RESEARCH DEBATE PROJECT

1. RESEARCH DEBATE PROJECT

2. I. TOPIC andTHESIS QUESTION • Steroids in Sports. • Exaggerated, unjustified, not dangerous OR • Understated/accurate, justified, dangerous?

3. II. ALL YOU KNOW ESSAY (AYK) • typed; • essay format (headers, Intro, Conclusion); • all you know about the issue, • its history, • and its advocates • beforeyou begin your research

4. III. PRELIMINARY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (PAB) • 5 sources per individual; • each source is annotated (1 paragraph of summary, 1 paragraph of evaluation of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos); • each group member will submit this P.A.B. to me with his/her name on it

5. PAB (cont’d) • 1. ALL BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION • from the title page, NOT the card catalog • appears like the Works Cited page • 2. SUMMARY • with paraphrases & quotations • 3. ANALYSIS • more than just agreeing or disagreeing, • find contradictions, • find insights and assumptions and overgeneralizations, logos [fallacies], pathos, ethos)

6. IV. FINAL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (FAB) • each group selects the 5 best sources for its side of the issue; • each group member then contributes to a new, revamped annotation of these sources; • each group member will submit this F.A.B. to me with his/her name on it

7. V. ANALOGY • each member of the group will compose an analogy of this topic & submit it to me; • see pages 300-303 in the textbook; • analogies can be historical, scientific, legal, medical, militaristic; • *handouts are forthcoming; • ETHOS: admit that differences exist & admit the those differences • the differences should NOT be more important than the similarities • relate the similarities to your point

8. VI. FINAL ANALOGY • each group will decide on its best analogy • this analogy will appear in the presentation and in the final draft of the essay (typically in the Conclusion) • no, you do NOT have to write and/or submit anything for this step • this is an UNGRADED assignment

9. VII. DISCOVERY • each person in each group will be responsible for creating a packet which contains the 5 final resources for that side; • then, each person will exchange his/her packet with a corresponding member of the other side; • in the end, each person will have the final 5 resources from his/her group AND the 5 final sources from the opposition • materials include the actual sources; not merely the bibliographic information to find the sources on his/her own

10. VIII. WORKING OUTLINE • each group member will contribute to a detailed Working Outline of their project; • each group member will submit this to me with his/her name on it

11. IX. PROPOSAL • the best way for me to explain this assignment is to make an analogy. The proposal can be compared to the how-to essay you wrote in Eng 101. Just as you put the process of making Kool-Aid (for example) into a particular context, such as a quick and delicious thirst-quenching beverage, and thereby answered the so-what question, you will do the same with the process of this research project. Here, you will discuss this significance of the project (see #5 below) in your Introduction. In the paragraphs that follow, you will take each step in the process (starting with the AYK and ending with the presentations) and discuss what you did or what you will do, being as specific as necessary. The end of your proposal will resemble the end of any essay—with a conclusion. If the requirements of this assignment remain unclear at this point, I have included two alternate explanations below.

12. PROPOSAL (cont’d) • 1.what you want to do • 2.how you will do it • 3.what you will do with it • 4.convince readers you are capable of doing project & that project is worthwhile

13. PROPOSAL (cont’d) • 1.background research • why? what has led you to this project? • what research has gone before • 2.describe the project • what you plan to do: • find, collect, & read available research from library, analyze it, & draw conclusions • 3.explain methods & procedures • elaborates on previous description: • which materials, how many, how you’ll find them, your collection technique, the different materials you seek (books or journals)

14. PROPOSAL (cont’d) • 4.anticipate problems & requirements • can’t find materials needed, • have to travel for interview • 5.*discuss significance of your project • is your idea supported by your research • --what the research says about the value of your project, • NOT your guess or private opinion (“interesting”) • 6.mention works consulted • specific authors & their works you’ve read • and how they are related and/or significant to your thesis

15. X. OPPONENT’S CRITICAL RESPONSE to FINAL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY (OCR-FAB)

16. OCR-FAB • each member of the group will contribute to an evaluation of the opponent-group’s sources; this is similar to a F.A.B., but it is more critical; that is, the summary section is omitted and the evaluation section looks more to counter or rebut the use of this source; each member of the group will submit this to me with his/her name on it

17. XI. SUMMARY of the OTHER SIDE • each member of the group will submit a full, fair, and objective summary of the Other Side; • this will be an individual(as opposed to a group) effort; • ** in other words, each group will NOT summarize the opponent, but each person of that group will examine the information from Discovery and summarize the opposition; • this will appear in your final essay as the Other Side

18. XII. ROUGH DRAFT • each member of the group will write his/her own essay; • that is, although the groups will gather, select, evaluate, and organize the data, • each person will write his/her own paper • AND use his/her own words • AND follow the Rogerian Method • AND create a complete Works Consulted page (with the material from both sides); **this is an INDIVIDUAL effort**

19. XIII. FINAL OUTLINE • each group member will submit a Final Outline of the paper beforehand • taken from a polished Rough Draft • extremely detailed (more than a mere skeleton)

20. XIV. WORKS CONSULTED PAGE • each member of the group will submit a final Works Consulted page, • checked for proper MLA format, • includes all material from both sides • 10 sources • alphabetically listed • not separated by sides of the debate

21. XV. FINAL DRAFT • each member of the group will submit a final draft of the paper • this is an INDIVIDUAL assignment • while the information is shared, the words are not • 35% of your final grade

22. XVI. PRESENTATION DAY ONE: • each group will present its side only; • each member of the group will present; • in other words, each person will be responsible for a particular section; • visual aides (graphs & charts) may be utilized; • in the interest of time, each person should take only 5 minutes; • the opposing group will look/listen for weaknesses to rebut

23. PRESENTATION DAY TWO—REBUTTAL: • each group member will attempt to counter the opposition • arsenal=from Discovery and Presentation; • **debate the issue, not the person • this is an exercise in the healthy debate of an important issue; • there is no right or wrong here;

24. PRESENTATION DAY THREE—SUMMATION: • each group member will have a chance • to offer concluding remarks, • to make corrections, • to offer concessions to the Other Side, • to offer possible solutions or a Third Side

25. XVII. GROUP GRADE • each member of the group will grade the others in his/her group • no room for slackers here; • you will NOT grade yourself; • submit this typed form to me • and I will average the grades

26. *GRADES* • each individual assignment (grade from me) • group grade (from your group-mates) • presentation grade (day 1) (from me) • debate grade (day 2) (from me) • summation (day 3) (from me) • ****please beware of PLAGIARISM when it comes to individual assignments