DO NOW! What is the purpose of having sources for a research paper? List as many sources as you can.
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Source Cards 8th Grade Language Arts
What is a Source? Something that supplies or gives information on a topic.
What are Sources? Sources include the following: Internet Textbook (Springboard) Book (from the library, The Giver) Magazine (from the library)
What is a Source Card? A source card has a statement you plan to use to strengthen the ideas in your paragraphs.
Sources for a Research Paper Research paper must have: At least three different sources which will appear as WORKS CITED entries in the bibliography.
Source Cards New Source = New Card For each source you use, you will need to create a source card. New Source = New Card
Source Cards Each source card should include information about the source: Author Title Publisher Year Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Copy this Format Down Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Sample Book Source Card Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax, 2005. Print. Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Create a Source Card for The Giver Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
What Goes On a Source Card? Information you did not know about your topic that you get from another author
How to Take Another Author’s Information: Paraphrase Summarize Quote DON’T PLAGIARIZE!!!!
PLAGIARISM It's like lip-synching to someone else's voice and accepting the applause and rewards for yourself. IF YOU PLAGIARIZE, YOU WILL FAIL!!! …any time you take a writer’s words and use them as your own, you are plagiarizing
Using Another Writer’s Words as Your Own… the RIGHT Way! Paraphrase/Summarize Direct Quote with Citation Include your own thoughts about what the writer has to say ALWAYS GIVE THE CREDIT TO THE REAL AUTHOR!
On Your Own: Complete 3 Source Cards for The Giver relating to the idea of DYSTOPIA (a society that is not perfect): 1 Paraphrase 1 Direct Quotation 1 Summary
From the Text (Direct Quote, Paraphrase) Reading from The Giver Complete Double Entry Journals during the reading time Page # From the Text (Direct Quote, Paraphrase) My Thoughts