Senior Research Project Web Search, Part I

Directions: Save this document as a Microsoft Word document into your “My Documents” folder. Then, surf the web to aide you in finding answers to questions about your senior research project. To speed up the research process, you do not need to research these questions in sequential order, but they must ultimately be answered in the sequence below. For best results, use a variety of search engines. MSN, Alta Vista, Yahoo, and Ask Jeeves, tend to yield the best results, but also check out other search engines.

Web Search Tips: To assist you in your search, use keywords such as your genre + keywords associated with your topic. For example, for fiction and topic two (thematic), you might use as your keywords “fiction + rites of passage” to help you in discovering potential titles to read.

1.  What three genres have you selected to read, view, or listen to for your senior research project?

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2.  What approach have you chosen for your senior research project?

3.  In one sentence, state why you made this choice.

4.  List at least three titles for your first genre that will be the focus of your senior research project.

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5.  List at least three titles for your second genre that will be the focus of your senior research project.

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6.  List at least three titles for your third genre that will be the focus of your senior research project.

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7. Write a draft of a thesis statement that addresses the topic which you have chosen, then revise it until it controls your objective as a writer for this essay.

Senior Research Project Web Search

Part I1: Making Choices

Directions: Save this document as a Microsoft Word document into your “My Documents” folder. If you need to do additional research to answer these questions, MSN, Alta Vista, Google, Yahoo, and Ask Jeeves, tend to yield the best results, but also check out other search engines, as well. You must have all three of your genres you will read, listen to, or study with you in class on Friday.

Web Search Tips: To assist you in your search, use your genre + keywords associated with your topic. For example, for fiction and topic two (thematic), you might use as your keywords “fiction + rites of passage” to help you in discovering potential titles to read.

1)  What literary source will you be reading that is 100 or more pages in length?

a.  What is its title?

b.  How many pages in length?

c.  Who is its author?

d.  What is its genre?

2)  What is the second genre you will be reading or viewing?

a.  What is its title?

b.  How many pages in length (if applicable)?

c.  Who is its author?

d.  What is its genre?

3)  What is the third genre you will be reading or viewing?

a.  What is its title?

b.  How many pages in length (if applicable)?

c.  Who is its author?

d.  What is its genre?

4)  What common thread runs through all three selections?

5)  What is your tentative thesis statement?