2013 SOPHOMORE COLLEGE PREP RESEARCH PROCESS & PAPER
WHAT
YOU WILL LEARN:
RESEARCH PROCESS
How to
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WHAT
search for and find sources
identify source types
recognize the elements of a citation
take notes
avoid plagiarism
analyze information
use Noodletools to
build a citation
create notecards
outline your essay
generate a Works Cited list
YOU WILL
RESEARCH PAPER
How to
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write a thesis
organize and outline your paper
write body paragraphs
integrate quotations
use signal phrases
incorporate in-text citations
paraphrase
use transitions effectively
introduce your thesis
express a point of view
revise and edit
create a title
create the MLA header
DO:
RESEARCH PROCESS
RESEARCH PAPER: 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAY
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Choose a research question and topic
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Draft and finalize thesis statement
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Ask research questions
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Write a sentence outline for your paper
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Generate search terms
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Integrate quotations into your paper
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Search the library catalog/electronic databases
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Integrate paraphrases into your paper
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Complete source forms
Highlight and annotate articles
Create a NoodleTools account
Create citations in NoodleTools
Write 15 notecards in NoodleTools
Create a Works Cited list with 3 sources
Submit copies of source articles
Cross-reference articles to citations
Submit copies of citation information
AVOID the free web for sources
Keep a research journal
Participate in on-line discussions
Read a book related to your topic
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Integrate your own ideas into your paper
Incorporate in-text citations into your paper
Submit one body paragraph for comments
Write an introduction
Write a conclusion
Revise your paper
Edit your paper
Create a title for your paper
Write an MLA header
Complete a requirements checklist
Celebrate!
Present your topic-related book!
VERY IMPORTANT POINTS:
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You are required to use a minimum of four (4) reference sources (two for each person researched):
o At least one book
o At least one periodical (can be from a database)
o At least one reference database
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You may use the free web only to view preliminary information while choosing a topic, but you
may NOT use information from free websites in your paper.
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The final paper must be submitted in a 3-ring binder.
RESEARCH PAPER DUE DATES
SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING UPON PROGRESS
If you are absent from school on the due date for the research paper, you must have someone submit the work for
you. Do not give your paper to anyone other than me. If someone submits the paper for you, have that person get
a receipt. Computer/printer excuses will not be accepted, as you will have ample time to complete the paper.
Have a back-up of all your work; save it on your hard drive, an external drive/flash drive, and in your school
network folder. Your grade will drop 10 points for each day it is late. Plagiarism will result in a zero.
If you have any questions, please come see me for extra help. I am happy to help you succeed!
ASSIGNMENT TITLE
DUE DATE
1.
R/W Lab for pre- research
Friday, October 25___
2.
Pre-research worksheet due
Thursday, October 31
3.
4 Articles with Source forms
Thursday, November 19
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Highlighted and Annotated Articles
Friday, December. 6_______
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4 Source Citation List
Thursday, December. 19____
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15 Note Cards
Monday, January 13
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Thesis & Sentence Outline
Monday, February 3___
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First Draft Essay Completion
Monday, February 24_______
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Final Essay, Works Cited & Sources
Monday, March 10__
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Topic-related Book Presentation
Wednesday, March 12__
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Journal entries
Throughout the process
RESEARCH QUESTIONS:
Essential Question:
CHOOSE ONE OF THE NUMBERED QUESTIONS
What make a good hero?
OR
What makes a good leader?
OR
What make an ineffective leader?
Choose one of the following in order to answer one of the essential question:
1. Show what it means to be a hero by examining the lives of two heroes from history and/or the
modern world. Identify the qualities or attributes of each hero, with examples from his/her life.
2. Show what it means to be an effective leader by examining the lives of two leaders from history
and/or today. Identify the qualities or attributes of each leader, with examples from his/her life.
3. Examine the lives of two flawed leaders from history and/or today. Identify traits that contributed
to the failure of each leader, with examples from his/her life.
4. Examine the role hubris has played in the fall of two historical leaders. Identify the actions that
demonstrate hubris for each leader, with examples from his/her life.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
Adolph Hitler
Ada Aharoni
Edith Cavell
Queen Isabella
of Spain
Alexander the Great
Amelia Earhart
Elizabeth Fry
Fidel Castro
Crazy Horse
Any American President
Catherine the Great
Horatio Nelson
Richard Nixon
Nelson Mandela
Benito Mussolini
Corrie Ten Boom
Irina Sendlerowa
Jane Addams
Audrey Hepburn
Czar Nicholas II
Hilary Clinton
Thomas Foxwell
Buxton
Elizabeth Blackwell Sir Edmund Hillary
Douglas MacArthur
Lucy Stone
Thomas Paine
Angela Merkel
Jimmy Hoffa
Margaret Thatcher
Charles A Lindbergh Golda Meir
Jane Goodall
Frederick Douglas
Meip Gies
Clara Barton
Neil Armstrong
Carl Sagan
Hugo Chavez
Mother Teresa
Raoul Wallenberg
Louis Pasteur
Patrick Henry
Cesar Chavez
Diane Feinstein
Sir Thomas More
Jesse Owens
Delores Huerta
Joseph Stalin
Michelle Obama
Amelia Earhart
Wilma Rudolph Genghis Khan
Siddhartha
Gautama
Buddha
Sandra Day O’Connor
Qin Shi Huangdi
Florence Nightingale
Kim Jong Il
Queen Elizabeth I
George Herman
"Babe" Ruth
Lech Walesa
Indira Ghandi
Jackie Robinson
Ramses II
Billie Jean King
Harvey Milk
Harriet Tubman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Cleopatra
Arthur Ashe
Huey Long
Sonia Sotomayor
Chief Sitting Bull
Kubla Khan
Jackie Robinson
Pat Tillman
Ruth Ginsberg Bader
Jane Addams
Queen Victoria
Althea Gibson
Vladimir Lenin
Sully
Sullenberger
Vladimir Lenin
Sully
Sullenberger
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall
Marie Curie
Marie Curie
OR ANOTHER PERSON IN HISTORY WHO IS A LEADER OR HERO
Robert Mugabe
Susan B. Anthony
Charlamagne
Corrie ten Boom
Saddam Hussein
Eleanor Roosevelt
William Wallace
Gloria Steinem