Surveys,+polls+and+first-person+research

Lesson Objective: Participants write, complete and analyze surveys in order to draft informational text.

Success Criteria: I can create survey questions and analyze the responses to support writing informational texts. I can identify potential ways to implement first-person research and writing informational texts in my class.

** Agenda ** = Choosing an inquiry question (5 min) =


 * [|Poll everywhere poll #1] **


 * [|Poll everywhere poll #2] **

= Informal first-person research (10 min) =

[|Ernest Morrell], professor of English Education at Columbia University

[|Micheal Wesch], Anthropology professor at Kansas State University

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=Rough draft survey questions (10 min)= = = [|A Google Doc exercise]

=Professional Surveys (15 min)=

Studying surveys to write surveys
 * [|Student engagement survey] **


 * [|University of Georgia Survey] **

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=Work time (20 minutes)=


 * 1) Revise your survey questions
 * 2) Conduct your survey and publish the results as statistical data

Possible tools for this include: Paper, [|Google Forms], [|Survey Monkey]

=Analysis of survey and production of informational text (10 min)=

[|Professional survey analysis (pg 24)]

[|Informal survey analysis examples]

=Reflection (5 min)=

How might you survey your classes about their lives to support current work?

Given what your classes are studying right now, what could students survey one another about?