Research Scavenger Hunt!

In the computer lab today you will complete a short scavenger hunt. Why, you ask? Simple: 1.) to have fun and 2.) to start learning about the parts of a research paper. (By the way, for the next seven weeks, we'll be working on a research paper! omg, isn't that exciting!)

You can work with a partner to do this, but you have to turn in your own sheet with only your name and your responses on it. Don't let anyone copy your work! Only work with someone if he/she is willing to do his/her share of the work.

After you have taken out a sheet of looseleaf paper, open a second browser wondow so you can flip back and forth between this page (your instructions) and the website where you'll be scavenging (hunting around).

After you finish reading this paragraph, you will go to a website that has two sample research papers written by students. When you get to the website, click on "Sample Papers" in the ORANGE "Humanities/MLA" section. (Don't click on the sample papers in the blue, green, or purple bars.) The scavenger hunt will pertain to the MLA sample papers by Paul Levi and Angela Daly (both papers are on the same topic: cell phones and driving). Check the names to be sure you have the right papers. If you can't find the papers, reread these instructions and try again.

The website is www.dianahacker.com/resdoc.

SCAVENGER HUNT QUESTIONS: (Note: Complete as many as you can! If you get stuck on one, get help or skip it and come back later. Write complete sentences!)
1. How many pages does Angela Daly's paper have?
2. Look at Levi's paper and Daly's paper. Explain each writer's position on the issue of cell phones and driving.
3. Copy Levi's thesis.
4. Both writer's locate their thesis statements in the same place. Where?
5. Which paper includes an outline?
6. What information is included in parentheses throughout both papers?
7. Why do you think this information in parentheses is included?
8. What is a signal phrase?
9. Find one example of logical evidence (logos!) used by either Levi or Daly to support his/her thesis.
10. What information is included on the "Works Cited" page?
11. How is the information arranged on the Works Cited page?
12. Who wrote the article "Phone Use Faulted in Collision" in the Washington Post newspaper?
13. What newspaper does Corey Kilgannon write for?
14. Where does Paul Levi address the counter-argument in his paper? Explain how he uses this technique to his advantage.
15. How long are most paragraphs in these two papers?
16. Read both conclusions. If you were going to teach someone how to write a conclusion based on these examples, what would you say?