Lesson Plan Wednesday (9/5)

Take role

 

Talk about Kantz as a class- 20 min

 

She basically lays out for you how to write an original research paper, utilizing some of the techniques we have been practicing (close reading, synthesis).

 

Kantz says that students just want to summarize the facts. Have you ever come across this problem when writing research papers?

 

Let’s talk about #1 on “Questions for Discussion and Journaling”. Do you think you have the same problem as Shirley? If you had known about the true nature of “facts” according to Kantz, would you have just summarized the facts of several different sources?

(In conversation stalls, have them talk about their answers in groups and have each group share)

 

Reading rhetorically (Kinneavy’s triangle). Ask them questions about Kantz’s article. “What are you saying to help me with the problem you assume I have?” (76). Apply Kinneavy’s triangle to Kantz.

 

Then find a gap in the triangle. Writing Heuristics on page 78. Is this passage helpful? Read-aloud and break it down.

 

Describe for me the steps Kantz talks about for students who want to write an original research paper.

 

Individual in-class writing: meta moment- 15 min (have some share).

 

Spend some time workshopping an informal writing assignment- 20 minutes

            Talk about synthesis

 

Collect the in-class writing and any paper copies of the informal writing assignment.

 

Homework for Friday: Summary of Library Tutorials