Stories are filled with conflicts, confrontations, challenges, struggles, successes,
failures, resolutions, revelations, changes, transitions, evolutions, highs and lows, etc.
These can be both internal, external, and more interestingly, a mix of both. Read More
When you research a topic, you make yourself an expert on that topic and all the directly linked topics and subtopics. You learn about what influences and impacts it and about what it influences and impacts. Then you report and share your findings. Read More
Choose words packed with detail that add to the image and move the story forward. Not all words add to the image, and more words slow the story down. Fewer words
speed it up. Read More
The difference between a research paper and a position paper is that in a research paper, you do
not take a position, you summarize, draw logical conclusions, consider consider any holes in the research in need of further study, and suggest next steps. Read More
To categorize your facts is to put each fact into a group of similar facts and name the group for the kinds of facts it has in it, e.g., all the facts about origins in a group (folder) labeled Origins or evolution and taxonomy facts in a group (folder) labeled Evolution & Taxonomy, all those about physical characteristics in a group (folder) labeled Physical Characteristics, those on
behaviors in a group (folder) labeled Behaviors, etc. Read More
The questions are, What
do you believe? What do you think? What does the research say? What
does the history say? What does the literature say? What do you want to
say? What do you want the readers to hear, see, believe, feel, understand
about the main topic, the subtopics, the research, your beliefs, thoughts,
ideas? Read More
“Written for the learners so they can teach themselves and learn on their own when there isn’t anyone around to work with them. It encourages skill acquisition, self-teaching, and independent learning while also introducing the use of a reference or guide book. Independence creates confidence which leads to greater motivation of and investment from the learner in their learning.” Read More
“Twelve foot tree,
Let me be free.
Twelve feet tall,
I will not fall.
Twelve foot tree,
Let me bee me.
Twelve feet tall,
They hit me with their all.
Twelve foot tree,
I begged on my knees.
Twelve foot tree,
Please let me be free.
Twelve foot tree,
They wouldn’t let me.”
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Trace Taylor