Chapter 12. Essentials_Video_Researching

12.1 Lesson 12 Essentials Video: Researching

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Lesson 12 Essentials Video: Researching

Watch the video below to see how students like you research before they draft and cite as they research.

Students in order of appearance: Cara, Hannah, Emily, Chase, Deonta, Hussain, Dan

Exercise: Integrate the video

Question

Write a substantial paragraph or two, with a topic sentence or mini-thesis, through which you respond to the students in this video as you form your own approaches to researching as you draft and citing as you research. You might begin by identifying the moments that stand out to you the most. Which student videos seem to make the most sense to you? With whom do you agree? Disagree? What patterns do you find among the student sound bites? Which ideas were the most instructive or helpful to you? What surprised you? How have your own ideas about researching come into focus through the videos?

Karina describes how researching comes before drafting in her writing process by saying, “After I get my idea, the first thing I do: I actually go to the library and I take out a million books. I know this is ridiculous, but I’ve taken out like twenty different books, because I see everything, and I want to do a lot of different research. I think you have to have good research. So, after doing my research, I start to write.” For Karina, print books in the library are the best place to start. For you, it may be an online database, an interview, or even an experiment. However you research, it will help support your writing. And if you cite as you’re researching, you will have an easier time leaving that all-important trail of breadcrumbs for your readers in your final work.