Generating ideas for Essay 3—long research paper

with a little help from your friends . . .

Step One: Copy your research question and thesis into Mindmash (free app)

Walk Around!

• Go to every iPad in the room and comment, where needed, on the phrasing and clarity of the research question and thesis.

Infinote

• Download it (free version)• Title your notebook with

your tentative topic or Essay 3 Thesis

• Make a sticky note with your thesis on it.

Walk Around!

• Go randomly around the room looking at and adding to your peers’ ideas, IN A DIFFERENT COLOR OF STICKY NOTE.

• Ask a question, suggest a revision, make a comment.

Make a group of three

• In your group, discuss the feedback you received on your iPad.

• Ask your group members to evaluate the suggestions, telling you which ones they support and offering additional guidance where needed.

• Once you have finished discussing, spend the rest of the class revising your thesis and planning your essay.