What Do I Want to Research?

1. What Do I Want to Research? 0101.4.1 0101.4.2

2. Questions to ask yourself: • What do I like? • What do I want to write about? • Why am I writing? • Who will read what I write?

3. I really like dogs, but sometimes they are too loud when they bark. Why do they bark like that? Do all dogs bark? I could write a report about dogs and why they bark. Maybe most of my friends do not know why dogs bark so much.

4. How can I find information on dogs? • Find at least two good sources • Visit the library • Find a book on dogs • Find a magazine article or • even a good website on dogs

5. Let’s do a K-W-L Chart to organize our information! K – What do I know? W – What do I want to find out? L – What did I learn?

7. Dogs bark when they are mad. Dogs bark when they are excited. Dogs bark. Dogs bark when they want attention. Dogs bark when they want to communicate.

8. Now I have enough for a short report! Here’s what my report might look like: I like dogs, but sometimes their bark can be annoying. Dogs bark for different reasons. A dog may bark when he is mad or excited. Dogs communicate with each other and with people by barking. At other times a dog may be barking just to get your attention. Even when they bark, dogs are still fun to have around.