The Research Process 3. Embedded Assessment 1 requires you to complete a formal research project about a topic related
familiar are you with the research process? Turn and talk to your partner about a research project
to the Harlem Renaissance and then present the results of your research to your class. How
you completed in the past. Take notes on your conversation in your Reader/Writer Notebook
A. Read and paraphrase each step in the graphic organizer. Then try to think of any resources
anternet, librarian, your
teacher, family or neighbors, historical societies or museums, books,
documentaries, and so on) that you might use during each step.
Research Process Steps
Paraphrase
Resources You Might Use
1. Identify the topic to be
researched.
2. Prepare questions that will guide
you toward the information
you want to include in your
presentation.
3. Develop a plan for how and where
you will conduct your research.
4. Locate and evaluate sources for
credibility and accuracy and to
ensure that they are free from
bias and faulty reasoning.
5. Gather evidence; write additional
questions to narrow or broaden
research.
6. Synthesize information from a
variety of sources, making sure to
include academic citations.
7. Use an appropriate mode of
delivery, whether written, oral, or
multimodal, to present results.
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