Sessions+2011+Cohort

toc

**8 Sept 2010**
Today we are reviewing and making sure that everyone is up-to-date with the evidence they're providing on this wiki.

Here's what we are looking at today: -works cited entries written in a language other than the language of your EE -annotated bibliographies. Here's the handout from OWL Purdue. -primary vs secondary sources (This links to the Queen's University Library FAQ page. You will need to find the definitions on the page.)

Use the links above to help you move forward with your research, planning or drafting. Please remember to respond to my discussion comment on your page by updating your information before we meet again on Monday.

**25 Aug**
Welcome back to your EE sessions on Wednesday afternoons. It is my intention to maintain this wiki and require that you check in weekly and post to your own page. Today's session will include a bit of introduction and background from me, a review of deadlines and where you're at on the timeline, and individual discussions with me about your progress. By the time we meet again next week, I want to see evidence of your annotated bibliography and your pathfinder posted on your wiki page.

12 May
Continue with your research. Pathfinders are to be completed by 26 May. Please complete self-survey by 28 May. Go to survey HERE. This is a preview of the survey. The completed survey will help you focus on your work for the summer and for your supervisor to make suggestions.

5 May
Hope you all had an eventful Week Without Walls trip! Please continue your reading and research. I am attaching an example of a user-friendly annotated bibliography from Fleischman, Sid. //The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West.// New York: Greenwillow Books, 2008. Note how he explains that he has not alphabetized his bibliography: "I have chosen to arrange my sources according to the magnitude of their charm for me as a reader and their usefulness to me as a biographer."

21 April
Have you narrowed your topic and discussed this with your supervisor? Please comment on your wiki page the following and have this completed by (23 April) Friday. Review of what is a thesis.
 * 1) List the resources you have looked at so far.
 * 2) What search word and approaches have been useful?
 * 3) How do you feel about the information you have gathered so far?

14 April
By now you should have contacted your supervisor. Continue with your research and start  narrowing your focus.

31 March
Parent-teacher conferences. See parent handout.

24 March
Have you set up a delicious account to store your bookmarks? What notetaking skills/ resources are you using? As you continue with your research consider some of these questions when you meet with your advisor. As you delve into your topic--READ, read summaries, encyclopedia entries (general and subject specific) and compare. BROWSE bibliographies, further readings, call numbers.

17 March
Start collecting resources you have consulted as you explore your subject area, e.g., texts, journals, websites, individuals, etc. Record this on on your wiki page. This will be helpful to show your advisor when you meet with them. Be sure to review details of your subject and the "Treatment of the topic."

10 March
Reminder—due date: 17 March for email sent to Ms. Gourley with Subject selected and name of three possible supervisors. See example of a good Annotated Bibliography:

3 March
Initial introduction of extended essays and the wiki. Students are asked to sign-up for wiki and create student page. Preview description of [|subjects].

Please indicate on your page that you have determined your subject.
 * have read other examples of extended essays (give their titles).
 * have read the criteria.
 * have become familiar with the wiki and it's layout.