1. Your Notecards How should they be organized? Notecards should be organized by MAIN IDEA/TOPIC. If a source has useful information that deals with two different MAIN IDEAS/TOPICS, make two SEPARATE notecards (e.g. “Negative Impacts of Energy Drinks” and “Connection Between Energy Drink Consumption and Drug Use”). How will I use my notecards to write my persuasive essay? When you are finished with your notecards, you will print them, cut them out, and then organize them into piles based on where in your essay you will use the information contained on the card. For Example: Pile 1- stuff I’ll probably use in my intro. Pile 2- stuff I’ll probably use in my 1 st body para. (related to health effects of smoking) Pile 3-stuff I’ll probably use in my impacts bystanders) 2 nd body para. (related to how smoking negatively effects bystanders) Pile 4-stuff I’ll probably use in my 3 rd body para. (related to how smoking/nicotine can be a gateway drug) Pile 5-stuff I’ll probably use in my intro.

2. Sample Project Outline: Notice: your claim/thesis answers your research question. Topic: Smoking Claim/thesis: Selling cigarettes should be illegal. Reason 1: It causes severe health effects to the smoker, including death. Reason 2: It negatively effects bystanders. Reason 3: Cigarettes/Nicotine can be a gateway drug. Research Question: Should selling cigarettes should be illegal?

3. Sample Project thesis: Topic: Smoking Claim/thesis: Selling cigarettes should be illegal. Reason 1: It causes severe health effects to the smoker, including death. Reason 2: It negatively effects bystanders. Reason 3: Cigarettes/Nicotine can be a gateway drug. Selling cigarettes should be illegal because it causes severe health effects for the smoker, it negatively affects bystanders, and the nicotine in cigarettes can be a gateway to other drug use.

4. Your engaging HOOK goes here. Choose 1 of the 7 hook strategies we learned about on Friday. Include any other pertinent background information to your topic. Your thesis will be the last sentence of your introduction paragraph. Your thesis = your claim statement + your 3 reasons.

7.  Why shouldn’t cell phones be aloud in class?

12. NOTECARD REFLECTION: On the sheet in front of you, reflect on the notecards you created yesterday. Based on our discussion of these examples, what do you need to do differently when creating notecards on your final two days of research? What do you need to change about the notecards you’ve already created?

13. Good or Not So Good?

14.  CLAIM: Schools should get rid of homework

15.  CLAIM: Schools should start later.

16.  CLAIM: Teens should not use social networking sites.

17.  CLAIM: School start time should be pushed back.

18.  CLAIM: Uniforms should be introduced in schools.

19. 1.Select a graphic organizer that appeals to you. 2.Begin to fill in the graphic organizer as much as you can.

23. Research Reflection On the back of your graphic organizer, please do the following: 1.Make a detailed list of the kind of information you still need to research on Monday and Tuesday. 2.Write a paragraph explaining your research plan for Monday’s research day in the library.

24. Objective:  Continue to create notecards based on research that helps to answer my research question.  Start to focus my research more closely on addressing my specific claim + 3 reasons. Task: -Work productively and independently during the research period in the library -address needed changes to notecards previously created based on Friday’s reflection -Create at least 3 more notecards

25. Objective:  Continue to create notecards based on research that helps to answer my research question.  Focus my research more closely on addressing my specific claim + 3 reasons. Task: -Work productively and independently during the research period in the library -address needed changes to notecards previously created based on Friday’s reflection -Create at least 3 more notecards Mrs. C will call you up individually to review your graphic organizer (claim + 3 reasons)