Performance Task Resources
ELA Grade 11: You want to know what

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Methods for Writing a Research Paper: 

A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/
This web site, sponsored by the Internet Public Library, provides credible methods for writing a research paper.

BRAINSTORMING A PAPER TOPIC. . .WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?
http://cal.bemidji.msus.edu/WRC/Handouts/brainsto.txt
This handout is from Undergraduate Writing Center University of Texas at Austin.

University of Richmond’s Writer’s Web
http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb.html
The Writing Center’s Writer’s Web explores topics by stages of the writing process.  The stages include writing the first draft with a thesis statement (with a thesis statement exercise) to documentation with MLA citations, to using sources effectively.

The Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org/
This site helps students think about how to conceive a writing project. The site contains sections on deciding on what to write, organizing, revising and editing your writing, various types of essays, including thesis/support, argumentative, exploratory, and informal, and documenting sources. Each section is accompanied by activities, which help the student to incorporate the concepts.

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association  (MLA) Documentation.

Internet Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/inetcite.htm
This site contains citation guides for Internet Resource.

OWL: Handouts: Research and Documenting Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.html
This site is part of the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University. The site has OWL handouts on how to write a research paper.

My Virtual Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html#tools
The TOOLS FOR RESEARCH section of My Virtual Reference Desk has a list of very good links (some of them are already included above) on doing research and writing a research paper.

Finding Information on the Internet:

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
This is Berkeley’s tutorial for finding information on the Internet.

Researchpaper.com
http://www.researchpaper.com/
This site contains a collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects.

Ask An Expert Page
http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html
This site has links to experts in different fields who are willing to answer your questions.

Biography.Com
http://www.biography.com/
This web site includes a searchable biography database of 15,000 names with information on personalities from antiquity to the present.

  Lives, the Biography Resource
http://amillionlives.com/
This is a nicely organized collection of links to thousands of biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, diaries, letters, narratives, oral histories and more.

How to Present Information Orally: 

The Virtual Presentation Assistant
http://www.ku.edu/~coms/virtual_assistant/vpa/vpa.htm
-- is an online tutorial for improving your public speaking skills. Topics include selecting and researching your topic, analyzing your audience, supporting your points, using visual aids, public speaking Web links, and more.

 

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