RESEARCH DEBATE PROJECT

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RESEARCH DEBATE PROJECT

• PROJECT OVERVIEW

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I. TOPIC and THESIS QUESTION

• Steroids in Sports.
• Exaggerated, unjustified, not dangerous
• OR
• Understated/accurate, justified, dangerous?

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II. ALL YOU KNOW ESSAY
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II. AYK

• essay format
• headers, Intro, Conclusion
• typed, stapled
• all you know about the issue
• its history
• and its advocates
• before you begin your research

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III. PRELIMINARY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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III. PAB

• 5 sources per individual
• each source is annotated
• 1 paragraph of summary
• 1 paragraph of evaluation
• of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
• each group member will submit this P.A.B. to me
  with his/her name on it

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III. PAB

• 1. ALL BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
• from the title page, NOT the card catalog
• appears like the Works Cited page
• 2. SUMMARY
• with paraphrases quotations
• 3. ANALYSIS
• more than just agreeing or disagreeing,
• find contradictions,
• find insights and assumptions and
  overgeneralizations, logos fallacies, pathos,
  ethos)

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IV. FINAL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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FAB

• each group selects the 5 best sources for its
  side of the issue
• each group member then contributes to a new,
  revamped annotation of these sources
• each group member will submit this F.A.B. to me
  with his/her name on it

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V. ANALOGY
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ANALOGY

• each member of the group will compose an analogy
  of this topic submit it to me
• youve already written an analogy essay
• ETHOS admit that differences exist admit the
  those differences
• the differences should NOT be more important than
  the similarities
• relate the similarities to your point

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VI. FINAL ANALOGY
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FINAL ANALOGY

• each group will decide on its best analogy
• this analogy will appear in the presentation
• and in the final draft of the essay
• (typically in the Conclusion)
• no, you do NOT have to write and/or submit
  anything for this step
• this is an UNGRADED assignment

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VII. DISCOVERY
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DISCOVERY

• each person in each group will be responsible for
  creating a packet which contains the 5 final
  resources for that side
• then, each person will exchange his/her packet
  with a corresponding member of the other side
• in the end, each person will have the final 5
  resources from his/her group AND the 5 final
  sources from the opposition
• materials include the actual sources not merely
  the bibliographic information to find the sources
  on his/her own

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VIII. WORKING OUTLINE
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WORKING OUTLINE

• each group member will contribute to a detailed
  Working Outline of their project
• each group member will submit this to me with
  his/her name on it

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IX. PROPOSAL
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PROPOSAL

• the best way for me to explain this assignment is
  to make an analogy.
• The proposal can be compared to the how-to essay
  you wrote in Eng 101.
• Just as you put the process of making Kool-Aid
  (for example) into a particular context, such as
  a quick and delicious thirst-quenching beverage,
  and thereby answered the so-what question, you
  will do the same with the process of this
  research project.
• Here, you will discuss this significance of the
  project (see 5 below) in your Introduction.
• In the paragraphs that follow, you will take each
  step in the process (starting with the AYK and
  ending with the presentations) and discuss what
  you did or what you will do, being as specific as
  necessary.
• The end of your proposal will resemble the end of
  any essaywith a conclusion.
• If the requirements of this assignment remain
  unclear at this point, I have included two
  alternate explanations below.

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PROPOSAL

• what you want to do
• how you will do it
• what you will do with it
• convince readers you are capable of doing project
  that project is worthwhile

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PROPOSAL

• background research
• why? what has led you to this project?
• what research has gone before
• describe the project
• what you plan to do
• find, collect, read available research from
  library, analyze it, draw conclusions
• explain methods procedures
• elaborates on previous description
• which materials, how many, how youll find them,
  your collection technique, the different
  materials you seek (books or journals)

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PROPOSAL

• anticipate problems requirements
• cant find materials needed,
• have to travel for interview
• discuss significance of your project
• is your idea supported by your research
• --what the research says about the value of your
  project,
• NOT your guess or private opinion (interesting)
• mention works consulted
• specific authors their works youve read
• and how they are related and/or significant to
  your thesis

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X. OPPONENTS CRITICAL RESPONSE to FINAL
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• DETAILED OUTLINE

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OCR-FAB

• each member of the group will contribute to an
  evaluation of the opponent-groups sources
• this is similar to a F.A.B., but it is more
  critical
• that is, the summary section is limited
• and the evaluation section looks more to counter
  or rebut the use of this source
• each member of the group will submit this to me
  with his/her name on it

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XI. SUMMARY OF SIDE
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SOS

• each member of the group will submit a full,
  fair, and objective summary of the Other Side
• this will be an individual (as opposed to a
  group) effort
• in other words, each group will NOT summarize
  the opponent
• but each person of that group will examine the
  information from Discovery and summarize the
  opposition
• this will appear in your final essay as the Other
  Side

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XII. ROUGH DRAFT
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ROUGH DRAFT

• each member of the group will write his/her own
  essay
• that is, although the groups will gather, select,
  evaluate, and organize the data,
• each person will write his/her own paper
• AND use his/her own words
• AND follow the Rogerian Method
• AND create a complete Works Consulted page (with
  the material from both sides)
• this is an INDIVIDUAL effort

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XIII. FINAL OUTLINE
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FINAL OUTLINE

• each group member will submit a Final Outline of
  the paper beforehand
• taken from a polished Rough Draft
• extremely detailed (more than a mere skeleton)

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XIV. WORKS CONSULTED PAGE
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WORKS CONSULTED PAGE

• each member of the group will submit a final
  Works Consulted page
• checked for proper MLA format,
• includes all material from both sides
• 10 sources
• alphabetically listed
• not separated by sides of the debate

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XV. FINAL DRAFT
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FINAL DRAFT

• each member of the group will submit a final
  draft of the paper
• this is an INDIVIDUAL assignment
• while the information is shared, the words are
  not
• 35 of your final grade

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XVI. PRESENTATIONS
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PRESENTATIONS

• DAY ONE
• each group will present its side only
• each member of the group will present
• in other words, each person will be responsible
  for a particular section
• visual aides (graphs charts) may be utilized
• in the interest of time, each person should take
  only 5 minutes
• the opposing group will look/listen for
  weaknesses to rebut

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PRESENTATIONS

• DAY TWOREBUTTAL
• each group member will attempt to counter the
  opposition
• arsenalfrom Discovery and Presentation
• debate the issue, not the person
• this is an exercise in the healthy debate of an
  important issue
• there is no right or wrong here

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PRESENTATIONS

• DAY THREESUMMATION
• each group member will have a chance
• to offer concluding remarks,
• to make corrections,
• to offer concessions to the Other Side,
• to offer possible solutions or a Third Side

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XVII. GROUP GRADES
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GROUP GRADES

• each member of the group will grade the others in
  his/her group
• no room for slackers here
• you will NOT grade yourself
• submit this typed form to me
• and I will average the grades

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GRADES

• each individual assignment (grade from me)
• group grade (from your group-mates)
• presentation grade (day 1) (from me)
• debate grade (day 2) (from me)
• summation (day 3) (from me)
• please beware of PLAGIARISM when it comes to
  individual assignments

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THE END

• PROJECT OVERVIEW