My instructor's guide Focus- There is one clear, well focused topic. Main ideas are clear and are well supported by detailed and accurate information. Organization- The introduction is in

Name: _________________________________________________ Date: _______________________ Example Research Paper Scaffold Research Question ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ Hook What is interesting about this question? Hook your readers with an inter\ esting fact that might make them curious about this topic.

Colors seem simple, but they affect people. If someone is angry, it could be because they are surrounded by or looking at the color red! People’s moods can change depending on what colors they are looking at. One simple color can affect a person’s whole mood. Literature Review Find five articles about your topic and list the relevant facts from each one.

1. According to (author/source ) (date ) the main idea about this subject is ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . List facts from the source that support this idea 1. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 2. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 3. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 4. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 5. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ (You can add more facts as you find them.) In conclusion ______________________________ says _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ___________________________________________________ about the topic. 2. Another idea, by (author/source ) (date ) is ________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . 1. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 2. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 3. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 4. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 5. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ (You can add more facts as you find them.) In conclusion ______________________________ says _____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ 3. A third writer, ______________________________ ( date ) states that _______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . 1. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 2. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 3. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 4. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 5. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ (You can add more facts as you find them.) Example Research Paper Scaffold (continued) (continued) Johnson 2007 color does affect mood by producing chemicals and stimulating feelings such as hunger blue- calm because it releases calming chemicals red- can make you hungry because it’s an appetite stimulant yellow- irritated people lose temper more in yellow rooms pink- tranquilizing, makes one feel weak Johnson depending on color, one’s body can do things like produce chemicals to make it act a certain way Smith 2007 that the effect color produces is based on what one’s body does in response yellow- mentally stimulating, activates memory red- increases confidence brown- makes one feel orderly and stable dark blue- makes one feel sad Smith that different colors do in fact change one’s mood and our reaction to color affects the choices we make Wollard 2000 color can affect one’s mood, but the effect can also depend on culture and one’s personal reflection someone from Japan might not associate red with anger if someone likes the color brown, they might associate it with happiness pink reduces aggression, which is why jail cells are pink in Seattle brown makes one feel comforted Literature Review (continued) The third author concludes that ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . 4. A fourth source, ______________________________ ( date ) states that _____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . 1. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 2. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 3. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 4. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 5. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ (You can add more facts as you find them.) This author concludes that _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . 5. Yet another idea, from ______________________________ ( date ) is that ___________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . 1. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 2. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 3. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 4. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ 5. fact ________________________________________________________________________\ ______ (You can add more facts as you find them.) This author concludes that _____________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ___________ . Example Research Paper Scaffold (continued) (continued) colors affect one’s mood, but there are other factors that can affect it too Eric, John, and Paraag 2007 the main point about color psychology is that color has both a physiological and psychological effect green– relaxes because it relaxes muscles and makes one breathe deeply and slowly blue- lowers blood pressure, which makes one calm color affects mood because it affects one’s body Airey 2006 color is energy and it has a physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional affect on people black—sophisticated and secure, but also depressed brown—reliable and serious yellow—lifts one’s self-esteem different colors have different affects on people Analysis I found (how many ) main idea/s about (name your topic ) : List main idea/s ________________________________________________________________________\ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ Explain how the ideas are different or the same.

________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ Example Research Paper Scaffold (continued) (continued) 3 color psychology that color affects one’s mood. They differ based on what factors influence the effects of color, such as culture, opinion, and what goes on inside one’s body One of the three ideas says color affects one’s mood based on personal opinion. For example, if one dislikes pink, it can be associated with hate. Another idea says that color affects one’s mood based on one’s own culture. An example of this is that someone from the U.S.

may associate green with envy, while people in Japan think of yellow when talking about envy.

However, the majority of the sources say that color affects mood by affecting what’s going on inside one’s body. Seeing blue releases calming chemicals, which makes one calm. Because yellow is the hardest color for the eye to focus on, people may become irritated when looking at yellow. Babies cry most in yellow nurseries. Original Research How would you test the idea you think makes the most sense?

In order to test the ideas about (your topic ) this researcher will (describe a suitable way to test your ideas: survey, experiment, model, interview, etc. ) ____________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ Results: ( What happened?) List your results. You can attach a table, chart, or list of findings. ______________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ Example Research Paper Scaffold (continued) (continued) color psychology test sixty middle school students (30 girls and 30 boys) on how the colors green, blue, black, yellow, red, pink, and brown make them feel. On the survey form provided by this researcher, students will mark the feeling that each color makes them feel.

Most female middle school students thought that blue made them feel calm, brown bored, and yellow happy/cheery. Most male middle school students thought that blue made them feel relaxed, brown bored, and yellow/cheery. (see chart in the Example Research Paper) Copyright 2009 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved. ReadWriteThink materials may be reproduced for educational purposes. Conclusion What is your answer to the question? ( Give the facts that support your point. ) The most likely explanation seems to be that ______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ ________________________________________________________________________\ ______________ References Author last name, first initial. (date). title of article. date retriev\ ed (if online publication), pages (if print publication) of the references cited.

Airey, D. (2006). How does colour psychology work? Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://www.davidairey.com/how-does-colour-psychology-work?

Eric, John, & Paraag. (2007). Color psychology. Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://library.thinkquest.org/27066/psychology/nlcolorpsych.html Johnson, D. (2007). Color psychology. © 2000–2007 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html Smith, K. (2007). Color: Meaning, symbolism, & psychology. Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://squidoo.com/colorexpert/ Wollard, K. (2000). Orange you glad you’re not blue? Retrieved October 19, 2007, from http://wf2la6.webfeat.org Example Research Paper Scaffold (continued) color does affect one’s mood, but the effects are different for girls and boys. However there are some similarities. Some results in the stu - dent survey were different from the cited research. Now it is obvious that colors have a great affect on mood.