Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Peers’ Posts

Summary 
This is a summary of [Heather's W]'s blog post titled [UnGoogleable Research- What I Already Know]. To access the full post, click here. Heather wrote about her Marriage, and what she already knew about it. Heather does not agree with wedding rings because she thinks that if the people are committed in a relationship and love each other; why do they have to have wedding rings to show it. Other than that, she does not really know anything about marriage except that you wear rings when you're married, and she wants to learn the history of marriage.

Paraphrase 
This is a paraphrase of a section of [Rebekah M.]'s blog post titled [Comment-Seeking Post]. To access the full post, click here. Rebekah has been having a hard time back and home. She now works at Foot Locker, she really enjoys her job; because it's fun and her boss is very funny. It is also very hard for her to go to work at the same time because she has homework from school. She tries very hard to catch up with old homework.

Quote 
This is a quote of a section of [Amy C]’s blog post titled [Comment-Seeking Post]. To access the full post, click here. "I don't why people will go back out if they already broke up and tried to be together, but it didn't work out. I can go on with this list, but the point is most relationships on campus don't workout."

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Quote, Summary, or Paraphrase Paragraph

Welcome students! Today, I am going to teach you about how to record evidence, when to summarize and what a summary is, when to use a quote and what a quote is, and when to paraphrase and what a paraphrase is. Evidence is a text that you found in a reliable source that will help to answer your focus question. Summary is a long section of text, you would want to use it when it is a short written paragraph. It is to retell the main ideas in the story, using fewer words. You want to use a quote if it is a short an simple section of text that you can find easily to t in your own words. Quote is something that someone said and you will have to use theses signs “ “. Paraphrase is ti retell the ides using your on words, you would want to use it if it a short and simple section of text that you can easily put in your own words. To help you remember this, I highly recommend you study.

Monday, April 11, 2011

UnGoogleable Research Paper Website Selection Reflection

Today in class, I search for my resources in many different search engines. To search for websites, I type in “Central Intelligence Agency”. When I found a website related to my focus question, I knew it was the right one because it had a lot of information and detailed things. I knew some of the websites I found were unacceptable because they had a lot of people’s opinion on the page and many advertisements. The websites I selected are good because they were from .gov. Tomorrow, I expect Ms. Priester will tell me to choose this and that websites because they’re great resources. Although, Ms. Priester will say, "We need to reword your focus question", I still did a good job.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

UnGoogleable Research – What I Already Know

My focus question is “After retiring from the CIA, do the retired agents have to continue their confidential manners?”. I barely have any clue of what happens after retirement. You can retire but, before you retire you have to have a replacement to take your spot. I also know that it takes a couple of months to go through the process. I have no idea about the agents continuing their confidential manners after retiring. By doing my research soon, I hope to learn what happens to their life after the CIA. I also want to know the benefits they get afterward and their stories of their experiences.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

UnGoogleable Research Paper – Website Evaluation Tips

I asked people questions about how to find good research websites for my paper. I wanted to know about what happens after retiring from the CIA, do the retired agents have to continue their confidential manners and how does having the CIA affect our society? I chosen that because I have always been so interested in the CIA, and I always wanted to be one. I researched a lot about it a few years ago and I know the requirements and what can happen. It suddenly made me think about what happens after you retire and how serious it affects our society. An adult that I interviewed is my house parent Debbie. She said, “I really don’t know, I go to a site that is related to my topic and when I look through it, it is clear, easy to understand, and makes sense”. The second adult I interviewed is my house parent Bob. He said, “I think the most informative”. An upperclassman that I interviewed is Lorelye R. She said, “If it has .edu or .org or .gov”. The advice these people have given me will help me to write my research paper because I am now aware of what to search and what not to search.