Researching Multiple Perspectives to Develop a Position

Students will engage in an inquiry-based, iterative process for research. Building on work with evidence-based analysis, students explore a topic that has multiple positions and perspectives by gathering and analyzing research based on vetted sources to establish a position of their own.

Students first generate a written evidence-based perspective, which will serve as the early foundation of what will ultimately become a written research-based argument paper.

The research-based argument paper synthesizes and articulates several claims using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence to support the claims. Students read and analyze sources to surface potential problem-based questions for research, and develop and strengthen their writing by revising and editing.

Literacy Skills & Habits

• Read closely for textual details
• Annotate texts to support comprehension and analysis
• Engage in productive evidence-based conversations about text
• Conduct independent searches and assess sources for credibility, relevance, and accessibility
• Develop, refine, and select inquiry questions for independent research
• Collect and organize evidence from research to support analysis in writing
• Identify and evaluate arguments and claims in a text
• Generate an evidence-based perspective from research
• Revise writing
• Utilize rubrics for self-assessment and peer review of writing
• Craft a research-based argument paper