Your Research Tool
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It is time to learn how to put all of your hard
work into a paper and give proper credit!!
Let us begin by navigating through the
PowerPoint!
 This button will navigate you to the next slide.
 This button will navigate you back to the objectives page
(where you will find all of the hyperlinks to the information
that you need).
What you need to know for a research paper…
Objectives: You will be able to..
•Understand how the lesson was created
with A.D.D.I.E.
•Understand Plagiarism
•Paraphrasing information
•Embed quotations
•Create a works cited
•Include in-text citations to avoid plagiarism
•Properly Format a paper by MLA guidelines
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The following technology based lesson
created for students to complete individually
was created to follow the steps of A.D.D.I.E.
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A – Analysis
D – Design
D – Develop
I – Implementation
E – Evaluation
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The problem -- The data reflected that the majority of
students were struggling with formatting and following
MLA guidelines for properly citing in a research paper.
My goal is to increase student interest in research skills,
and improve student’s individual scores on a research
paper.
Description of data
◦ Icue grade book
◦ student’s individual rubric scores
Educational need -- to improve in research skills in order
to complete the research element expected at the ninth
grade level according to state standards and my school’s
individual curriculum goals.
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Content analysis
◦ students will be able to…
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Properly paraphrase
Embed quotations
Cite information (in-text citations)
Create a works cited
Format a paper based on MLA guidelines
Task Analysis
◦ Students will be introduced to all of the objectives listed above
◦ They will be given…
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Information
Hyperlinks to Owl Purdue’s MLA website
Videos
Quizzes
PowerPoint animated questions to test understanding
A resource for students to use in the future
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Objectives: For students to be able to…
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Understand plagiarism
Paraphrase information
Embed quotations into a paper
Include in-text citations in a research paper
Complete a works cited
Format a paper according to MLA guidelines
State Standards: CE 1.1.2 – CE 1.1.8, CE 1.2.3, CE 1.3.1 - CE 1.3.6,
CE 1.4.1 – CE 1.4.7, CE 1.5.2 – CE 1.5.5, CE 4.1.4 – CE 4.1.2, CE
4.1.5,
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Rationale
◦ To meet the objectives for specific research skills
◦ To include…
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On-line activities
On-line quizzes
Immediate feedback
Interactive questions
Examples
Hyperlinks to resources
Resources
◦ PowerPoint (Microsoft Office)
 Presents information in the form of an interactive slide show
 available to all students
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Implementation
◦ During class in the computer lab.
◦ Presented to the students during the research paper
unit.
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Feedback
◦ Student scores (analyzing and comparing data)
◦ Feedback through a survey from my peers in class
and co-workers.
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Formative evaluations
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Summative evaluations:
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Evaluating project:
◦ Quizzes throughout PowerPoint
◦ Interactive questions throughout PowerPoint
◦ Final research paper where students will be required to
use the knowledge gained in this lesson
◦ Peers in class will complete a survey
◦ reflection on data (comparing the new results to the old
ones—even though they are a different group of kids.
Hopefully the results will yield a difference in overall
understanding, application of skills, and scores.
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According to Merriam-Webster plagiarism is
“: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of
another) as one's own : use (another's
production) without crediting the source.”
To learn more about plagiarism go to the
hyperlinks below and read about what it is,
take the quiz (in both), and print your
certificate.
Plagiarism Activity
plagiarism identification lesson
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Now that you understand plagiarism it
is important that you make sure every
idea that is not yours is cited properly
to give others the credit they deserve.
Anytime information did not come
from your own brain (even if it is in
your own words) you need to
document where you got the
information. This is called including
in-text citations (which we will get
to), but first you need to learn how to
put information into your own words.
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Paraphrase means “a restatement of a text,
passage, or work giving the meaning in
another form” (Webster).
Steps in paraphrasing
◦ Read the information
◦ Highlight information
◦ When working on paper place research into your
own words
◦ Any text duplicated is not considered a paraphrase
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Link to the following Purdue website and view
the paraphrasing page
◦ Read the examples of paraphrasing
◦ Read examples of paraphrasing
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Here is a video with some tips on how to
paraphrase and examples of paraphrasing.
Watch the video before moving on to
practicing.
English Writing Paraphrasing
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Click here to begin identifying paraphrased
information
After completing the task make sure to print
and turn in your completion of the activity.
Now you are ready to begin paraphrasing
your own.
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When you are having difficulty transferring
the words from a source into a paraphrase
sometimes it is necessary to include specific
information the exact way it was written by
another source. In this situation you need to
learn how to embed quotations (quote
another source word-for-word).
Go through the following PowerPoint on
embedding quotations.
..\embedding quotes.ppt
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Now you can identify and understand
plagiarism, paraphrase, and embed
qoutations!
Next you need to know how to properly cite
the source you are using information from so
that you can avoid plagiarism.
The next step is introducing you to MLA
Guidelines for creating a works cited and intext citations
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While researching keep a list of sources that
you are using.
It is best to keep information organized in
some way so you always know what source it
came from.
If you do not do this you will spend countless
hours going back through research.
You can do this in many ways that will later
be introduced, but first we will create a works
cited.
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The works cited is the last page of paper
In the center of the page type Works Cited
Keep font double spaced
Include all of the source you used in your
paper (any source you did not use should not
be included).
The next slides focus on citing books and
on-line sources.
The majority of your research will, more than
likely, be done on-line.
Basic Format
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The author’s name or a book with a single
author's name appears in last name, first
name format. The basic form for a book
citation is (click the sound file below on the
left):
Last name, First name. Title of Book. City of
Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium of Publication.
Book with One Author –select the correct
format for the works cited
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science.
New York: Penguin. 1987. Print.
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science.
Penguin: New York 1987, Print.
Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science.
New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
Book with One Author –select the correct format
for the works cited
Henley. Patricia. The Hummingbird House.
Denver: MacMurray, 1999.
Henley, Patricia. The Hummingbird House.
Denver: MacMurray, 1999. Print.
Patricia, Henley, The Hummingbird House.
Denver: MacMurray. Print.
Book with More Than One Author
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The first given name appears in last name,
first name format; subsequent author names
appear in first name last name format.
Select the one done correctly.
Gillespie, Paula, and Lerner, Neal. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring.
Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Neal Lerner, Gillespie, and Paula. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring.
Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring.
Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print.
Book with More Than One Author
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If there are more than three authors, you may
choose to list only the first author followed
by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in
place of the subsequent authors' names, or
you may list all the authors in the order in
which their names appear on the title page.
(Note that there is a period after “al” in “et al.”
Also note that there is never a period after
the “et” in “et al.”).
Book with More Than One Author
Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media:
Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching
of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print.
Or
Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola,
Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. Writing New
Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the
Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP,
2004. Print.
Two or More Books by the Same Author
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List works alphabetically by title. (Remember to
ignore articles like A, An, and The.) Provide the
author’s name in last name, first name format for the
first entry only. For each subsequent entry by the
same author, use three hyphens and a period.
Palmer, William J. Dickens and New Historicism.
New York: St. Martin's, 1997. Print.
---. The Films of the Eighties: A Social History.
Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1993. Print.
If any information is missing you may omit the information.
The following example is for electronic sources.
Aristotle. Poetics. Trans. S. H. Butcher. The Internet Classics Archive. Web Atomic and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 13 Sept. 2007. Web. 4 Nov. 2008.
‹http://classics.mit.edu/›.
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Author and/or editor names (if available)
Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print
publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for
example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like
domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue
numbers.
Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.
Take note of any page numbers (if available).
Medium of publication.
Date you accessed the material.
URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a URL).
MLA guidelines for an entire website
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Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name
of Site. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site
(sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if
available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and
OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr.
2008.
Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory.
Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.
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When completing the works cited. You will
notice on the last example that the second
and third line was indented.
When the source continues on for more than
one line all lines after the first line must be
indented.
Alphabetize by the first word in the citation
◦ Example: “Last name” or if not name then by “article
title”
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If you have a special case (volumes and
different editions, dictionary source, video
song etc.) the citation will be similar, but view
the following website for questions. Follow
the tabs on the left hand side to help you
navigate the website.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/
747/15/
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You not only have to mention your sources
after completing your essay, but any time you
use information you found (in your own
words or through embedded quotations) you
must also cite the source throughout your
essay.
This may seem like a lot, but when giving
credit to your sources in the essay you get
shorten up what you just learned!
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Go through the MLA PowerPoint.
Only the slides you need will appear.
In Text Citations
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Connect to the Purdue hyperlink below and
read the formatting rules.
Also watch the video link.
Purdue MLA Formatting
The Basics -- video
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Plagiarism Test
MLA Quiz
Works Cited
Frick, Ted. What is Plagiarism at Indiana University. Indiana University, 2005. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.
<https://www.indiana.edu/~tedfrick/plagiarism/index2.html>.
How to recognize Plagiarism. School of Education at Indiana University, 2005. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.
<https://www.indiana.edu/~istd/practice.html>.
Madej, Jennifer. Identifying Effective Paraphrase. Milwaukee Area Technical College, 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=WCN4802>.
The Purdue OWL . Purdue U Writing Lab, 2012. Web. 17 Apr. 2012. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/>.
“Plagiarism.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2012. Web 17 Apr. 2012. <http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize>.
Rebecca ESL. English Writing Paraphrasing. YouTube, 2009. Web. 17 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgMJ16WUEPg>.
Smith, Erin. MLA Citation Practice Quiz. ProProfs Quiz Maker, 2012. Web. A7 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mla-citation-practice-quiz>.
“Summary.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2012. Web 17 Apr. 2012. < http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summary>.
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AP English Language/Literature
Kortman
Adapted by J. Krajeck (2007) w/thanks to Dr. C. Butler, Sandy Valley H.S.
 S.Q.’s
are quotations with NO
home….NEVER begin a paragraph
with a quotation that has no
speaker or interpreted meaning
from YOU [as the writer]
 Stranded quotations are the
proverbial “fishes out of water.”
Also called “Island Quotations.”
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If the sentence is not quotation-worthy,
then use a paraphrase or summary type
sentence, e.g., George said that he
would never talk to his sister again.
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(It is not necessary for the audience to
know George’s exact words, only that he
will not be talking to his sister…thus,
George’s words are not “quotationworthy.)
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Simple sentence tag (Use of author/character
name is preferred: Hawthorne implies…)
He said, “There is a full moon tonight.”
Comma before quote
Capitalize first word
Period before end quote
Use more precise terms for says: believes,
maintains, suggests, implies
(This is typical “dialogue” style and does NOT
offer the “so what” analysis.)
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George said that “no one could compare
with the great LeBron James.”
No comma before quote
No cap for first word of quote
No quotes if you change the line
completely: He said that he wanted to go
first.
(However, notice that this type of
sentence does NOT offer the “so what”
feature.)
The fact that “Elizabeth wanted a
gown more beautiful than anyone
else’s” shows how vain she is.
 The line “Look upon my works, ye
mighty, and despair” captures the
arrogance of the ruler.
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offer the “so what” feature. Identify
the “so what” in each.
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are,” she said reluctantly,
“the best pitcher we have seen
yet.”
 Comma before end quote
 Comma before second half of
quote
 No cap for second half
 John
Smith, the author of
Chocolate Rules, believes,
“Nothing can take the place of
the simple M&M candy.”
 Appositive
 Comma on either side of
appositive
 Frost
repeats the last line to
convey a sense of weariness: “And
I have miles to go before I sleep. /
And I have miles to go before I
sleep.”
 Full sentence before the colon
that summarizes idea of quote
 Full sentence for quote
 / means a line break for a poem
 “Vile,”
“gritty,” “torn,” and
“shabby” all suggest the
deterioration of the world
Winston lives in.
 Quotes for each word
 Commas before the end
quotes
 Winston
needed to show a face
of “quiet optimism” to conceal
his desire for revolution.
 No commas
 No capitalization