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Lesson objective(s):  Help students select the best sources for their work Total estimated time: 45 minutes Additional outcome(s): Make evaluation criteria more concrete in students’ minds, get indirect feedback on their bibliography Course work or assignment underway: Research paper Work…

Lesson objective(s): Familiarity with the content and structure of a subject encyclopedia article in order to write in this style later on. Total estimated time: 40 minutes Additional outcome(s): Awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of subject encyclopedias as a…

Lesson objective(s):  Applying Gaipa’s analogy of a conversation to texts we’ve read for class, students will map out some of the positions that scholars are taking Total estimated time:  30 minutes Additional outcome(s): More practice working with academic language Course…

Lesson objective(s):  To get information from reference sources at appropriate times Total estimated time: 50-55 minutes Additional outcome(s): Begin to understand how library information is structured Distinguish between general & subject-specific reference sources Course work or assignment underway: Wikipedia assignment…

Lesson objective(s):  To practice evaluating a source based on specific criteria. Total estimated time: 40 minutes Additional outcome(s): Become familiar with Wikipedia’s philosophy in preparation to edit it. Course work or assignment underway: Wikipedia article assessment Work and/or reading completed…

Lesson Plan on Sources Emily Wilbourne, Queens College, CUNY, Music Music 121 or 122  Lesson objective(s): Students will think about the various types of academic sources within the context of their own research project. Total estimated time: 30 minutes. Additional…

Lesson Plan on Quotation Frames Emily Wilbourne, Queens College, CUNY, Music Music 121 or 122 Lesson objective(s): Total estimated time: 35-40 minutes. Additional outcome(s): This is a writing exercise, but it is also a reading exercise that should make students…

Lesson Plan on Using Multiple Sources for a Perspectives Journal Article Esther Muehlbauer, Queens College Department of Biology CW2: Writing in the Sciences – Evolutionary Themes Lesson Objective:  To gracefully present diverse “perspectives” on an evolutionary topic for a scientific…