Tools for Engaging Students in Authentic Research April Lawrence School of Education The College of William and Mary

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Match the Prompt to the Test! Virginia End of Course English SOL SAT AP English Language & Composition Free Response Question (SOL, SAT, AP)

A. SOLB. SATC. AP 1.Do material possessions make us truly happy? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. 2.Think about the differing views of ownership. Then write an essay in which you explain your position on the relationship between ownership and sense of self. Use appropriate evidence from your reading, experience, or observations to support your argument. 3.Author Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” Based on your experiences, do you agree or disagree with Emerson’s statement? Take a position on the issue. Support your response with reasons and specific examples.

Formulating Research Questions What does your text set say about you?

Make connections…

Advanced Organizers/Conceptual Maps

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Evaluation Writing as process – (What if we let them keep trying and revising until they got it right???) Multiple evaluators (self, peers, teachers, public)

Authentic Audience Blogs and wikis and websites, oh my! Letters the editor Comments on news outlets Class service learning campaign