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Writing your Research Paper. You might need to revisit the PowerPoint from yesterday – it is on my blog. Yes, I did dress up. . Some of you may feel like this…. But keep plugging away . Review. Review what you have written and your decisions from yesterday.
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Writing your Research Paper You might need to revisit the PowerPoint from yesterday – it is on my blog. Yes, I did dress up.
Some of you may feel like this… • But keep plugging away
Review • Review what you have written and your decisions from yesterday. • Continue Writing – find the next section and write • INCLUDE YOUR IN-TEXT CITATIONS as you write. • Required in your draft • A real pain to have to go back and find. • Be CONSCIOUS of what you quote and what you don’t. • Learning Target: I understand where and how to document my research.
Balance • You are to use a minimum of 5 sources beyond your read. • Those sources should be used in some degree of balance. • Meaning – of the minimum 5 you are to use all sources in a significant way – but you might use 4 in a balanced way with the last one being for a specific purpose. OR • You have 10 sources and 5-7 are used in a balanced way, but the remaining ones were to fill in pieces of information you need. • How do you check balance? After writing paper, compile list of sources you actually used and then go through them and count how many times you use each. This is what I will do on EACH of your papers • If someone talked to your ex or a friend you have not spent time with in a couple years, how clear a picture would that person get of you. Balance is to tell the whole story and to be sure you have thoroughly checked something out. • Learning Target: I understand how to synthesize my sources for the most effective support of my writing.
Depth of Discussion • 7-10 pages should be enough to have a thorough discussion of your topic and your book. • As you write, do not worry if you exceed 10 pages, worry about that when you edit. • As you write, do worry if you are below 6 pages, as that is harder to address without fertilizer. • Learning Target: I can develop my argumentative thesis with relevant and sufficient detail.
The End is NEAR… • Keep plugging away. • The light is there – • Far away • At the end • Of the Research paper!
Next Week • Please bring a printed copy of your paper to class on Monday – I have an activity to do with you to help with documentation, including your voice, etc. I am not checking for completeness, yet. • Please bring vocab book on Monday, too. • Schedule – Monday (Activity with paper, synthesis essay), Tuesday (Vocab Test, hand out items), Wednesday (Peer revision), Thursday (Discuss peer feedback, Continue Synthesis, Discuss past writings), Friday (Style, Argument, POV).