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Thanks so much for all of the people who gave me great input on research for AP English 12. Here is my initial target: > Can you help me? I have a first year AP English teacher in who > would like to have her AP English students do a research paper. She > is interested in hearing if other AP English teachers have their > students do research papers, and if so, what topics or ideas they > explore? Responses are below: How about collaborating with a teacher in another discipline, such as science or history? Perhaps the paper can do double duty. Having different classes really doesn't matter. The students who have anatomy can write something for that class, and those taking physics can write something for that one. The idea is that the science (or history, or whatever) teacher will be reviewing the paper for the subject matter, while the English teacher will be working with the mechanics. It may be too late in the year to get this to work completely, but might be something to put into the plans for next year. Also, the finished product might not be just a research paper. ~~~~~ Yes, our AP teachers do have papers assigned. The juniors explore American authors and the seniors British authors/Int'l authors. If you so desire, I will fax you a copy of what they give me and you can pass it on to your teacher. Papers are such a vital part of college life, that our students praise the work of these teachers in preparing them. Just send me your FAX number and I will get them off this morning. ~~~~~ YES!! Our AP students do research papers (and they should)! Our AP English students choose a work of literature (classic) and explore a literary aspect (satire, symbolism, irony, etc.). ~~~~~ In another life, I taught AP English. I got students to research authors (of their choice). They were to read several different genres written by that author, their lives and historic events during their lifetimes that might have affected their writings, identify important themes throughout the writer's ouvre (and provide evidence that these themes were, in fact, pervasive) as well as analyze writing style, etc. Since it is now, indeed, "another life" for me, I can't remember all the specifics. I gave them LOTS of time (like a 9 week grading period or a semester) but I was specific about the number of works they needed to read/discuss and gave them lots of specific suggestions about what to include. I also gave them a specific length for the paper (Philosophically, I'm opposed to this, but realistically, could only get really good results when I insisted they produce at least a certain amount of writing (at least 5 or 7 pages I think). Then I got them to present an edited version to the class. Hope this helps! ~~~~~ Our dual enrollment english teacher does a huge research project. She picks a book with a time period/theme and students pick one aspect to do a presentation. For example, she did One Flew OVer the Cuckoos nest whichis set in the 1960s. STduents then did presentations on art, music, etc. ~~~~~ Our juniors write a career exploration paper, then do job shadowing. Our senior students write a literary analysis paper including analysis of the work, how the work was accepted at the time of publication, more current review of the work, research on the author. ~~~~~ Yes, ours do. They do a wide range of topics depending on what the class is. We have many that do world religions, a certain time period in us history, famous world leaders, etc. ~~~~~ Controversial Issues ~~~~~ Our classes have always done English Research Papers. 10th grade does career papers 11th grade does assorted, approved topics 12th grade does Literary Criticism papers ~~~~~ We are working on a similar project in our 8th grade Advanced Contemporary Literacy classes. The students are going to brainstorm to select a topic in the following vein - People or events that affected the world, or "led the way." - i.e., Rachel Carson, McCarthyism, Gandhi, U.S. moon landing, Apartheid, Ansel Adams and his photography, skyscrapers, Industrial Revolution, Andy Warhol and Pop Art, Dr. Seuss, Beethoven . We will spend a class period doing what I call pre-search, just browsing the materials in order to formulate good questions. They will work through the process of developing 3-4 good questions prior to beginning the research. Cornell note taking will be used, a MLA bibliography. They will define a simple thesis statement, organize an outline, and develop a presentation. ~~~~~ Cynthia Gulden Library Media Specialist Tecumseh High School New Carlisle, OH 45344 tl_cgulden@k12server.mveca.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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