Research PowerPoint

Choose Your Topic Decide what you want to research Brainstorm!!!! Complete Preliminary Worksheet Create a Research Question

Research Primary – Original, unfiltered Secondary – Second hand Autobiography personal diary or letters firsthand observer accounts of event speech given by a person research report by researchers Secondary – Second hand Biography book about the person or event literary criticism of the work report on event years later commentary on the speech interpretation of the research

Typically What is Credible Currency When it was written – newer the better Authority Who wrote it – professional is better Author’s purpose How biased – inform purpose = less bias - persuade = more bias What evidence is given – facts, examples, stats If it is factual/believable

Get Organize Group ideas into areas Number/Letter the reasons in your thesis Read and Highlight each article and label with number/letter

Plagarism Are all sources properly cited FIRES Get Cited!!!!! Unless…. Common knowledge (information known by everyone or almost everyone) does not need to be cited

Plagiarism Continued… There are consequences for plagiarism, which is stealing or improperly crediting sources. If you don’t cite it, you are plagiarizing If you don’t include a works cited page you are committing academic dishonesty/plagiarism Not knowing how to is not a viable excuse Come up with a system to ensure you are not plagiarizing Note cards Graphic organizer Buying a paper, having your mom write it, and using an old paper are all forms of academic dishonesty

Synthesis Merging of ideas from all sources Finding Evidence to back up (FIRES) Quoting-copying directly from text Choose wisely Too many direct quotes takes away your voice Paraphrasing Put in your own words Maintain your voice Summarizing-a broad overview of source Don’t lose your voice Research is to support YOUR claim. This is your paper with your thoughts that’s backed up with evidence to support. Evidence vs. Elaboration Evidence is FIRES Elaboration is an extension of your idea from your own head. Both are needed and important in research

How To Cite in Outline and Paper Through the use of signal phrases According to Jones… As Smith noted… Jones concluded… According to Stevens … McHugh contrasted this idea… Moreover, Smith added… Elliot and Pruett argued… At the end of the paraphrase/borrowed material include the author or the title and page number (Jones 12). Or (“How” 12). If there is no page number don’t include one.

Keep Organizing - Outline Why Aids in the process of writing Helps you organize your ideas Presents your material in a logical form How Brainstorm: List all the ideas that you want to include in your paper. Organize: Group related ideas together. Order: Arrange material in a logical order. (Introduction with attention getter, background information, and thesis, body with topic sentence and supporting details, and conclusion with restated thesis and clincher) Label: Create main and sub headings. Publish: type in MLA format

Outline Format Roman Numerals = topic sentence of paragraph I. A. B. C. II. 1. 2. a. b. III. Roman Numerals = topic sentence of paragraph Capital Letters = assertion (idea/comment) that supports topic sentence Number = evidence or support (quote, summary, paraphrase) Lower letter = response to evidence (NOT IN 1st PERSON)

Level of Formality Who is your audience? What is your purpose? Teacher Parent Friend Sibling Judge The American Public What is your purpose? Inform Persuade Entertain

Rough Draft Remember – Purpose (Why are you writing) Subject (What are you writing about? ) Audience (Who are you writing to?) Tone (How is your writing going to sound?) Include new ideas that you may have skipped during prewriting. Don’t worry about mistakes. Mistakes are supposed to happen at this stage. At least get your ideas down. You can add, subtract, fix later. Remember to embed evidence not just plop it in. USE YOUR SIGNAL PHRASES!!!!!

Rough Draft Format Paper Page #s in upper right corner header with my last name and page number heading in upper left corner unique-centered title that is not underlined all text is double spaced, 1 inch margins, 12-font Times New Roman… Paper Indenting Spacing after punctuation

Tips for Self-Evaluation Read Carefully: Read your paper more than once. Check for content (what you say) and organization (how your ideas are arranged). 2. Listen Carefully: Read your writing aloud and try to “hear” what you’ve written. 3. Take time: You may need to put the writing down for a while and then come back to it.

Revising Techniques 1. Adding new information: words, phrases, sentences, whole paragraphs. 2. Cut information: details, examples, words. Cut repetition, wordiness, and unnecessary details. 3. Replace weak words, cliches, awkward sounding sentences with more precise wording. 4. Reorder information: move details, paragraphs, or examples to an order that makes sense.

Revision Questions Content 1. Is it interesting? 2. Are there enough details? 3. Are there unrelated or off topic ideas? 4. Are unfamiliar terms explained? Organization 5. Are ideas arranged in the best order? 6. Are the connections between ideas clear? Style 7. Is the meaning clear? 8. Are there cliché’s or other tired phrases? 9. Does the writing fit the audience?

Proofreading Guidelines 1. Is every sentence a complete sentence? (no fragments or run-ons). 2. Does it have correct punctuation? 3. Are there capitalization errors? 4. Do the verbs (in number) agree with the subject? 5. Are verbs in the right tense? 6. Are pronoun references clear and do they agree? 7. Are commonly confused words (such as affect and effect) used correctly? 8. Are all words spelled correctly?