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Welcome to Seminar 6

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Welcome to Seminar 6

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  1. Welcome to Seminar 6 The Thesis Statement

  2. Welcome to Seminar 2: The Thesis Statement • To change the size of the chat box, please drag the right border to the right or the left. • Note that I will place each slideshow into Doc Sharing, so you can review our material and look at any slides we might have missed during seminar. • They will also be available for seminar makeup.

  3. Unit 4 Work—What’s going on this unit • Reading: How to Write a Thesis Statement from Indiana University's Writing Tutorial Services. • Explore the APA Quick Guide • Project Overview: Justice is a big topic, so you will want to focus on a specific area of justice. • Gangs-Drugs-Sexual Crimes-White Collar Crime • Seminar: We will focus on topics and thesis statements and your checklist for assessing the writing situation.

  4. Review: Unit 4 Defining The Problem) Our project this week will include these steps: • Your thesis statement • Describe three specific claims or main points (because statements)

  5. A Step-by-step Process: The Next Step We’ve been talking about following a process to write your Project. Our next step in the process is developing the thesis statement.

  6. Thesis Statements – What are They? Thesis Statement A thesis statement is just that: a statement about a topic: “The Xbox, the Wii, and the PS3 are in a fight to the death for supremacy of the video console market.” NOT a simple fact: “Last year 30 million game consoles were sold in the United States.” NOT a question: “How popular are game systems in the U.S.?”

  7. Thesis Statements – Preparation • Before you can decide on a thesis, you must know two things: • Your topic • The point you want to make about that topic.

  8. Thesis Statements • The thesis statement is the cornerstone of any essay. It almost always is presented in the introduction—do NOT fall for the temptation of holding it until the conclusion to add to the “suspense.” • Your thesis is your central idea stated in one sentence (occasionally two sentences). The only purpose of the rest of your essay is to expand and explain this statement.

  9. Thesis Statements • For example, let’s look at our hypothetical topic—game consoles—and our working thesis: • “The Xbox, the Wii, and the PS3 are in a fight to the death for supremacy of the video console market.” • The sole purpose of your paper at this point is to expand on this.

  10. Informative vs. Persuasive • Note that there is a difference between an informative thesis and a persuasive thesis. • An informative thesis makes a general point about a topic. • a persuasive thesis makes an argument about a topic.

  11. Informative vs. Persuasive For example, here are two sample thesis statements: Informative:“Stem cell research is growing in both financing and potential.” Persuasive:“More time and money needs to be dedicated to stem cell research if we are to take full advantage of its possibilities.” See the difference?

  12. From Thesis to Paper… Once you have developed a thesis statement, you have the basic outline for your paper.

  13. Thesis Statement Videos • Thesis Statement Example: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HePQWodWiQ • Placement of Thesis Statement:http://classweb.gmu.edu/rnanian/ThesisGuidelines.html • Creating a Thesis Statement: • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/1/

  14. Thesis to Outline Thesis: The Xbox is the best game system because of its graphics, it’s online capabilities, and because there are more games for it than for the other systems. Outline: How will this paper be organized? I. Intro II. Graphics III. Online capabilities IV. Game options V. Conclusion

  15. APA Basics • We use APA citation style at Kaplan. • What do you know at this point about APA?

  16. APA Basics • APA Citation Style was developed by the American Psychological Association • It is one of several citation styles, including MLA, Turabian, Chicago, Bluebook, and AP • Kaplan has adopted APA style for it’s courses

  17. APA Basics Why do we cite our work, and why use a specific citation style—why not let everyone decide how to cite his/her work?

  18. APA Basics • We cite our sources because it is academically honest to give credit to the original author of an idea. • We also cite our sources because it allows us to borrow the credibility of the original author. • We use a specific style so that our work is standardized • Finally, we cite our sources so that our readers could locate our sources and read them if they wanted to do so.

  19. APA Basics How do we cite sources?

  20. APA Basics • This question is more difficult to answer, as there are many rules to APA—more than we can cover in an hour. • However, there are some basics that we can cover.

  21. APA Basics APA Citation Style is a two-part system. • Part I: the in-text citation • Part II: the references page

  22. APA In-text Citations • The in-text citation is what we include in the text of the paperwhen we use outside material. • This is a fairly basic citation, giving only the author’s last name, year of publication, and when possible, a page number (only required in quotes): • (Johnson, 2003, p. 34)

  23. APA In-text Citations In-text citation samples: • (Johnson, 2003, p. 34) • (Allen & Gorden, 2005, p. 133) • (National Institutes of Health, 1999) • (“How We Communicate,” 2004) • (as cited in Johnson, 2001, p. 15)

  24. APA In-text Citations If we include the author’s name in our “signal phrase,” we leave it out of the citation: • According to Johnson (2003), “People are just too crazy” (p. 34). • Allen and Gordon (2005) claim that cats are really man’s best friend (p. 133).

  25. APA In-text Citations This is not enough for our reader to find the source. There are probably thousands of pieces of published work under the name Johnson published in 2003. Why not include ALL of the information on the source here?

  26. APA References Page Think of the in-text citation as a sort of index entry to the full citation, which is found…where? The “References” page.

  27. APA References Page The “References” page gives a full bibliographic entry for our citation, according to APA rules. Also note: • This page is alphabetized • It uses “hanging indents” • The first word of the citation will match the first word on the in-text reference, allowing the reader to find the citation

  28. APA References Page There are nearly as many types of references as there are types of sources, but there are similarities between them. The author’s last name goes first, followed by initials for first and middle names. Jones, B. A.

  29. APA References Page This is followed by the date of publication. Jones, B. A. (2003). Anderson, F. R. (2001, July 10).

  30. APA References Page Book and article titles only use capitals in the first word, the first word of a sub-title, or proper nouns. Book titles are italicized and include publication information: Jones, A. B. (2001). How to skin a cat. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

  31. APA References Page Periodical names are also italicized, and follow the article title. Note that periodical names use capitals letters differently: Jones, A. B. (2003, July 10). Twenty ways to eat a horse. New York Times, p. C5.

  32. APA References Page Online sources include a retrieval statement including date and URL. Brown, B. R. (1999, July). Why shy people don’t eat cats. Social Psychology Journal,6 (9). Retrieved September 25, 2008, from http://socialpsyc.org/cats

  33. APA References Page Online library databases use the database name and doc. number rather than a URL. Brown, B. R. (1999, August). Why shy people don’t eat cats. Social Psychology Journal,6 (9). Retrieved September 25, 2008, from Academic Search database (A8843672)

  34. APA In-text and References Page In-text citations and references page citations match: In-text: According to Jones (2003), “People have eaten cats for centuries” (p. 33). References page: Jones, A. B. (2003, April). How about we eat a cat! Science News,15(6), 12.

  35. APA In-text and References Page In-text citations and references page citations match: In-text: Andrews (2001) argues that people have always had weird tastes. References page: Andrews, P. Q. (2001, March). People’s weird eating habits. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from http://www.letseatcat.com

  36. Citation and Reference Videos • APA REFERENCES PAGE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmcaYdZDa-U • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d45FYQgPbNE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqKZ2U1jlU

  37. Citation and Reference Videos • APA Format - Citations • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8zbkjn-zIM • APA Citation Style & Format • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HsYUA-helk • APA Format – Sample Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY

  38. Final Comments Any questions or comments? I’m going to turn off the Whiteboard now so that we can finish up.

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