1. Are you on your way to an “A?”
Note card Check
Are you on your way to an “A?”

2. Do you have the appropriate number of cards?
Note card Check #1
Do you have the appropriate number of cards?
60?

3. Do all cards have a letter at the top? A, B, C, D, E
Note card Check #2
Do all cards have a letter at the top?
A, B, C, D, E

4. Are your source cards in MLA format?
Note card Check #3
Are your source cards in MLA format?
Did you remember the punctuation throughout the citation? underlining? quotation marks? capitalization?

5. Do you have letters and numbers at the top of all information cards?
Note card Check #4
Do you have letters and numbers at the top of all information cards?
A1, A2, B1, B7, D9, etc

6. Do you have print, internet, and database sources? 1,3,3
Note card Check #5
Do you have print, internet, and database sources?
1,3,3
Did you identify each source card as database, print, or internet?

7. Do you have page numbers for information gathered from print sources?
Note card Check #6
Do you have page numbers for information gathered from print sources?

8. Did you identify each card into its appropriate category?
Note card Check #7
Did you identify each card into its appropriate category?
Who, what, when, why where, the big picture…

9. Do you have cards for each category? How many?
Note card Check #8
Do you have cards for each category?
How many?

10. Do you have one fact per card or two if they are closely related?
Note card Check #9
Do you have one fact per card or two if they are closely related?

11. Is your writing legible?
Note card Check #10
Is your writing legible?

12. Do you know more about your topic today than you did last week?
Note card Check #11
Do you know more about your topic today than you did last week?
Tell me one surprising fact about your topic based on your research.

13. Notecard Check #12
Do you have enough information to write a 3-5 page informational essay?

14. Example: How has fast food changed the world?
Note card Check #13
If you were to change your topic title to a question, what would it be?
Example: How has fast food changed the world?

15. What, if any, are your concerns about the topic you have chosen?
Note card Check #14
What, if any, are your concerns about the topic you have chosen?
What do you need from me to help you be successful on this project?

16. If I take you to the lab, how will you use the time?
Note card Check #15
If I take you to the lab, how will you use the time?