Research Skills Curriculum Map
9th Grade
DRAFT – prepared by Karen Burns,
Month
|
Skill |
Information Literacy Standards |
Activities |
Product |
Ongoing Big 6 Skill |
September
|
1 Task Definition |
1.
Define the information problem and narrow or broaden a topic. 2.
Formulate essential questions based on information needs. 3.
Write a thesis statement. 4.
Identify information needed to complete the task. |
Concept
Mapping and Graphic Organizers KWHL
Graphic Organizer http://www.big6.com/kidsshowarticle.php?id=238 Is
it a thesis? Online activity based on subject for which the learner has prior knowledge. http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/thesis.html |
Poster
Web
or Organizer Organizer Completed
Thesis Statement Essential
Questions & Info Needed List |
6 Evaluation |
|
October |
2 Information
Seeking Strategies |
1.
Determine the range of possible sources. 2.
Select information appropriate to the problem or question at hand. |
Library
Scavenger Hunt Evaluation
Websites Web quest http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/evalwebstu.html ICYouSee:
T is for Thinking http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html Or
other Web Site Evaluation activity Primary/Secondary
Sources/ American Memory |
Answer
sheet Web
Evaluation Grid Zoom
Into Maps
or Other
Plan |
6 Evaluation |
|
November |
3 Location and Access |
1.
Locate, evaluate and collect information from a variety of sources. |
Searching
Activities: Web
and Library OPAC Four
NETS for Better Searching |
Graphic
Organizer of Results Graphic
Organizer of Results |
6 Evaluation |
|
December |
4
Use of Information
|
1.
Engage the information in a source. 2.
Extract relevant information from a source. |
http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=45 Other
note taking formats – Notemaking: http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking.html Summarizing,
Paraphrasing and Quoting |
Notes
Page |
6 Evaluation |
|
January |
Continued
|
3.
Cite sources. |
Plagiarism
and Citations Is
It Plagiarism? http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/isitplag.html MLA
Guide Citation
Machine |
Quiz
Results Annotated
Bibliography |
6 Evaluation |
|
February |
5 Synthesis |
1.
Organize and present information from a variety of sources. |
Organize
known and/or teacher provided information on an artistic graphic organizer,
short PowerPoint presentation and in paragraph form. |
Organizer PowerPoint Paper |
6 Evaluation |
|
March |
Research Project |
|
Big6
Research Organizer OSPI
Research Project or Other Selected Project |
|
|
|
April |
Continued
|
|
Continued |
|
|
|
May |
Continued
|
|
Continued |
|
|
|
June |
Continued
|
|
Continued |
Final
Product |
6 Evaluation |
Ideas
for this map are from:
Big6
Site: Big6
Technology Matrix Online
Resources for Big6
http://www.big6.com/index.php http://www.surfline.ne.jp/janetm/big6info.htm http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm