Transcript The Dreaded Research Paper - Union Public School District

The Dreaded
Research Paper
Your resources
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You must have ten separate sources of information.
Eight of these MUST BE CITED in your paper.
 Only three of these may be from the internet. You
must complete an Internet evaluation sheet on all
Internet sources. EBSCOhost articles will not count
as internet sources.
 You may use books, magazines, films, interviews,
pamphlets, etc.
 Make sure that each source is credible.
 Make copies or print out everything.
 Make sure that you have all publishing information on
your copies. (dates, cities, publisher, etc.)
Your source cards
You will need index cards for these.
 Your sources will be documented
according to MLA guidelines. (Mrs.
Rush will give examples in class.)
 They will be alphabetized so that you
can use them later for your Works Cited
page.
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Your note cards
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You will need at least 65 note cards.
You will have only one note per card.
One note is one bit of information.
The note may be a direct quotation, a summary, or a
paraphrase. You should identify this with a P, S, or DQ
at the bottom of the card.
You must give the person credit regardless of the form
of the note. You must give a heading (subject) for the
note in the top left corner and the author’s last name
(or article title) with the page number in the top right
corner.
You must put the number of the source card and the
page number of the source you use for each note card.
Sample note card
Imagery
Adams 26
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The imagery used in descriptions of the
castle help to establish the mood early
in the story.
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P (paraphrase)
Your outline
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Once you have read all your sources and taken
notes, you need to divide those notecards into
separate categories.
These categories will become the sections of your
outline.
Your research question and its answer will be your
thesis.
The outline must be a topic outline, in which the
entries are only topics, or a sentence outline, in which
all entries must be complete sentences. Your outline
cannot be a mixture of the two.
The outline will be a formal one, and it will be
included in the final copy.
Your rough draft
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Some of your rough draft will be completed in class.
 Your rough draft is simply a compilation of information
from your source cards and note cards.
 To avoid problems in your final copy, please be
certain that you document everything carefully in your
rough draft.
 Your rough draft must be typed.
 I will check your rough draft for structure and will
answer any specific questions that you may have. I
will only proofread the first two pages. You must,
however, have five typed pages to receive full credit.
Plagiarism
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Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s ideas as
your own.
Word-for-word plagiarism is when the writer repeats
the exact words of a source without giving the source
credit
Paraphrase plagiarism is when the writer only
changes a few words and does not cite the original
source.
Spot plagiarism is when the writer uses key words or
ideas as his/her own without giving credit.
Plagiarism in any form is still plagiarism and
will cause you to receive a 0!!!!
Your final copy
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This will be completed on your own time.
 It must be typed according to MLA guidelines.
 It must be 5-8 double-spaced pages of text.
You do not include the title page, outline, or
works cited page in that number.
 Make sure that you have documented
carefully. Plagiarism gets you an F
automatically.
Your whole research package
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You will need a plastic, expandable folder that
can be closed. You will need to keep all
information in this folder at all times.
 Everything that you have used to develop this
paper must be turned in with the final copy
even though they have all been checked
previously.
 You will be given daily grades at each step in
the process. The total grade for the project
will count as three test grades.
The end!
Happy researching!!!!!!!!!