INQUIRY PROCESS - EXPOSITORY WRITING

1. 2-GUIDING QUESTION(S)

1.1. How Can I Develop a Guiding Question?

2. 1-SELECT TOPIC

2.1. Topics

2.1.1. Grades K-1

2.1.2. Grades 2-5

2.1.2.1. Snakes

2.1.2.1.1. Pythons

2.1.2.1.2. Cobra

2.1.2.2. Octopus

2.1.2.3. Bears

2.1.2.3.1. Pandas

2.1.2.3.2. Polar Bear

2.1.2.4. Sea Turtle

2.1.3. Presearch Mind Map Grades 6-8

2.1.3.1. Topic Focus

2.1.3.2. Big Concepts

2.1.3.3. Search Terms

2.1.3.4. Sources

2.2. What interests you about this topic?

2.3. What do you "think" you know about this topic already?

2.4. What's your goal for this essay?

3. 4- Gather & Notetaking

3.1. Note taking

3.1.1. Citations

3.1.2. Summaries

3.1.3. Direct quotes

3.1.4. Paraphrased notes

3.2. Organize facts into categories

3.3. Create section headings from categories

3.3.1. Introduction

3.3.2. Subhead 1

3.3.3. Subhead 2

3.3.4. Subhead 3

3.3.5. Conclusion

4. 3-Information Seeking

4.1. Search Terms

4.2. Sources

4.2.1. Websites

4.2.2. Books

4.2.3. News

4.2.4. Articles & Reports

4.2.5. Blogs

4.2.6. Experts

5. 5-WRITE & EDIT

5.1. Edit

5.1.1. Editing Checklist

5.1.2. You Edit

5.1.3. Peer Edit

5.1.4. Teacher Edit

5.2. Finalize

5.2.1. Cover Page

5.2.2. Table of Contents

5.2.3. Bibliography & Footnotes