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The Usual Report original thinking Print or copy pages Highlight key information Summarize the information in each source Put the information in an essay Add an introduction Add a conclusion The End original thinking

Example: Introduction Conclusion Source #1 Source #2 Source #3 All About A Car Introduction Source #1 Summary, Source #2 Summary, Source #3 Summary, Source #4 Summary. Conclusion

try fitting bits & pieces Instead of 4 summaries, try fitting bits & pieces from each source in places that support your thesis

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The Best Way to Avoid Source Summaries? Support a precise thesis statement with Noodletools Notes.

The 1967 release of the film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner coincided with the Loving’s Supreme Court challenge of a Virginia Law forbidding interracial marriage and thereby accurately reflected the slowly changing attitudes of Americans toward interracial marriage. The writer will focus on the film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner attitudes toward interracial marriage reasons for opposition to interracial marriage laws prohibiting interracial marriage existence of black/white interracial marriage. challenges to those laws The writer will not explore Segregation Jim Crow laws Civil Rights movement other aspects of a racially divided nation any other form of interracial marriage.

All forms of Interracial marriage Civil Rights Fully Loaded with Original Thinking The focus of the thesis will determine the shape of the essay. Whatever the focus, though, the essay will be… Segregation All forms of Interracial marriage

One fact/idea = one note card 15 note cards from 2 sources Loving vs. Virginia 1 idea 1 fact 1 idea 1 fact 1 idea 1 fact 1 fact 1 idea 1 idea 1 fact 1 idea 1 fact 1 fact 1 idea 1 fact Reasons for opposition Having only one fact or one idea on each notecard enables writers to move a fact or idea to the part of the paper in which it can best support the thesis statement. In this way, 6 facts from one source can easily be separated and moved to 6 different places within the paper.

Each card is labeled with Pile, Tag & Title. Each card is connected to its source. This helps the writer correctly cite information within the paper. Each card is labeled with Pile, Tag & Title. Interracial Marriage Opposition Religious Cultural Laws States Challenges a. Loving C. Evidence of Change Guess Who’s Coming… Parents 1 Parents 2 Loving v. Virginia. No. 388. Supreme Ct. of the US. 12 June 1967. Find Law. Web.  3 Feb. 2009. URL Source – URL/Pages Pile – Big idea Tag – Part of big idea Title – Very specific idea Laws Challenges Loving v. Virginia Each label has a designated spot within the paper’s outline: Pile = A, B, C Tag = 1, 2, 3 Title = a,b,c

Piles & Tags for Thesis Defense Opposition Cultural – 2 cards Religious – 3 cards Laws Challenges – 9 cards States – 1 card 9 note cards gathered from 3 sources are assigned to the same pile, the same tag. 6 note cards from one source distributed among 3 tags in 2 piles The ONE FACT- ONE CARD rule allows creative distribution of information throughout the paper.

Creating a Note Card: Establishing Source & Topics Will become the a,b,c part of outline. Can be changed later. Type Very Specific Idea Piles and Tags can be typed now or when notecards are sorted.

Your Ideas Direct Quote Paraphrase Note Card Questions you have. What’s next? Copy & Paste or page #. Limit to 1 idea or fact. Your Ideas Direct Quote Paraphrase Your own words. Tell it to someone else before typing it.

The body of a note card The paraphrase is the part you will most likely use in the paper. "Punishment for marriage. � If any white person intermarry with a colored person, or any colored person intermarry with a white person, he shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years." If you use part or all of a direct quote in your paper, you must use quotation marks. Interracial marriage, according to Virginia law, was illegal.  The punishment for the crime of intermarriage was 5 years in a penitentiary. Prompt for further investigation. What did the Supreme Court ruling decide about Virginia's law?

Type outline: I, II, III; A., B., C.; 1., 2., 3. Interracial Marriage Opposition Religious Cultural Laws States Challenges a. Loving C. Evidence of Change Guess Who’s Coming… Parents 1 Parents 2 Opposition to interracial marriage Laws forbidding interracial marriage Evidence of change Type Pile names as A B C in outline OR name Piles to match A B C in outline.

Finishing the Outline with Notecards Interracial Marriage Opposition Religious Cultural Double click to open a pile. Pile = Opposition to interracial marriage Then drag cards into the outline, matching tags (Religious opposition) to the outline’s 1, 2, and 3 s. The cards will appear in the outline.

Note Cards in Noodletools are connected to sources for easy citing within the paper are comprised of three parts direct quote paraphrase my ideas are organized into “Piles” according to Big Ideas that correspond with ABC level of outline have “Tags” that reveal what part of a Big Idea is addressed correspond with 123 level of outline can be dragged directly into the outline for the paper help writers organize information in their creation of a unique product

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