Information Literacy
How to Do a Research Project
Assignment Organizer for Grades 7-12: What information do you need to complete an assignment or project? Use this guide to help yourself get through it. A more complete outline for students in grades seven and up.
Research Strategies: Questions to ask yourself as you work on your project.
Research Organizer: Some more questions you might want to consider. Also lists possible resources to use.
Internet Search Tips: Five tips to help you make the most of your Internet searching. Also includes how to use Boolean terms.
Web Site Evaluation
Web Evaluation Rubric: A simple chart with the most important questions to ask.
Test Before You Trust: A detailed list with a scoring chart to rate the websites you visit.
Web Evaluation for Secondary Grades: More detailed for those with some experience in searching the web.
Writing a Thesis Statement
These sites give some helpful tips and guides you through with questions to ask yourself. Once you've done that, try the Thesis Statement Exercise link which will help put an outline together for you. The third link is an online thesis builder.
What Is a Thesis Statement?: Gives some examples of thesis statements for different topics both good and bad.
How To Write A Thesis Statement: Explains what is and what isn't a good thesis statement along with some writing tips.
Thesis Statement Exercise: Use this as a general outline to build your Thesis Statement. Follow the questions it asks you to help put your statement together.
Online Thesis Builder:
Once you have a better idea of what you want to write about, try either of these sites which will put a draft statement together for you after you answer some questions.
The Original Persuasive Essay and Thesis Builder
DON'T RELY JUST ON THESE TO BUILD YOUR THESIS. THEY ARE ONLY A GENERAL GUIDE