College Prep Final Study Guide

Be able to place the six stage of the research process in order.

1. Define the research process.
2. Develop an information search strategy.
3. Locate and access information.
4. Evaluate sources and take notes.
5. Syunthesize information
6. Evaluate and present

Be able to match each of the steps of the research process with their corresponding stages.

Define the research process.

After learning what others have said about the topic, form a primary question.

Determine the other questions needed to adequately answer your primary question--secondary and tertiary questions.

Create a rough outline or graphic organizer to guide your research.

Develop an information search strategy.

Identify potential search terms from the key words of your research question.

List synonymous and alternative words to use for searching.

Determine how to best combine search words using Boolean terms (and, or, not).

Locate and access information.

Consider which types of sources would most likely contain the information needed.

Determine where those resources are accessible.

Evaluate sources and take notes.

Read, view, and/or listen to source information.

Select information relevant to research questions.

Take notes by primarily paraphrasing or summarizing information and occaionally by directly quoting.

Each note should include source, keyword, page number (when provided), and the short fact, paraphrase, summary, or direct quote.

Synthesize information.

Organize notes using research questions and keywords.

Draft a paper that's thesis answers your primary research qeustion and topic sentences answer your secondary/tertiary level questions.

Evaluate and present.

Evaluate how well your paper answers your primary research question and the requiremnts of the assignment and seek feedback from others.

Edit your paper to meet assigned style and have others edit it as well.

Submit your paper at designated deadline.

Evaluate research process and feedback to your product (paper, presentation, etc.) and make plans for improving future research projects.

Be able to list the four steps of integrating source material:
Introduce the source.
Allow the source to speak (quote, paraphrase, summary, short fact).
Cite the source.
Comment.

Ms. Taylor-Johnston's haiku deck is a good review of this concept.

MLA is an abbreviaton for what?

What is the current edition of MLA?

Which website does Mr. Stone recommend for MLA format?

Tanka

Students took a quiz over Yasunari Kawabata's "The Jay" and an excerpt from Pin Yathay's Stay Alive, My Son. 

The class read the introductory material on four Japanese tanka poets: Tsurayuki, Komachi, Ise, and Saigyo.  The class read one example of each of these classic tanka poets,  Mr. Stone showed the class an abridged version of The Tales of Genji and shared the first few pages of Machi Tawara's Salad Anniversary, an award-winning, late twentieth century collection of tanka.

Homework:  Read the excerpt from Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book (716-724).

Three Prose Readings

Students had time in class to read/reread Kathrine Mansfield's "The Doll House" (792-798).  A quiz was given over this reading at the end of class.

Students also had time to read Yasunari Kawabata's "The Jay" (754-758) and Pin Yathay's "Feeding the Fire of Enmity" (819-825) an excerpt from Stay Alive, My Son.

Homework:  Complete any reading not done in class.  Review texts for quizzes.  Study for upcoming test using Quizlet and work on your cultural writing project.

Please note the error on the study  sheet that listed Pin Yathay as from Vietnam.  He is from Cambodia.  This error has been corrected on Quizlet.  Please make sure to correct it on your review sheet.

Culturally Inspired Literature Project

Students are to write a poem, a fictional short story, or an autobiographical story which is inspired and includes a cultural dish.  Students will read their writing and share with the class the dish which inspired it during the final exam period.

Quizlet for East and Southeast Asia and Pacific Test

Quizlet sets for the East and Southeast Asia and Pacific test are now available.

East and Southeast Asia and Pacific Literature

Tuesday, January 3-5, 2017

On the first day, students read the introductory material (672-682) and read the Zen parables "Muddy Road and "The Taste of Banzo's Sword" (730-734).

On the second day, students took a quiz over the Zen parables and discussed haiku.  They read two haiku by Basho, two by Buson, and two by Issa.  They began reading the excerpt from Robert Hass' The Essential Haiku (743+) and finished the excerpt for homework.

On the third day, students took a quiz over the excerpt from Robert Hass' The Essential Haiku (743-747).  Mr. Stone shared maps from locations he visited in China five years ago.  The class read about Bei Dao (748) and read his poem "Answer" (750-751). For Homework, the students read Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House" (792-798).

Poems by Hikmet & Solzhenitsyn

Mr. Stone spent a few minutes clarifying points about the imagery in Lorca's "The Guitar" (1043) and Milosz's "Encounter" (1047).  He then went on to read "Meet Nazim Hikmet" (1049) and to read and discuss the form of Hikmet's "The World, My Friends, My Enemies, You, and the Earth" (1051).   Stone also  read "Meet Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" (1072) and read his poem "Mr. Freedom to Breathe" (1074).  Mr. Stone continued to emphasize the influence of politics on the writings of these poets.

Mr. Stone also shared one of his own poems, "Riding the Flexible Flyer."

Homework:  Study the Quizlet sets for Thursday's test over literature of early and modern Europe.