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Warm Up 02/12/14. Page 20. ***Directions: Answer the following questions on the Senior Exit Research paper.*** 1.) What is plagiarism? 2.) What can happen if someone plagiarizes something? 3.) How can you prevent plagiarism in your own work?. Objective.

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  1. Warm Up 02/12/14 Page 20 ***Directions: Answer the following questions on the Senior Exit Research paper.*** 1.) What is plagiarism? 2.) What can happen if someone plagiarizes something? 3.) How can you prevent plagiarism in your own work?

  2. Objective • By the end of this class, you should be able to: • Determine and narrow a research paper topic by completing a topic narrowing chart.

  3. Essential Question Why is it important to narrow a research paper topic?

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  5. Did you know? • 1. The basic purpose of the research paper is to support a focused thesis statement with strong research. • 2. The paper can be written in any mode, including but not limited to: • • Expository • • Compare and Contrast • • Cause and Effect • • Argumentative • • Critical Review • • Analytical • • Literary

  6. Did you know? 3. Each paper must cite a minimum of five different sources that are authoritative and current. Encyclopedias and other general resources are not acceptable, including technological reference bundles. Students should strive for variety and balance by using print, online, interviews, digital media, and other reliable sources for information. 4. Papers should be approximately six (6) to eight (8) pages of text.

  7. Did you know? 5. The thesis statement should be in bold-faced type. 6. Sources should include at least one primary source. Students whose primary sources are individuals should explain in the text the person’s expertise. Primary sources are original materials. They are from the time period involved and have not been filtered through interpretation or evaluation. Primary sources are original materials on which other research is based.

  8. Did you know? 7. Students should learn to evaluate research in terms of validity and possible bias. This examination is especially important when students are using on-line sources. 8. Research should take a variety of forms, primary and secondary, traditional and non-traditional. Students may design, administer, and analyze surveys, conduct interviews of experts, access on-line databases, or consult portable database products. Students should tailor their research to their topic to ensure a reasonable balance of sources.

  9. Did you know? 9. Students should not rely solely on on-line sources. 10. Students must carefully document all research information that they cite in their papers. This could include parenthetical documentation within the paper and a list of works cited at the end of the paper.

  10. Did you know? 11. Students should access the most recent edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (or an equivalent) guidelines for appropriate documentation. 12. Students should understand research ethics and the serious consequences of plagiarism. 13. Students should create and integrate a student-generated graphic in their paper.

  11. Topic Feasibility Filter • Directions • Select a topic you think you may want to do for your Senior Exit Research Paper • Answer the feasibility questions. • On the bottom, write a paragraph discussing whether your topic would actually be feasible (i.e. make a workable topic).

  12. Narrowing a Topic • Directions • Read the information on narrowing a topic and look at the example. • Complete the chart on the topic you think that you will do.

  13. Essential Question Why is it important to narrow a research paper topic?

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