Getting+Started

Start keeping your sources organized use the citation machine to write your works cited page.

Over the course of the next four weeks, you will be responsible for picking a topic of study, crafting an inquiry question, and producing writing in three genres that you can post on the wikispace. The more specific you are in terms of picking a topic, the better off you will be.

For instance //**Jazz**// may be too broad a topic. You may want to focus on a particular Jazz musician, record label, style, or even a particular jazz club. Let's say you decide to research the [|Blue Note Jazz Club], a particularly important club in the history of Jazz.

This is much more narrow than the overwhelmingly broad topic of Jazz in general. **However, your job is not done!!**

Now you need to craft an **[|Inquiry Question]**. What is it that you want to learn about this topic?

How did the Blue Note influence Jazz music and shape it history?

Now you are ready to research!

For Today 12.03.08:

Start to zero in on your topic and think about your inquiry question. Once you have a tentative inquiry quetion please post it in this page's discussion form. Your homework is to either post an inquiry question or comment on someone's post. Once you have done this follow [|this link] and answer the questions that you will find.