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Resources for Multigenre Research Papers, Research Pathfinders 2.0, and YA Lit. 2.0

Games and Interactive websites that teach research and citation skills.

research on the value of a social networking environmental-action tool on Facebook on civic engagement

nice collection of tools to employ w/ web-based research.

Buffy shares tons of information and insights into pairing literature circles with research.

An interesting blog post about the formal research paper taught to incoming college freshmen. The blogger makes the assertion that this process and mode of writing are not effective or even necessary. The comments that follow the post provoke deeper thought. 

using a slide application to take notes during the research process.

Research that says clearly IWBs used by experienced confident teachers achieves a significant increase in students understanding.

A cute 2-minute critique of relying on Google as the only search and research tool. 

It's a work in progress, and my first go at making one, but here's an essaytagger.com Common Core compatible rubric for ELA 11-12 Argumentative writing

Here are two great research articles about fluency & many links to poetry resources. Poetry is a great way to practice fluency. See sidebar for more resources.

Website for research

MLA citation style guide for research papers.

Collection of resources, including handouts and research, for literature circles in the classroom.

Reflective Protocols for Literary Artifacts "# What do you see here? Describe the document/artifact in terms of content, without being interpretive. # What do you think you know about this document based on reading it and any previous knowledge? # What do you think the document reveals about its era/ What kinds of information can be learned from the document? (There might be more than one kind of information). # What don't you know about the document? What questions would you ask about it? # If you were going to do further research on this document on the World Wide Web or in the library, how would you go about it? # What knowledge or skills are you bringing to this course from other learning experiences you've had that help you make sense of these documents?"

"Journal Submission Guidelines NCTE publishes twelve professional journals, including at least one for each membership section. Volunteer editors ensure that the peer-reviewed content is of the highest quality and is relevant to the lives of NCTE members and subscribers. Because these journals are all published through different volunteer editors, the submission guidelines vary for each: * Classroom Notes Plus * College Composition and Communication * English Education * College English * English Journal * English Leadership Quarterly * Language Arts * Research in the Teaching of English * School Talk * Talking Points * Teaching English in the Two-Year College * Voices from the Middle"

A new conundrum for researchers. How do you cite a book on a Kindle? This APA blog has some suggestions for APA style users.