiarism.

Lee, Mina, et al.

(Roy and Mendes 7)

As a second container, followed by the DOI or URL.

Any three: header with last name and page number, four-line heading, centred plain title, double spacing, 1-inch margins, half-inch paragraph indent.

Who and what (thesis), how, why (purpose), for whom (audience and tone).

The argument or findings.

By idea or theme, with several sources in each paragraph, ending with the gap and your question.

False dilemma.

About a third or less; most is evaluation.

The production.

Example: Shelved and organized about 300 returned books each week at the public library. (Use accurate numbers.)

Not answering the actual prompt.

Two or three of the employer's requirements, each matched with specific evidence from your experience.

The events and people are true; nothing is invented, and compression or composites are disclosed.

An essay that alternates two or more strands that echo each other.

An introduction or preface and notes citing the research (and a unifying thread).

These criteria are listed in the rubric.

implies

The study comprises three parts (e.g., surveys, interviews, and observations). (No of, comma after e.g., no etc.)

the Joneses' cabin

Did the narrator really say, "We are lost"? (Your sentence is the question.)

She asked whether the report was finished. (Indirect question.)

shows: the subject is analysis.

If the council had acted, the rink would have stayed open.

Many students use the library.

Using interviews, the researchers concluded that... (Name the doer.)

Revision, line editing, copy editing, proofreading.

Recording consistency decisions (spellings, names, titles, punctuation, numbers) for one document.

Table: label and title above. Figure: Fig. number and caption below.

Example: In Grade 11 most of my sources came from web searches; for my ISU, five of seven came from library databases, and my synthesis matrix revealed the gap I wrote about.

A short reflective note submitted with an assignment about how you produced it, what worked and what feedback you want.

Any three: writer's statement, four to six pieces with notes, a draft pair, process evidence, goals.