INTRO TO YOUR9
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RESEARCH PAPER
For this paper you are going
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OPEN UP YOUR PACKET
PAGE ONE: CALENDAR
PAGE TWO: DATES/ REQUIREMENTS
PAGE THREE: CONTRACT
HOMEWORK TONIGHTSIGNED!
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PAGE ONE: CALENDAR
PAGE TWO: DATES/ REQUIREMENTS
PAGE THREE: CONTRACT
PAGE FOUR: THE ORDER INSIDETHE ENVELOPE
PAGE FIVE: PROJECT DESCRIPTION
PAGE SIX: HOW THE HOMEWORK GRADES WORK
PAGE SEVEN: RUBRICS
PAGE EIGHT FINAL DRAFT RUBRIC
PAGE NINE: HOW TO INCORPORATEQUOTES
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PAGE ELEVEN: TURNITIN.COM INSTRUCTIONS
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7Introduction to ResearchContractTopic IntroductionAssignment givenHW: CONTRACT
8Writing WorkshopBrainstorm in class:How to create a poll Timeline of researchDUE: CONTRACT
9 Writing Workshop
10Writing Workshop MLA Citations: How toWorks cited/*Annotated Bib
11Writing Workshop Outlining and structuring
TOPIC PROPOSAL DUE with primary research completed
14Research ProcessMeet in Computer Lab
15Research ProcessMeet in Library
16Research ProcessMeet in Library
17Research ProcessMeet in Library
18Writing WorkshopMeet in Computer Lab
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25 Writing Workshop
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ROUGH DRAFT DUE
28Writing WorkshopConferencing/ Revision
29Writing WorkshopRevision
30Writing WorkshopPeer Editing
31Writing WorkshopPeer editing
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12RESEARCH PACKET DUE
13SSR
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LOOK AT YOUR CALENDAR
You have “primary research” due Friday
WHAT IS PRIMARYRESEARCH?
PRIMARY RESEARCH:
GATHER YOUR OWN DATA
(POLLS, EXPERIMENTS)
SONOT
BOOKS/ARTICLES)
THESE ARE ACTUALLY SECONDARY RESEARCH
EXAMPLES
USUALLY RESEARCH PAPERS ARE BASED ON
WHICH?
PRIMARY OR SECONDARY?
WHAT ABOUT THIS PAPER?
BOTH!
Where do I start?
THERE ARE 8 STEPS
STEP 1: PICK A TOPIC
LOOK AT YOUR QUICKWRITE
WHO DO YOU ADMIRE?
WHO DO YOU ADMIRE?
SO YOU WILL RESEARCH HIM/HER
AND
MEMORIZE A QUOTE
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit."
~ARISTOTLE
KEEP A CLEAR PERSPECTIVE
MAKE SURE IT IS SOMEONE FAMOUS
MAKE SURE IT IS SOMEONE REAL
MAKE SURE HE/SHE HAS A GOOD QUOTE
STEP TWO: QUESTIONS
WHAT’S TO ADMIRE?
HOW DOES HE/SHE INFLUENCE SOCIETY?
SO RESEARCH HIM/HER THOROUGHLY
STEP THREE: SET UP A POLL
TO GATHER PRIMARY RESEARCH
STEP THREE CONTINUED:: RESEARCH
ACCORDING TO CALENDAR:
WHEN WILL WE RESEARCH?
STEP FOUR: READ AND TAKE NOTES
STEP FIVE: GATHER AND OUTLINE
STEP FIVE: HOW?
NOT WITH POST-ITS!
CHECK YOUR REQUIREMENTS
WHAT ELSE IS REQUIRED?
PHOTOCOPIED SOURCES
HIGHLIGHTED PHOTOCOPIED SOURCES
STEP SIX: ROUGH DRAFT
STEP SEVEN ?
STEP SEVEN: REVISE AND EDIT
I RECOMMEND GOOGLE DOCS
STEP EIGHT
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
CHECK YOUR REQUIREMENTS
HOW TO USE THE
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