Embedded+Skills+Exemplars

=**HS Outcomes**= = = =1. Freshmen Orientation Program=

(basic introduction/review of online resource access and use)

=2. Research Paper Skills: Grades 9 - 11=

|| 8/9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng MWH || 9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || || 9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || || TSEA 8/9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || 9/10 Eng MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng MWH || || 8/9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng MWH || 8/9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || || 8/9/10 Eng WC - 9 || 9/10 Eng || 8/9/10 Eng WC - 9 || WC - 9 || 9/10 Eng || 8/9/10 Eng WC - 9 || || 8/9/10 Eng WC - 9 || 9/10 Eng || 9/10 Eng WC - 9 || || 8/9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng MWH || TSEA 8/9/10 WC – 9 MWH || WC – 9 MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng MWH || TSEA WC – 9 MWH || || 8/9/10 Eng WC - 9 || TSEA 9/10 Eng || TSEA 8/9/10 Eng WC - 9 || || 9/10 Eng || TSEA 9/10 Eng || TSEA || || TSEA 9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || 9/10 Eng MWH || TSEA 9/10 Eng WC – 9 MWH || WC - 9 || 9/10 Eng || 9/10 WC - 9 || || TSEA 10 Eng || 10 Eng || TSEA 10 Eng || = 3. IB Extended Essay Guidelines =
 * Skill || Teach || Reinforce || Assess ||
 * Locate relevant and reliable sources: print
 * Locate/evaluate relevant and reliable sources: web based
 * Locate relevant and reliable sources: school subscription services
 * Select/Narrow down a topic
 * Create a Research Question
 * Skim and Scan for relevant information || 8/9/10 Eng
 * Identify the author’s thesis/point of view and support provided
 * Take and categorize notes: paraphrase and summarize
 * Write sources in MLA format || 8/9/10 Eng
 * Compile an accurate Works Cited
 * Use internal citation in a paper
 * Organize notes into a Working Plan or outline (argument/support)
 * Create a thesis || 9/10 Eng
 * Write a complete paper from a working plan using the Writing Process

Detail available at IBO Extended Essay Guidelines. IL Embedded Skills subsets include: (insert to come)

=4. Senior Seminar Research Project=

(1-Semester, Senior Year, Non-IB Diploma students)

Full Research booklet covers all aspects of research and writing process. Specified IL embedded skills. IL embedded skills include highlighted (red) sections below: and Exemplars** **Table of Contents**
 * Research Paper and Exhibition Guidelines

Off-Limits/ Potential topics ................................................................................................ 2 General Requirements .......................................................................................................... 4 Timeline ................................................................................................................................... 5  Questions Leading to Research Paper Topics/ Questions ................................................ 6 Assessment Criteria for the Issue Based Research Paper ............................................... 8 Research Paper Scoring Descriptors ................................................................................ 10 Research Process Guidelines (‘The 4R Test’) .................................................................... 15 ISB Main Library General Research Guide ...................................................................... 17   General MLA Citation-Style Guidelines, 2006 ................................................................ 1 8  Search Engines: Researching on the Internet .................................................................. 22 Taking Notes ........................................................................................................................ 23  Plagiarizing ......................................................................................................................... 2 4 Sample Source: //BBC News// .................................................................................................. 25 Notetaking Example ........................................................................................................... 28  Incorporating the 10 Aspects of the Theory of Knowledge .......................................... 29   Sample Thesis Statements ................................................................................................. 34   Prewriting Sketch (Exemplar) .......................................................................................... 3 5 Research Vocabulary for Discussing Knowledge Issues .............................................. 38 Conventions/ Including Direct Quotes ............................................................................. 40 Sample Sources for ToK implications/ ‘A Student’ Exemplar (Research Paper & Works Cited) ....................... (following p. 40) 