The Inquiry & Writing Process: An Analogy

Mrs. Jeanne Skotnicki

West Seneca West Senior H.S.

What is this a picture of?

American …

What’s with all the crazy colors?

Remember this?

Little House Book

Little House TV

How is it made?

Something like this.

Quilt pattern

Quilt pieces

And then this.

Sewing Kit

Quilt Close-up

To give you this.

Ryan Gosling

Veggie Quilt

How does quilting relate to writing a research paper?

Inquiry & Writing Process

• The quilt = your research paper

• What do you need to make the quilt?

– What do you need to support your thesis?

• Will all the pieces match?

– Will you find exactly the right evidence?

• What will you do if the pieces don’t match?

– What will you do if you don’t find exactly what you want?

Directions

1. Read the article abstracts.

2. Select a few articles to read.

3. Draft your final claim. (Maybe in pencil.)

4. Take notes in your claim packet.o Information that supports your claim.

o And, information that contradicts your claim.

5. Do you need to read more articles and/or revise your thesis (claim)?

6. Finish early? Begin your outline.