Big6 Assignment Organizer


Student Name:

Teacher:

Period:

Fill out the Big6 Assignment Organizer Items #1-5 before you begin to work on your assignment.

Fill out Big6 Assignment Organizer, Item #6 before you turn in your assignment.



Big6 #1: Task Definition

What am I supposed to do? (Explain in my own words what is expected on me on this assignment.)

What information do I need in order to do this?

1.

2.

3.

4.

Big6 #2: Information-seeking Strategies

What are the possible sources to find this information?

Which of the above are best for me to use?


Big6 #3: Location and Access

Where will I find these sources?

Who can help me find what I need?



Big6 #4: Use of Information

How will I record the information that I find?

How will I give credit to my sources? (title, author, publisher, year, page number)

_take notes using cards

_write on note cards

_ take notes on notebook paper

_write on notebook paper

_take notes using a data chart

_write on data chart

_ draw pictures

_other

_talk into a tape recorder

_other



Big6 #5: Synthesis

What product or performance will I make to finish my assignment?
Visualize and then describe how you will demonstrate the results of your research and work.

How will I give credit to my sources in my final product or performance?

_include a written bibliography

_tell orally

_other



Big6 #6: Evaluation

How will I know that I have done my best? (All must be checked before assignment is turned in)

_What I made to finish the assignment is what I was supposed to do in #1.

_Information found in #4 matches information needed in #1.

_I gave credit to my sources (including textbooks and people).

_My work is neat.

_My work is complete and includes my name and date.

_Did I make the right choices in planning and working through this assignment?

_Did I list all of the information that I would need? (Step #1)

_Did I list and select the best possible sources to find this information? (Step #2)

_Did I use the best methods to locate the information? (Step #3)





Copyright by Barbara Jansen, Librarian, Forest Creek Elementary School, Round Rock, Texas. (Based on Information Problem-Solving: the Big Six Skills Approach to Libary and Information Skills Instruction, Mike Eisenberg and Robert Berkowitz, Ablex Publishing, 1990.) HTML layout by Jamie Boston, Birch Lane Elelentary School, Davis, California. Modified by Peter Milbury; used with permission.