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Research
Paper Log
During second
semester, you will receive the time frame in which all the components of
the log must be completed.
You will need a
looseleaf notebook. Divide it into six sections using tabbed divider
sheets.
The following is
the form that will be used while planning and conducting your research and
writing.
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A working
bibliography. Each potential source is entered in complete
bibliographic form.
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Notes and
quotes. this section takes the place of the old note card and is
keyed to section one.
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Working
outline. Because it is virtually impossible to outline anything
until you know what you want to say, this is a tentative outline that
may change weekly as new ideas and materials surface.
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Flashes
of brilliance. This is an ideas section. If you get a good idea
for a beginning or an ending or want to be sure to remember something,
this is the section for such entries. I encourage you to have your own
thoughts about the research topic. Cutting and pasting encyclopedias and
National Geographic quotations is not serious research.
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Weekly
summary. Each week you will log time spent on reading, writing,
looking, and thinking. This will enable both of us to observe how
research time spent.
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The rough
draft. Ideally a rough draft grows over time. This section
encourages you to write parts of the rough draft whenever you are ready.
Sometimes the ending comes first; sometimes you are ready to write one
section before another. You must read and write during the research
period.
All students will
share their insights, questions, and discoveries with classmates and your
small writing workshop group as the paper forms. A live audience helps you
search through and explain information. This valuable practice gives you a
preliminary rehearsal before drafting sections of the paper. Using the
research log should cause you to do more thinking and writing before the
final draft. It will also give me a clearer idea of your progress and
problems during the research process. (65, 66)
Work Cited
Kirby, Dan., Liner, Tom, and Vinz, Ruth. Inside Out:
Developmental Strategies for Teaching Writing.
Portsmouth: Heineman, 1988.
Date this page
was last updated:
07/14/2004
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