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Lesson 5

We will delineate and discuss information and arguments we have individually researched so that other students on our team will know if they want to use those texts in developing their own arguments.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I work effectively with a peer research team to collaboratively expand our understanding of a common subtopic?

  • Can I generate a controversial question and delineate an argument I have researched, then report what I have learned to my peer research team?

Texts

There are no texts for this Lesson.

Materials

Tools

Editable Google Docs

Activity 1: Discuss

In research teams, we will share and compare the draft questions we developed at the end of Lesson 4.

Rejoin your research team and present your draft question to the team.

Think about how your question relates to the questions developed by other students on the team.

As a team, develop an overview of where your individual questions might take you as you research and write your arguments.

Share what your team has summarized with other teams in the class.

If you begin rethinking what interests you, determine whether you want to change to another group or continue with your current research team.

Activity 2: Discuss

In research teams, we will report on and discuss the texts we have read and delineated for homework.

Review the assignments each team member had for homework reading and research, and the status of each member’s work.

For each text or research task, report what you have learned so far.

Discuss whether, and how, what you have learned might be used by other students on the research team.

Activity 3: Write

Individually, we will determine what information sources or arguments we might use to develop our own arguments and determine if we need to do further research.

Based on your research team’s review and discussion, identify and list possible sources you have read or intend to read as you develop your own perspective and argument.

Activity 4: Discuss

In research teams, we will individually report what we have determined about our sources of information and needs for further research. We will discuss if and how the team should engage in further research to provide mutual support.

Report to your team what you have decided so far.

As a team, determine if you need to do further collaborative reading or research, or whether you might now work more independently.

Activity 5: Read – Write

For homework, we will continue to research our subtopic and question.

For homework, continue to read supplemental texts or do further Internet research based on your research team’s discussion and decisions.

Write new or interesting words you encounter in your Vocabulary Journal.