First paragraph: Introduction (at least 10 sentences)

• What do you already know about this topic?
• Why does it interest you?
• What do you hope to learn about this topic?
• What resources do you think you will use (websites, books, magazines, interviewing subject matter experts)?
• What would you like Mr. Watson to learn from your paper?

First Body Paragraph: Web Sources: (at least 12 sentences)

• What were the first few web sources you looked at?
• Why did you feel these were useful sources?
• How did you narrow it down to 2 or 3 usable, relevant sources?
• How do you know these sources are reliable and appropriate?
• What problems do you think you will have citing these sources?

Second Body Paragraph: Other Sources (at least 8 sentences)

• What else did you do for research (using print books, asking Mr. Watson for sources, using films, images, youtube videos, talking to a subject matter expert)?
• What did you learn from finding and using these sources?
• What problems will you have with citing these sources?
• How do you know these sources are reliable?

Third and Fourth Body Paragraph: What you Learned* (You may need more than two paragraphs)
• Each paragraph should be at least 12 sentences
• Include at least 3 direct quotes from your research (total, not per paragraph)
o Direct quotes go in quotation marks
• Introduce each quote-here are some examples
o “According to the website…”
o “My source _______ ________ mentioned this when it said….”
o “One way of answering this question is…”
• Follow each direct quote with a clear explanation of (choose any 3):
o why this quote is relevant to your paper,
o how it matches what you wanted to learn,
o how it builds on what you already knew,
o what Mr. Watson is supposed to learn from this, and
o why you chose that quote out of all the others you could have used)
Conclusion Paragraph (at least 8 sentences)
• Did you meet your goals for learning and teaching?
• What will you do with your new knowledge?
• What part of your topic do you wish you learned more about?
• What was the hardest part of your research?
• Why was that part so hard?
• What did you do when you got stuck?
Works Cited Page: Appears on a separate page after your last body paragraph