Draft+of+Final+Checklist

Read over your project carefully. Put a checkmark by all criteria that you have met. Take the opportunity to revise or add where you spot weaknesses. Then have a classmate read your final project and have him or her check all that apply. Discuss your project with your peer evaluator. Ask him or her for suggestions. Use your classmate’s comments to further improve your project. Writer _ Evaluator _
 * Final Checklist **

Check all that apply: At least seven pieces are included. Pieces total //at least// 1,500 words. Genres are varied. Each piece includes different information. The subject is covered thoroughly. The reader will learn a great deal. Alternate style is used in at least three places. Direct quotes in the pieces are indicated by italics, bolding, quotation marks, and so on. The endnotes page includes information about the sources of specific information. //At least// five sources are cited in the correct format on the works cited page. The pieces are organized in a sensible, but creative way. Some kind of cohesive devices are employed. The cover or packaging is eye-catching and informative. The pieces look and sound authentic.

** Reflective Questions **

1. Why did you choose your topic? Are you still happy with your choice?

2. What goals did you have for your research? Did you meet those?

3. What facts about your topic interested you most? Did this kind of project help you get a better understanding of your topic than you might have with a more traditional kind of research paper? If so, why and in what ways did it help?

4. How much information did you collect? How easy or hard was it to find information?

5. What did you learn about the research process from this project? Consider: the best places to find certain kinds of information; what sources are most credible; the best order for conducting your investigation; how to record information and sources; anything else that you learned or that confirmed what you already knew.

6. What strengths did you use as a writer in this project? What new strengths did you discover?

7. What criteria did you use in deciding on the genres to include in your paper? What piece was the hardest or most challenging to write? Why? The most fun or interesting? Why?

8. How did you decide on the organization of the pieces into a cohesive whole? Consider not only organization but use of transitional devices and packaging.

9. What did you learn by working with your peers on revising and editing? Did they give you helpful advice? What was most helpful to you? What kinds of things did you learn from reading their pieces?

©2006 by Melinda Putz from //A Teacher’s Guide to the Multigenre Research Project.// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.