UWSSLEC LibGuides: A Guide for Your 5th Grade President or First Lady Report: PLAN ... Let's start researching!

The Research Process

When researching and collecting information on your president, please follow the Super 3 Research process. These steps are as follows:

PLAN: Ask yourself ...

What do I need to do to complete the task?
Where do I need to look for information?
Do I know what a good job looks like?
Click HERE fo r a worksheet to help you complete the PLAN step of the research process

DO:

Begin the research process!
Look out for key vocabulary and have a dictionary or thesaurus on hand to learn these important words
Take notes! Write down the main topic and key details (use a T-chart structure)
Click HERE for a data chart to download to help in this process
Put your information together! Look for relationships between the key ideas in the notes you took
Remember, this paper is an informative, expository paper. You should NOT be including your opinion
When writing, make sure you proofread your writing, use a clear structure that makes sense, and DO NO plagiarize anything! Make sure all of your writing is your own and is not copied from any of the resources you consulted during the research process!
Click HERE for a worksheet to help you complete the DO step of the research process

REVIEW

Look over all the requirements for your president report. Did you do everything?
Did you follow all of Mr. Saxton's recommendations and requirements?
Make sure to read your paper several times to look for mistakes, and have a teacher or peer also read your paper to make sure it makes sense
Think about what you've learned during this process
Turn in your work!
Click HERE for a worksheet to help you complete the REVIEW step of the research process

This process was documented by Badgerlink's Super 3 Research Guide Site.You can learn more about this process by clicking HERE.