Answer Big6 Assignment Organizer items 1-5 before you start your assignment
Answer Big6 Assignment Organizer item 6 after you finish your assignment.
Big6 # 1: Define the Task
What does my teacher want me to do? Make sure you understand the assignment
Write the assignment in your own words.
Big6#2: information Seeking Strategies
What information do I need to include in my assignment?
Write a list of questions that you need to find the answers for.
Highlight questions where you need information beyond prior knowledge.
Ask your librarian for help.
Big6#3Location and Access
List possible sources
Where might I find theses sources
Big6 # 3: Accessing Information:
Where will you go to get the information?
School Library
Public Library
Teacher Library
other
Who can I ask If I need help
School Librarian
Teacher
Public LibrarianOther
Big6#4 Use of Information
Read view or listen to the sources you located during Big6#3.
take notes to answer the questions you wrote in Big6#1
How will I record the information
write on cards
use a tape recorder
Other
How will I give credit to my sources?
include a written bibliography
Other
Big6 # 5: Synthesis
This is where you begin to complete the writing process. Talk to your teacher or librarian if you need help with this.
>Write the first draft
Ask your teacher to check your paper for content. Prepare two or more questions to ask your teacher. During this stage focus on content instead of grammar and spelling
Your paper should represent your ideas and conclusions.It should be a thoughtful response to the assignment. Make changes to improve your work.
What will I made or do to complete my assignment?
Visualize and describe how you will demonstrate the results of your research and work?
Big6 # 6: Evaluation
How will I know that I have done everything that I could have to complete my assignment?
You should be able to answer yes to these questions before you turn in your paper.
Is your paper a thoughtful response to the assignment?
Does your final paper represent your ideas and conclusions?
Is your paper more than a summary of other people's ideas?
If you paraphrased or summarized information found in books or magazines, on the internet, or from other people, did you cite the source at points of use in your paper(using a footnote or
a parenthetical reference)?
Did you give credit to all of your sources in a bibliography?
Copyright by Barbara Jansen, Librarian, Forest Creek Elementary School, Round Rock, Texas, (Based on Information Problem-Solving:The Big6 Skills Approach to Library and Information Instruction, Mike Eisenberg and Robert Berkowitz, Ablex Publishing,1990)
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