Journal

English Journal

Re-envisioning Research

by Gregory Shafer

Re-envisioning Research
Grades
8 - 12
Type
Journal
Published
September 1999
Publisher
NCTE

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Description

Describes a research paper in the author's high school English classroom which connected to the lives and interests of students, who delved into community problems with as much rigor (and using many types of research as traditional essays exploring arcane philosophical questions). Describes creating a context for exploration, and students' final projects.

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Grades
9 - 12
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Lesson Plan
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Standard Lesson
The Year I Was Born: An Autobiographical Research Project
Students explore the year they were born through interviews and research, and then weave the details into a newspaper or booklet, written from another person's point of view.