Junior Project

1. Junior Project 2013-2014: Problem/Solution

2. Junior Project Paper Requirements • 6 body paragraphs/8 total • 3 CDs per paragraph • MLA format, title page, works cited, etc. • Turnitin.com submission • 4 research sources minimum • Sources must be academic, scholarly articles from recognizable foundations, coalitions, etc.

3. Thesis Statement What is a Thesis Statement? • A one- or two-sentence condensation of the argument or analysis that is to follow Why Should Your Essay Contain a Thesis Statement? • to test your ideas by distilling them into a sentence or two • to better organize and develop your argument • to provide your reader with a “guide” to your argument • In general, your thesis statement will accomplish these goals if you think of the thesis as the answer to the question your paper explores.

4. How to Generate a Thesis Statement • Reduce topic to a single, specific question. • compose one or two complete sentences answering that question. • Question: What are some of the problems associated cancer and how is The American Cancer Society trying to solve those problems? • Question: How does domestic violence affect its victims and the community and how is the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence aiding those effects?

5. How to Tell a Strong Thesis Statement from a Weak One. A strong thesis statement… • takes some sort of stand. • justifies discussion. • expresses one main idea. • is specific.

6. Thesis: Occasion/Position format 1. Write the occasion – the reason for the essay (dependent clause) 2. Write the position – what you hope to prove, explain, solve (independent clause) • Occasions always start with one of the following: • In order that • If • After • Since • Before • Unless • Although • So that • Whenever • As long as • As • Even though

7. Example Occasion/Position Thesis • As long as poverty exists in Third World Countries, Compassion International will seek to feed the starving. • Even though a cure for cancer has eluded researchers, the American Cancer Society is committed to continuing the clinical lab trials. • Although child prostitution is rampant throughout war-torn third-world countries, World Vision seeks to provide education and support to end this devastating phenomenon.

8. Homework: Due Thurs • Total of 20 CD cards • Thesis Statement • 5 ec points IF you have topics & Thesis typed onto outline AND printed out.

9. Homework: Due Friday • Typed Outline with Thesis and topics • Attached and updated works cited page WITH matching Source Finders (and rubrics) and Source cards. • DON’T FORGET TO SAVE!!!!

10. Beginning research- sources • Acceptable sources • Newspaper articles • Website pages • Scholarly Journal Articles • Books • Not acceptable sources • Wikipedia • Ask.com • About.com • Personal blogs

11. Where do I find sources? • School Research Database: EBSCO Host Online http://search.ebscohost.com/ • Username: bonita Password: bearcat • Click on EBSCO host Research Databases • Select any appropriate databases: ERIC or Topic Source are great places to start. • Library: www.bonitahigh.net- school- school library- Bonita High School- catalog. • Search by topic, author, keyword, etc. • Be sure to see if books are available.

12. Where do I find sources? • Other Databases and Resources • News: CNN, Channelone, BBC, LA Times, NYTimes, MSNBC, Newsweek, Washington Post, PBS.org, Time (all of these have .com or .org websites)

13. Big Picture Outline For P/S • Current Version of Occasion/Position Thesis Statement • Problem: Social Issue you have selected. 1. Sentence about sub-problem # 1 2. Sentence about Sub-problem # 2 3. Sentence about Sub-problem # 3 • Solution: Charity you have selected. 1. Sentence about Charity’s solution to Sub-problem # 1 2. Sentence about Charity’s solution to Sub-problem # 2 3. Sentence about Charity’s solution to Sub-problem # 3 *Do a thorough job because these will become your topic sentences for all body paragraphs.

14. Example Big Picture Outline For P/S • As long as AIDS is needlessly ending thousands of lives in the United States, the AIDS Foundation will continue to provide education and research to stop the spread of this epidemic. • Problem: AIDS In America 1. Lack of education about safe sex practices 2. Drug use with infected needles 3. No health insurance and/or money to be tested. 4. Individual fear of being tested for AIDS/HIV • Solution: AIDS Foundation 1. Fund combination safe-sex and abstinence education programs in schools 2. Clean needle exchange programs 3. Free HIV and AIDS testing clinic 4. Pre and post-test counseling, anonymous testing, free counseling for treatment.

15. Note cards- CD Collectors • Purpose of note cards • To collect concrete details • Begin sifting through research • Stay organized • Guidelines for note cards: • Only ONE Concrete Detail per note card • Must be EXACT Quotes WORD FOR WORD • Must be NEAT and LEGIBLE… • if you can’t read them, they won’t be useful when you begin to outline your paper. • must be on a ring or in a spiral note card book

16. Note cards- Getting started • Label your sources with a large A, B, C, D in the top right hand corner… • Put A in the top right hand corner of a note card

17. Note cards- Now what? • Find a good CD from source A • Highlight CD which should already by highlighted and labeled as a problem/solution. • Copy CD word for word in the middle of the note card

18. Note Card format – Front

19. Some note card definitions/explanations • Header: A short (few words) explaining that fact • ex. Child Cancer Death statistic or homeless teens fact • Source letter: This is how you know which cards go with which sources. • A card marked with A should go with a source marked A • Concrete Detail: A fact or statistic or piece of evidence found in one of your sources. • Page # or section: • Write the page # if it’s from a book or article. • from a website write “net” followed by the section in (“parentheses and in quotes”) or the (“website title”) if you will use multiple sections. • Ex. net (“Cancer research”)

20. Some note card definitions/explanations CD’s must be • copied WORD FOR WORD • put in quotes to avoid plagiarism • If the person who said the quote, isn’t the person who wrote the article • precede your CD with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said “I have a dream.”

21. Note Card format – Back

22. Working Bibliography • What and why? • To keep track of your sources • Will become your Works Cited page • www.easybib.com • Be sure to create an account so you can save your working bibliography. This will become your works cited and it WILL CHANGE.

23. MLA Formatting • Title Page • First Page of Writing • Headers • Interior Citations • Works Cited

24. Internal Citations • General rules: • Use the first words that are found in your works cited entry. • If the article title has six or more words… • create a shortened version of the title • If article title is five words or less, • use the entire title

25. Internal Citations Examples • Ex: “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “quote” (Author’s last name page #). • Ex: “The war in Uganda has been called the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world today” (“The War in Northern Uganda”). • “quote” (“name of article or website page”).

26. Quote within a quote • Ex: “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%, making this ‘the most neglected humanitarian emergency in the world’”(Payne 4).

27. Transitional Sentence Examples • Problem to problem: Though gun injury is the most significant problem with lenient gun control, there are also several notable secondary problems. • Problem to solution: Though there are many problems with lenient gun control, there are some solutions that will help reduce the problems. • Effect to effect: Though there are many physical effects of breast cancer, there are also emotional effects. • Effect to effect: Though chemotherapy has a physical effect on breast cancer patients, it also has an emotional one.

28. 4 kinds of lead ins/outs • Author Attribution- Establishes credibility. • The first time you refer to an author in your paper. • If you are using a quote from someone other than the cited author. • Transitional Phrase- When you are comparing, contrasting or linking ideas within a single paragraph. • Completing the Sentence-When your concrete detail is not a full sentence (independent clause) on its own. • Commentary- tells WHY the cd is important, it is used when you want to seamlessly weave your commentary in with your concrete detail. *see worksheet for specifics and a how-to

29. Attributive words for lead ins/out • “According to (author) in (book, name of article, etc.)” • Who said it (person or organization) + Why are they credible (job, expertise, experience, degree) + a verb such as… • Claims • States • Defines ______ as • Asserts • In her research, _________found that

30. Example of attribution • According to David Zinczenko, Editor-in-Chief of Men's Health magazine and Editorial Director of Women's Health magazine, “[m]ost teenagers who live on a fast food diet won’t turn their lives around” (1).

31. Introductory Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Descriptive summarized first hand account. • A surprising/relevant/shocking statistic • Extent of the problem • Final sentence: O/P Thesis Statement.

32. Concluding Paragraph • Restate Thesis • Summarize findings in paper. • A call to action for American teens • What can we feasibly do to combat this problem? • Consider volunteering but also…. • How can we change our daily behavior • Ex. Relationship between Domestic violence and teen dating

33. Junior Project Speech Sign-ups- P. 2

34. Junior Project Speech Sign-ups- P. 3

35. Junior Project Speech Sign-ups- P. 7

36. Junior Project Portfolio • Paper copies of at least 5 sources labeled and in alphabetical order • Big Picture Outline • Full typed concrete detail outline • 3 Double sided t-charts (6 total sides) • Junior Project Reflection • A labeled MLA Section with all hand-outs and this PowerPoint.

37. MLA Format Bellwork #1 Which of the following is correct MLA format? • “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%”(Payne, p. 4). • “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%”(Payne pg. 4). • “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%.” (Payne pg. 4)

38. MLA Format Bellwork #2 Which of the following is correct MLA format for a source with NO AUTHOR? • A. “Lung cancer (both small cell and non-small cell) is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer)” (American Cancer Society). • B. “Lung cancer (both small cell and non-small cell) is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer). (American Cancer Society)” • C. “Lung cancer (both small cell and non-small cell) is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer)” (“American Cancer Society”). • D. “Lung cancer (both small cell and non-small cell) is the second most common cancer in both men and women (not counting skin cancer).”

39. MLA Format Bellwork #3 Which of the following is correct MLA format when you are adding in a word? • “The poverty rate for all individuals… in the United States… was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “The poverty rate for all individuals (in the United States) was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “The poverty rate for all individuals [in the United States] was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “The poverty rate for all individuals – in the United States- was 12.5%” (Payne 4)

40. MLA Format Bellwork #4 Which of the following is correct MLA format when you need to eliminate a word? Copy original CD: “In the United States in 2003, the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “…the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%” (Payne 4). • “________ the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%”(Payne 4). • “the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%”(Payne 4). • “…. the poverty rate for all individuals was 12.5%.” (Payne 4).