Develop a Research Plan 8Once you have a topic picked out, you need to formulate a plan that will allow you to narrow that topic and proceed with the research on it. 8Write 10 questions that ask what you’d like to discover about your topic.

Review Research Paper Steps 8Step 1: select a topic 8Step 2: write research questions 8Step 3: search for information to answer those research questions 8Step 4: Create a Graphic Organizer to find the main points of your paper 8Step 5: start creating notes for the sources you find 8Step 6: take notes

Graphic Organizers 8Graphic Organizers show the relationship between the topic you have chosen for your paper and the main points you are going to make about it. 8Use Smart Art to create a graphic organizer.

Sample Graphic Organizer Immigration to SD Why immigrants came here Where immigrants came from Pioneer Life Transportation and communication Food Preparation Surviving pioneer hardships My Family Ethnic background tradition and history

Taking Notes 8“Review your sources, and when you find material that answers your research questions, take notes. Good notes are key to crafting a good research report. You should include information paraphrased from your sources, as well as quotations that will support your ideas and make your paper interesting.”

Option #1: Source-Based Notes 8Source: list reference 8List all the information you find from that one source 8Later, take a highlighter and find which pieces of information go with each of your main points

Option #2: Topic-Based Notes 8Put a main point from your graphic organizer at the top of the page. 8Add notes each time you find something that fits with that topic. 8Make sure to keep track of which notes come from which source.

Taking Notes Use all three of these methods equally throughout your paper… 8Paraphrase 8A restatement of someone else’s idea in your own words. Paraphrases are usually the same length as the original work. 8Summary 8Restating someone else’s ideas in your own words, making it shorter than the original statement. 8Direct Quotation 8Using someone else’s ideas word for word because the way that person put it says it best. Direct quotations should be less than 5 lines long.

For Example… Hiding in her mother's pouch, the little wombat can't work out what the fuss is about. But staff at the Cleland Wildlife Park, in the Adelaide Hills, are in raptures over their newest addition - a baby common wombat. South Australian Environment Department spokesman Michael Hamilton said it was extremely difficult to breed wombats in captivity but this youngster - a female - was the second common wombat born at the park in the past two years. "We were thrilled to become one of a few parks in Australia that have ever bred common wombats," he said. "To happen again is just icing on the cake." The wombat was born about seven months ago but she was only recently noticed after emerging from her mother's pouch. At 30cm in length and weighing about 5kg, the unnamed wombat is now becoming a star attraction at the 35-hectare park. From: AAP General News Wire. Sydney: Feb 28, pg. 1 Write a Paraphrase, Summary, and a Direct Quote for the passage above…

Plagiarism 8“Derived from the Latin word plagiarus (kidnapper), plagiarism refers to a form of cheating that has been defined as “the false assumption of authorship: the wrongful act of taking the product of another person’s mind, and presenting it as one’s own” (Alexander Lindey, Plagiarism and originality [New York: Harper, 1952] 2). Plagiarism involves two kinds of wrongs. Using another person’s ideas, information, or expressions without acknowledging that person’s work constitutes intellectual theft. Passing off another person’s ideas, information, or expressions as your own to get a better grade or gain some other advantage constitutes fraud. Plagiarism is sometimes a moral and ethical offense rather than a legal one since some instances of plagiarism fall outside the scope of copyright infringement, a legal offense.” (Gibaldi, Joseph. The MLA Handbook for writers of Research Papers. New York: Harper, 2003.)

Plagiarism Consequences 8Deliberate 8No credit for the assignment. 8Accidental 8Points deducted from final draft for every “accident.” For more information on how to avoid plagiarism, see…

How to get your information on paper… 8Outline 8You need to take the information from your notes to create a full sentence outline. 8Graphic Organizer 8Use the main key points in your paper to arrange in a format that works for you to brainstorm. A sample outline can be seen at:

“Start by getting something— anything—down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft—you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft—you fix it up.” ~ Anne Lamott, novelist

Drafting 8Arrange your notes based on the information in your outline or your graphic organizer and begin writing. 8It doesn’t matter where you start when you are drafting. Pick the section you are the most comfortable with and go for it!

Thesis Statement 8THESIS STATEMENTS 8A thesis statement has 2 parts: the topic of your paper and the point you are making about your paper. 8Use the information you find in your graphic organizer and your outline to figure out what to include in your thesis statement 8For more information on writing thesis statements:

Writing an Introduction 8The introduction should set the tone of your entire paper. 8For more information see… 8http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/7 28/01/ 28/01/

Parenthetical Documentation 8As you write, you will be including information you wrote down on your note cards. When you do, you must add a parenthetical reference. 8These will direct your reader to your works cited page on the back of your paper so he or she can look up the information for him or herself. 8We will review these in December…for now, while you write, keep track of where you used your sources.

Revision Time! 8Check These…. 8Effective Word Choice 8Parenthetical Documentation 8Grammar, Spelling, Usage 8MLA Guidelines 8Share it with others…

Checklist for Research Editing _____ included a strong introduction with a clear thesis statement. _____ used evidence from all my sources. _____ credited my sources of information _____ used an effective organizational pattern _____ used transitions between ideas _____ summarized my ideas in a satisfying conclusion _____ provided a properly formatted Works Cited list at the end of the report.