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RESEARCH FOR WRITING Follow each step of the writing process to communicate effectively. After you have identified the purpose for your writing, you may need to do research. The following steps will help you plan, gather, organize, and present information. Step 1. Ask Questions Ask yourself questions to help guide your research. What do I already know about the topic? What do I want to find out about the topic? Locate and use appropriate sources of information about the topic. Step 2. Acquire Information Library Internet search Interviews Take notes. Follow accepted format for listing sources. Evaluate the information you find. Step 3. Analyze Information Is it relevant to the topic? Is it up-to-date? Is it accurate? Is the writer an authority on the topic? Is there any bias? Step 4. Use Information Answer your research questions with the Do I have all the information I need? information you have found. (You may find that you need to do more research.) Organize your information into the main points you want to make. Identify supporting details. Arrange ideas in outline form or in a graphic organizer. Step 5. Communicate What You’ve Learned Review the purpose for your writing and choose an appropriate way to present the information. Purpose inform persuade interpret Presentation formal paper, documentary, multimedia essay, letter to the editor, speech journal, newspaper account, drama Draft and revise your writing, and then evaluate it. Use a rubric for self-evaluation. STUDENT SUCCESS HANDBOOK 15
EVALUATING YOUR WRITING Use the following rubric to help you evaluate your writing. Excellent Good Acceptable Unacceptable Purpose Achieves purpose—to inform, persuade, or provide historical interpretation— very well Informs, persuades, or provides historical interpretation reasonably well Reader cannot easily tell if the purpose is to inform, persuade, or provide historical interpretation Lacks purpose Organization Develops ideas in a very clear and logical way Presents ideas in a reasonably well-organized way Reader has difficulty following the organization Lacks organization Elaboration Explains all ideas with facts and details Explains most ideas with facts and details Includes some supporting facts and details Lacks supporting details Use of Language Uses excellent vocabulary and sentence structure with no errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation Uses good vocabulary and sentence structure with very few errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation Includes some errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling Includes many errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling 16 STUDENT SUCCESS HANDBOOK
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