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Research Train Schedule

Bibliography Card Town Due: 3/7 (A, C) & 3/8(B, D)

• One internet source or data-base source • One Book • One General Encyclopedia source • One Specialized Encyclopedia source (ex. Encyclopedia of Sport) • One free choice source (must be print material –no computer)

Note Cards Depot Due: 3/15 (A, C) & 3/16 (B, D)

• One note/idea per card • Minimum of 50 cards • Must be properly numbered

Outline Village Due: 3/21 (A ,C) & 3/22 (B, D)

• Put index cards in order • Hand in electronically & print

Nearly Perfect Draft Burge Due: 3/30 (A, C) & 3/31 (B, D)

• Spelling & grammar counts • Hand in electronically & print

Research Paper City Due: 4/15 (A, C) & 4/16(B, D)

• Print two copies • Hand in electronically and to turnitin.com • Font: 12 point font, Times New Roman • 1 inch margins • Title Page (title, your name, your block) • Works cited page • Minimum of 3 pages of content • Double spaced

Picking a Topic Students may select his or her own topic for their research project. It must be from American History. There are only two restrictions. The first is that it can't be a topic they have already written on in the past. The second restriction is that it can't be the same topic another student is doing. In order to make topic selection fair each student will pick a number. Students will then select their topic in the order of their perspective numbers. Start Research Check List [ ] 50 or more index cards (any color or style) [ ] E-mail address for turnitin.com [ ] Research Topic that you have not used before ____________________ [ ] Computer Logon Basic Requirements The Research Project as a whole is worth 200 points or two test grades. The actual research pa-per is worth 100 points. Each of the steps in the process is taken out of 25 points. (Bibliography Cards, Note Cards, Outline, Almost Perfect Draft) Bibliography Cards Each student must have at least five sources. For each source they must fill out a bibliography card. The blank cards can be picked up from Mr. O'Donnell and the School Library. Each card is worth five points making a total of twenty-five points for the Bibliography Card grade. Each student must use at least one nonfiction book, encyclopedia article, specialized encyclopedia article and an Internet or database source. No one may use more than one textbook, internet, or database source with out special permission. Bibliography Card Check List [ ] Internet source /database source [ ] Book [ ] General encyclopedia source [ ] Specialized Encyclopedia source (reference books) [ ] Free Choice (Print Material)

Check to make sure you have at least five sources of the right type before you try and get your bib cards graded.

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Note Cards Each student is required to write out fifty note cards. Each card is graded as being half a point.

Thus fifty note cards equals a full twenty-five points. Any student who completes more than

fifty cards will not be given a higher grade. Each note card will contain a fact found in the

student’s research. The individual card should contain two numbers with a letter in the center.

The first number is the individual note card number which will indicate how many are

complete. (1-50 or more) The letter that follows it will indicates which Bibliography Card the

information was taken from. (A, B, C, D, E, etc.) The second number indicates the page the

information was taken from. For example 29-C-204 indicates that this in note card twenty nine

and the information on it is from source (bib card) C on page two hundred and four. The

information on each card should be in the student’s own words unless it is a quote. Students

should be very careful not to copy sentences word for word from any source as this would be

plagiarism.

Sebanek, and Meyer, and Hemper. Writers Inc: A Student Handbook for Writing & Learning. New York: Heath, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1996.

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The first number indicates which note card (1-50) it is. The letter shows which source the information came from. The second number reveals what page in the source the information came from.

MLA Guide for Works Cited Page

Work Cited Page Setup

• Type the words “Work Cited,” not underlined or in quotation marks, centered at the top of the page.

• Alphabetize the citations by their first word (unless that word is “a,” “an,” or “the”). • Use hanging indentation (the first line of each citation begins at the margin, the second line

and all subsequent lines are indented). Example: • The entire page should be double spaced.

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Books

• For books that have editors instead of authors, follow examples listed below but put “ed.” or “eds.” after the name or names of the editors.

• If a book has two or three authors add the additional author(s), first name first, after the primary author. If more than three authors add “et al.” after the first author

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Scibilia, Alexandria. Loud and Proud. Herkimer: Cheesy Publishing, 1990.

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Author's last name, first name. Title. City of publication: Publisher, copyright year.

Gillard, Brittany and Jacquelyn Ortiz. Castaway. New York: Big Fish Publishing, 2005.

Example

Author's last name, first name and second author’s full name. Title. City of publication: Publisher, copyright year.

Bibliography Card Format

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Kamp, Carol. "Outdoor Recreation vehicles.” World Book. 2003. World Book Inc. 12 May 2005. <http//:www.worldbook.com>.

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Perron, Anthony et al. Anarchy is the Future. New York: Penguin Press, 1953.

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Author's last name, first name. "Title of the article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. copyright year.

Bibliography Card Format

Encyclopedias

Format Bibliography Card

Author's last name, first name. "Title of the article.” Title of the Internet Site. copyright year. Publisher. Day Month year of access. <full internet address>.

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• The author’s last name may be in tiny print at the end of the article. If no author’s last name is given start with the title of the article.

• If the database source is a journal instead of a magazine include a volume number after the name of the periodical (ex. Vol. 8) and put date of article in parentheses.

Database

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Hawkins, Genny. Exploding Barbie. Death to Barbie Inc. 17 March 1999. <http://www.barbie-go-boom.com>.

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Dupont, Allysa. Greeks Are Geeks. 4 March 1990 <http://www.greekgeek. com>.

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Author's last name, first name. Title of Site. Day month year of access <full internet ad dress>.

Bibliography Card Format

• The authors name may not be on the website. • Be very careful because the person who created the site may not know what they are talking

about.

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Author's last name, first name. “Title of article” Name of Magazine/Journal. Date of article: Database Name. Online. Day month year accessed.

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Clark, Matt. “Whales” Journal of Biology. 1997: ProQuest Direct. Online. 29 September. 2004.

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Parting is such sweet sorrow. Moses Verenich. Warner Brothers Video, 1994.

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Title. Directors full name. Name of Distributor, copyright year.

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Carney, Christopher. “Clown Days” The Circus Circulator. 17 August 2001: 48-49.

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Author's last name, first name. "Title of the article.” Title of the magazine. Day Month year of publication: pages.

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Taylor, Zackary. “The Nature of Evil.” The Buffalo News. 8 October 1993: B2 4.

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Author's last name, first name. "Title of the article.” Title of newspaper. Day Month year of publication: section pages.

Outline The third grade in the research project is the outline. The outline like the other steps is worth

twenty-five points. Each outline will be arranged by Roman numerical, then upper case

letter, followed by numbers and lower case letters. The Roman numerical should indicate

each main topic to be discussed starting with the introduction and ending with the

conclusion. The Uppercase letter should indicate the location of big ideas or paragraphs.

Numbers should indicate the individual ideas with in the paragraph. If a student wishes (they

don't have to) to include more detail they may do so with a lower case letter. The outline

should indicate the order of ideas not individual facts or note cards. The more detail that is

put into the outline will make writing of the Almost Perfect Draft easier.

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O’Donnell, Hugh. Personal Interview. 28 April 1980.

Example

Last name of person interviewed, first name. Personal Interview. day Month year of interview.

HOW TO DO AN OUTLINE STEP #1 Login using your name and password. Open up Microsoft Word (start, programs, Microsoft office, word). Save it as “your name here + outline.” STEP#2 Write your outline. Below is an example of one. It is easier to go through and do your main ideas first. Then go back and fill in paragraphs and facts. If word tries to auto format something in a way you don’t want it to you can fix it. Just click on edit then undo auto format (control+ Z).

I. Intro. II. Major Idea

A. Paragraph a. Fact/idea b. Fact/idea

A. Paragraph a. Fact/idea b. Fact/idea c. Fact/idea d. Fact/idea

III. Major Idea A. Paragraph

B. Paragraph a. Fact/idea

b. Fact/idea c. Fact/idea IV. Major Idea

A. Paragraph B. Paragraph

V. Major Idea VI. Major Idea VII. Major Idea VIII. Conclusion

STEP#3 When your finished with the outline and ready to hand it in save it to my file folder on the G drive. Go to file and click on Save As. When the window pops up use the pull down menu at the top to select the g drive, then students, then Mr. ODonnell. Save your outline here to be graded. Then save a copy to your own directory.

Helpful Hint

If you have an “a” you must have at least a “b”. It is an English grammar thing.

NEARLY PERFECT DRAFT CHECK SHEET

VICTIM: _________________________________________

BASIC REQUIRMENTS [ ] Three full pages of content or more (not including work cited & title page) [ ] Double spaced [ ] 12 point font (this is written in 12 point font) [ ] Normal margins and type font [ ] Work Cited Page included [ ] Citations within paper format ex. (authors last name page number)

WORK CITED PAGE [ ] Hanging indentation used [ ] Double spaced [ ] Citations alphabetized by the first letter of the citation (authors last name) [ ] All of the citations in the body of text matches the ones in the work cited [ ] Work cited page follows the right format [ ] Citations within paper format ex. (authors last name page number)

CONTENT [ ] The paper reads like it has been written by author (not plagiarized) [ ] The paper follow a logical order [ ] The introduction tells the reader what the paper is about [ ] The conclusion tells the reader what the paper was about or ends logically [ ] The paper make sense [ ] The paper is understandable to someone who does not know the subject

ENGLISH TEACHER APPROVAL RATING [ ] Spelling is correct [ ] Grammar is correct [ ] punctuation is correct [ ] There are no run-on sentences [ ] No sentences that could be two separate sentences

OVERALL GUT FEELING

The Almost Perfect Draft should not be thought of as a rough draft as much as something ready to be graded. The researcher should make this paper as complete as they possibly can. This is because no matter how perfect someone may think their draft is there are always mistakes to be found. In order to create the best possible final draft a student should make the rough draft as perfect as possible.

Final Draft The Final draft will count for a hundred points. Which is the equivalent of a test grade or half of

the total project. Every pupil must turn in two identical copies of the paper. The paper will have

a cover sheet that includes the title, the authors name and block. The cover sheet will be fol-

lowed by at least three pages of content. This will followed by a work cited page. The paper

will follow the MLA style manual. It will have one-inch margins and twelve-point font. It will

be double spaced and written in a normal font. (Arial, times new roman, courier) Points will be

taken off the paper for being late.

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