Research Narrative Checklist

Title: Be strong! State your opinion in a clever way

Beginning: What you knew, assumed or imagined before starting the project

Explain your research topic and question

What do you intend to find out with your research?

Why is your topic/question important / significant to you?

How has this topic / question touched your life? Why do you feel strongly about it?

Why should your topic/ question be important / significant to others and the world?

What would you like your readers / audience to know/ feel / understand after reading your work?

Give a brief overview of what you have found in your research and your thoughts and response to the process.

Middle: What you discovered

Present your research. For each source,

Use a topic sentence that explains how this source fits into your understanding of your topic / question

Use a quote sandwich for each quote

Use metacommentary and TSIS templates to respond to every quote

Use proper documentation for every quote / summary

Explain how this source contributes to your thinking on your topic / question, and how they connect to other sources

Ending: Reflections and Informed Opinion

Explain how the research has changed your thinking. How has your thinking about the topic/question/ issue/ problem evolved as a result of your research?

Reflect upon what you have discovered

Explain how the experience of doing this project has influenced your thinking

Make a claim about your issue, which is supported by the research, based on your now-informed opinion.

Use this template for your claim:

Although [many people believe] ………….., I claim ……………. because……………….

Are there still areas to research, more questions to answer?

What would you like your readers to know / understand / believe?

What action would you like readers to take, after reading your paper?

How could you further share or act upon what you have learned?

What are your last words on this subject?

Works Cited

For every source used in this paper, you should have an MLA formatted works cited listing

See the model student papers for general format

Minimum Information to include:

Last name, first name. “Article title.” Journal or newspaper name. Date of publication. URL of website where you accessed the article.

Same basic format for videos, interviews, documentaries

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