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Research Project: Sports Lit (ENG 5-6)

Research Project Overview:​​ During the second quarter in English class, you will complete
an individual research project based on a “sports-related” topic of your choice.

The project includes: a formal research paper, formal speaking presentation and
visual.
The project includes many, many days at school for you to work on your project, however
considerable work will need to be done for homework as well. The ​Project Calendar​​ (see
below) provides important dates to plan for as you to complete this project.

I. Research Paper:​​ Your essay will be at least 4 pages long (no longer than 6 pages), not
including the works cited page. The main focus of the project is how to conduct research on a
topic you are interested in and will include these steps:
(1) getting started
(2) finding reliable resources
(3) taking notes
(4) developing an outline
(5) using internal parenthetical citations and Works Cited
(6) writing drafts
(7) editing and revisions
II. Informational Presentation: ​This formal informational presentation will allow you to
discuss what you have learned about your topic to your peers. This part of the project functions
as a REAL aspect of what researchers do with their research: They share their findings and/or
concerns with others.
Your informational presentation will be a rehearsed and polished formal speaking assessment
and will be scored on:
(1) Ideas
(2) Organization
(3) Language
(4) Delivery
III​​. Your ​visual aid​​ will be a PowerPoint (or similar) presentation and will be a part of your
formal presentation.

Individually Graded Components:​​ There will be a number of check-ins during this project.
You will also have research and lab time at school (see ​Project Calendar​​). The expectation is
that you are meeting due dates by completing work at school and at home. Use your spiral and
Google Docs to keep all of your work organized and in one location.
Saving, Sharing and Storing Your Research: ​For a successful research experience, you
need to have a working email account and a cloud source for storing data, (such as iCloud,
Dropbox, or Google Docs).

Key Deadlines: Oct. 31/1 - Pick a topic Nov.2/5- Formulate research question
Nov. 8/9 - Extensive notes in organized system Nov.15/16 - Completed outline
Nov. 30/3 - Rough Draft Jan. 3-4 - Final Draft Jan. 3-10 - Presentations
It is also possible to share resources with your peers who are working on similar issues. In a
REAL WORLD research community, this act of sharing is an important part of research
experience.

PROJECT CALENDAR

MONTH Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

October 26 A day
Picking a topic

October/Nove No School 30 B day 31 A day 1 B day 2 A day

mber Picking a topic Computers Computers Computers
Research Research Formulating
skills/Exploration skills/Exploration Research Question
time time

November 5 B day 6 A day 7 B day 8 A day 9 B day

Computers Note taking Note taking Computers Computers
Formulating Research and note Research and note
Research Question taking taking

November 12 No school 13 A day 14 B day 15 A day 16 B day

How to Cite How to cite Typing day Typing day
Outlining Outlining

Thanksgiving
No School

November 26 A day 27 B day 28 A day 29 B day 30 A day

Typing day Typing day Expectations for Expectations for Rough draft due
presentations presentations

December 3 B day 4 A day 5 B day Work on 6 A day 7 B day

Rough draft due Work on presentations Computers Computers
presentations Visual for Visual for
presentation presentation

December 10 A day 11 B day

Computers for Computers for
Revision revision
conferences conferences

January 3 A day 4 B day

Presentations/fi Presentations/fi
nal draft due nal draft due

January 7 A day 8 B day 9 A day 10 B day

Presentations Presentations Presentations Presentations

Key Deadlines: Oct. 31/1 - Pick a topic Nov.2/5- Formulate research question
Nov. 8/9 - Extensive notes in organized system Nov.15/16 - Completed outline
Nov. 30/3 - Rough Draft Jan. 3-4 - Final Draft Jan. 3-10 - Presentations