Module 1: Choosing a Topic

Essential Questions 

• What do I want to know, learn, or understand? 

• What questions have yet to be asked?

• How does my research question shape how I go about trying to answer it?

• What strategies will help me comprehend a text?

• What is the main idea of the argument or artistic work and what reasoning does the author use to develop it?

• What biases may the author have that influence their perspective? 

• How might others see the problem or issue differently? 

• What patterns or trends can be identified among the arguments about this issue?

• What is the best way to acknowledge and attribute the work of others that was used to support my argument?