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English I Research Unit Handbook

The agenda below is meant to help you plan and stay on top of this project, but it does not necessarily include everything you will be responsible for during this time period and could be changed if needed.

|DATE |MEET IN |RESEARCH RELATED AGENDA AND ASSIGNMENTS |

|2/17 |Class |1 Introduce research project and guidelines. What is a research paper? What will you learn through the process? 2 |

| | |Plagiarism and Paraphrasing; 3 MLA Format |

| | |You need 3x5 Index cards in class on 02/21 and every day until your research is complete. |

| |Class |1 Review/Intro Bibliography Cards 2 Bibliography Card Assignment due beginning of period (bop) 2/23/12 |

|2/21 | | |

|2/23 |Class |1 Explain how to create note cards 2 Note Card Assignment: Read sample sources and create 2 bibliography cards and 8 |

| | |sample note cards – due at end of period 2/24/12 |

|2/24 |Class |Signature Page Due – You will not be allowed to begin research in the Media Center until you turn in the signature page. |

|2/27 |M.C.* |Day 1 Analyze and Identify Reliable Sources *M.C. = Media Center |

|2/28 |M.C. |Day 2 1 Find and photocopy or print sources; 2 Create bibliography card for each source – Bibliography cards #1, #2 |

| | |(Regular), and #3 (Honors) and all sources copied or printed: due end of period |

|2/29 |M.C. |Day 3 1 Begin LLC one source – all sources must be LLC’d for proper paraphrasing; 2 minimum of 10 note cards due by end |

| | |of the period |

|3/1 |M.C. |Day 4 1 Continue working on note cards; 2 15 additional note cards due by end of period – total of 25 for the two days |

|3/2 |M.C. |Day 5 LAST DAY IN THE MEDIA CENTER 1 Finish all note cards due by middle of period. You must have a minimum of 40 cards |

| | |total, but you should have more – as many as needed to make sure you have enough information for your paper. |

| | |YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL OF YOUR SOURCES COPIED BY TODAY WITH CORRECT BIB CARDS STAPLED TO EACH SOURCE. |

| 3/5 |Class |1 Arrange note cards; 2 Begin to write thesis statement – due at beginning of period on 3/6/12. 3) Work on ideas for |

| | |introduction and conclusion |

|3/6 |Class |1 Thesis statement due beginning of period; 2 Complete ideas for introduction and conclusion – due 3/8/12 at beginning of|

| | |period 3 Distribute formal outline and explain – due at beginning of period 3/9/12 |

|3/8 |Class |1 Explain parenthetical documentation 2 Code Sources for parenthetical documentation |

|3/9 |Class |Begin to write rough draft with parenthetical documentation in 1st body paragraph |

|3/12 |Class |Explain works cited page and handwrite a sample works cited page for three sources - due by end of the period |

|3/13 |Due at: b.o.p |Final typed paper due as outlined in this packet and listed on pages 8 & 9. Any component missing in the final copy will |

| | |result in a 0 until corrected. |

| | |Important Note: The final research paper will be graded 3rd quarter. If you do not turn in a research paper with all |

| | |components, you will fail 3rd quarter. |

Creating a Bibliography Card / Works Cited Page

Review: bibliography card

In order to keep from plagiarizing in your research paper, you must accurately cite all of your sources. The first step in doing this is to create a bibliography card that you can attach to your photocopied source so that you can keep track of the information you need.

Before you even take notes, neatly record all the pertinent bibliographical information you'll need to cite your sources in MLA format on a 3x5 index card (one for each source) so that when you need to make your works cited page all you need to do is copy it straight from your bibliography cards. Number your sources in the upper right hand corner of your card so that you can simply write your source number on each of your note cards to save time (the first source you find can be source #1, the second source can be source #2, etc.). It is also helpful to note the call number of a book on the bottom right of the card so that you can locate books easily. MLA format is very nitpicky. You MUST follow the format exactly. Check your punctuation and be sure that you use accurate information or your Works Cited Page will be incorrect and you can be accused of plagiarism!

Sample Card:

Source #

Source Citation in MLA format (note the hanging indent!) Example:

Wang, Wallace and Roger C. Parker. Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

for Dummies. Chicago: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., 1996.

Book or Magazine call number if needed

MLA Format for Bibliography Cards

BOOK BY ONE AUTHOR

Last Name, First Name. Title of Book Underlined. Where Published: Name of Publishing Company. Date published.

(all lines after the first line are indented 5 spaces)

ELECTRONIC DATABASE (Proquest, Electric Library, Gale Resource, SIRS, CQ Researcher)

Author’s last name, first name. “Title of Article.” Name of Magazine/Newspaper Day Month Year of publication: page(s). Name of Database. Name of Service. Web. Day Month Year of access.

WEB SITE (Evaluate these prior to using them.)

Author’s last name, first name (if given). “Title of Page.” Title of Site. Corporation or Organization responsible for site. Day Month year of publication. Web. Day Month Year of access.

(all lines after the first line are indented 5 spaces)

Article in specialized encyclopedia

Last name of the author of the work you are citing, first name. "Title of the Article." Name of Encyclopedia or Set. Ed. Editor’s first name and last name. Volume #. Where published: Publishing Company. Date published. Pages of work.

(all lines after the first line are indented 5 spaces)

Review: note cards

While you may find a different system for taking notes for research papers that works for you when you are in college, for now you are required to use 3x5 index cards because they are easy to arrange.

• Write your source number (from the bibliography card) on the upper right hand corner and your general topic (from your outline) in the upper left hand corner. Put your notes in the middle and the page number you found the information on in the lower right hand corner.

• Write one piece of information on each card – this helps later to arrange your ideas and thoughts

• Write a heading for each card – this can come from a working outline or from ideas you find about topic that go together.

• Write the page number where the information you put on the number is found on the bottom right hand corner. This is very important to do so the parenthetical documentation is correct.

• Sometimes (very rarely) you will put a direct quote, but almost always you will be paraphrasing the information. You can list points from your reading or summarize and paraphrasing right into rough sentences on your card to make writing your rough draft easier.

• Above all, note taking involves writing. LLCing your photocopies is an important first step, but when used alone you do not digest enough of the information to make the paper your own and it makes writing the actual paper more difficult, therefore note cards are required.

Sample Note Card

Heading: (Example: II. Transmission) Source Number

Notes: This is where you paraphrase, summarize or quote the information that you need for your paper. Does not have to be in sentences. Can be bullet points

Page Number

Reminder of what to write down on note cards?

• Anything and everything that will fit your research topic or research question/element.

• Be clear and relatively brief in whatever you write, but don't rely too heavily on mental notes because you're afraid of writing too much down. Remember, notes are a bit like drafts: you will not end up using everything you write down.

• Though you should limit this, if you must take a direct quotation, (1) change to a different colored pen, (2) put huge quotation marks around it, and (3) don't forget the page number and source.

• If you don't understand what a particular resource is saying, don't use it or you'll risk misinterpreting the information and ruining your paper.

• Above all, keep everything as legible as possible; you'll thank yourself later. Neat notes count.

6 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing

1. Read the original passage until you understand its full meaning – use the LLC strategy.

2. Set the original aside, and write your paraphrase on a note card from your coding and summary statements.

3. At the top of the note card, write a key word or phrase to indicate the subject of your paraphrase. Check your paraphrase with the original to make sure that your version accurately expresses all the essential information in a new form.

5. Use quotation marks to identify any unique term or phrase you have borrowed exactly from the source.

6. Record the source (including the page number) on your note card so that you can credit it easily.

When quoting directly

• Keep the person’s name near the quote in your notes, and in your paper .

• Select those direct quotes that make the most impact in your paper – too many direct quotes will lessen your credibility and interfere with your style.

• Mention the person’s name either at the beginning of the quote, in the middle, or at the end.

• Put quotation marks around the text that you are quoting,

• Indicate added phrases in brackets ([ ]) and omitted text with ellipses (. . .).

When quoting indirectly

• Keep the person’s name near the text in your notes, and in your paper .

• Rewrite the key ideas using different words and sentence structures than the original text .

• Mention the person’s name either at the beginning of the information, or in the middle, or at that end.

• Double check to make sure that your words and sentence structures are different than the original text.

The original passage:

Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result they overuse quotations in the final [research] paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscript should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes. Lester, James D. Writing Research Papers. 2nd ed. (1976): 46-47.

A legitimate paraphrase:

In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim (Lester 46-47).

What is Parenthetical Documentation?

When writing a research paper, any information you include in the paper that is NOT common knowledge should be documented. This means you are giving credit by showing where you found the information. Parenthetical Documentation simply means you write the information in a sentence or two, then in parenthesis write information that will direct a reader to the works cited page. This information in the parenthesis is called citing the source and looks like a comment you have placed at the end of the sentence (Meehl 34). In the table below are samples of how to include parenthetical documentation in your paper or cite the source where you found information that is NOT common knowledge.

|Source: |Parenthetical Documentation |

|One author or one editor |Documentation shows the author's last name and the page number where the information is found. Notice that |

|(Goodrich 70) |there is no comma following Goodrich and no abbreviation for the word page. |

|Two or more authors |Use the last name, of the first author, followed by the last name of the second author and page number |

|(Barr and Burchfield 55) | |

|No author |Use an abbreviated version of the source's title in quotation |

|("Waiting" 44) |marks. |

|(“Malaria” CDC 3) and (“Malaria” Sick 356) |If two articles begin with the same word, put as much of each title in quotation marks until the difference |

| |between the two is obvious and page number |

|Authors listed more than |Use this form if you use more than one source by the same author: the author's name is placed first, |

|once in the works cited |followed by a comma; the source's title is abbreviated, and the page number follows. |

|(Pratt "Modem Art" 99) | |

|Author’s name in text |Use this form if you clearly indicate where the material originated: Critic John Davidson claims the |

|(178) |artist's style is "unconsidered and blobby" (178). |

Correct Punctuation for Parenthetical Documentation:

|Punctuation: |Parenthetical Documentation |

|Paraphrase |The Coalition for the Homeless estimates that as many as three million citizens of our country share this |

| |lifestyle (Tucker 34). |

| |The period follows the closing parenthesis. |

|Quotation |Grant Wood once claimed that "his greatest inspiration came while milking a cow" (McCoubrey 66). |

| |The ending quotation mark goes before the opening parenthesis. |

| |The period follows the closing parenthesis. |

MLA Format Typing Directions for Microsoft Word

1. Open Microsoft Word and open a blank document.

2. Your paper must be in 12 point Times Roman or Arial.

• Change the font style to Times Roman or Arial and the font size to 12 using the boxes in the upper left of the screen.

3. Your paper must have 1” margins.

• Click “File” then click on “page setup.” If Word 2007: Click on “Page Layout” then “Page Setup”

• Change all margins (top, bottom, left and right) to 1" and click ok.

4. Your paper must be double-spaced.

• Click “Format” then click on “paragraph.” If Word 2007: Click on “Paragraph”

• Find “Line Spacing” under “Indents and Spacing” and click.

• Select Double.

5. You must put your name and number your pages in the footer.

If you have Windows 2000 or a earlier version:

• On the first page, not your title page, click “View” and click on “Header and Footer.”

• A box will appear on your screen.

• Click on the icon that looks like a sheet of notebook paper with a box on top and a box on the bottom. A note will appear: “switch between header and footer.

• Click on the bottom box.

• A dashed box will appear at the bottom of your screen. Change the font to 10, type your last name, first. Example: Doe, Jane

• Hit the tab key two times. The cursor will move to the far right of the footer box.

• Click on the icon with the #. A number will appear. It should be 1. If necessary, change the font to 10.

• Click on “close.”

• The footer should appear on the bottom of each page.

If you have Windows 2007:

• Click on Insert

• Click on Footer

• Click on blank. Change the font to 10, type your last name, first. Example: Doe, Jane

• Hit Tab key two (2) times; Click on Page #; Click on “Current Position” Click on “Plain Number”

• Click on “Close Header/Footer.”

6. Save your document as soon as you create the footer.

• Click “File” and click “Save As.” or Click on the 3 ½ Floppy icon in the menu at the top.

• Choose a name under which to save your paper, perhaps "Your Name Topic of Research Paper." (The quotation marks will not be necessary.) and click Save.

• Sample of file name: Doe – Tuberculosis

• SAVE YOUR PAPER OFTEN SO YOU DO NOT LOSE ANY OF YOUR WORK.

7. Every paragraph must be indented.

• At the beginning of each paragraph, HIT the TAB key once.

• Your cursor will move in the required number of spaces for indentation.

• Write your paragraph.

• When you have completed a paragraph, hit Enter/Return only once.

• Your cursor should move down one line and to the left of the document.

• Hit the TAB key once and begin typing your next paragraph.

• Always use the TAB key to indent

• Do NOT hit the space bar.

8. Your sources must be correctly cited.

Be sure that parenthetical documentation occurs before the end punctuation, but after any quote marks (Graham 24). “See the example” (Smith 12).

Title Page

You must type a title page for your paper.

1. Use a font between 18 and 20. Center all information on each line.

2. Type the title of the paper 2” from the top margin

(The title is not the name of the disease, plague or pox, but the title you chose on your formal outline)

3. Type your name 2” below the title. (Hit the enter key twice or double space and then type information for #4).

4. Type Mrs. Meehl – Period (Hit the enter key twice or double space and then type information for #5).

5. Type Due Date of Paper -- Do not type the words “Due Date.” Type the actual date: January 20, 2009

Works Cited

1. Your works cited must be on its own page.

• At the end of your paper click on “Insert” and “Break.”

• Select “Page Break” and click “OK.”

• This will give a blank page to type your works cited page.

2. It must say Works Cited at the top of the page.

• On the first line, type the words Works Cited and center them.

• Do not make them bold, italics, underline them, or put them in quotation marks.

• Do not use the space bar to center.

• Use the Center icon on the menu on top.

• Hit Enter/Return once.

3. Hanging Indents: Entries that are longer than one line must have hanging indents.

• If you have not already turned on the ruler, turn it on first.

• Go to View, Click on the Ruler box.

• A ruler will appear at the top of the document – you will see numbers and lines that look like a ruler.

• You will also see what looks like an upside down triangle at the left margin.

• Under that triangle you will see a right side up triangle with a square underneath it.

• Click on the right side up triangle/box and drag it to the #1 on the ruler. If the upside down triangle begins to move with the click, keep moving. After you reach the #1 on the ruler, simply click on the upside down triangle and drag it back to the left margin.

• When you type in the bibliography card information, entries there are more than one line will automatically wrap and indent after the first line – will look exactly like your bibliography cards.

4. Type your bibliography cards in alphabetical order.

• Begin with the first entry at the far-left margin.

• Type in the information exactly as it appears on the bibliography card.

• Be sure to underline or italicize titles of books, periodicals, and web sites and put article and page titles in quotation marks.

• Double-check your punctuation.

• When you have finished typing in all information for a single entry, hit Return/Enter once.

5. Type in the rest of your works cited entries and hit Return/Enter once after each one.

6. Remember to save your document when you are done.

Example of a Works Cited Page

See example of a works cited page on the next page.

Works Cited

Anderson, J. "Influenza Symptons." New Republic 204.14 (8 Apr. 1991): 11-14. Online.

EBSCO. 29 Dec. 1996.

Smith, Natalie. "Why Influenza Spreads Easily." New York Times

13 Apr.1993, late ed.: C1. New York Times Ondisc. CD-ROM. UMI-Proquest.

Oct. 1993.

"United States Medical Report on Influenza." The Hartford Courant 22 Sept. 1993: A5.

Reminder of Requirements for submitting Final Paper

Read the following. You will sign and your parents will sign a signature page stating you understand the consequences for not submitting a research paper and not following directions.

I understand the following:

I must complete the research process and submit a typed research paper according to the guidelines explained in the Research Packet/Handbook.

If I do not submit the research paper, I will fail 3rd quarter.

I will still be able to pass 2nd semester if I fail 3rd quarter.

I must include in my final research paper all the parts as explained this Research Packet/Handbook and taught in class.

Until all required parts are included, my paper will be recorded as a “0” until submitted correctly. My paper will also be considered late and receive a late grade.

If I do not include parenthetical documentation in the paper and include a works cited page, my paper will be recorded as a “0” until submitted correctly. My paper will also be consider late and receive a late grade.

If I include the word “you, “any form of “you,” or “I” in my paper, my paper will be recorded as a “0” until submitted correctly. My paper will also be consider late and receive a late grade.

I can make corrections for any of the above and resubmit for my paper to be graded.

The first day my paper is late, my final grade will drop by 10%.

For everyday my paper is late after the first due date, I lose additional points for each day on my final grade.

Checklist for submitting final typed copy of research paper

Check off each line as you place each required part in the folder or check to ensure the component is included in the final paper.

Paper and all other required materials submitted in a folder with pockets

Paper typed

Title Page

Works Cited Page

Footer included in paper

Parenthetical documentation included correctly in text of paper

No “you” or “I” in the text of paper

Title page, Paper, Works Cited Page and formal/final outline on the right pocket of the folder

Formal/final outline

Rough Draft paragraph

Thesis Statement paper

Working Outline (if one was done)

Note cards

Bibliography cards stapled to sources and put in alphabetical order

Rough draft (if required); Formal/final outline; Thesis Statement Paper; Working Outline, Note cards, Bibliography cards stapled to sources and in alphabetical order in the left pocket of the folder

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A research paper is a formal academic paper, therefore do not use the following:

• first person: I, we, our, us

• 2nd person: you, your, you’re

Any use of any form of I or we or any form of you will result in a zero on the research paper until corrected.

If you miss any days scheduled to go to the Media Center, access the web sites at home:

Passwords for E-Library and Proquest and Gale Resources:

Go to: ; click on Media Center

E-library/Proquest: User Name: 45-12696 Password: bigchalk

Gale Resources: Password: new_rpa

Title of Paper

My Name

Teacher Name – Period X

Due Date

Sample Title Page

Assignment Information:

• Materials needed by 2/21:

100 index cards

• Materials needed by 2/24:

money to make copies ($1-$2)

folder with two pockets to put your materials in

baggies to keep your index cards all together

computer disk/ CD-RW/ or USB drive

your school ID

• Topic: (fill in once you have chosen a topic)

• Word Count: English 1: 400-500 words English Honors 1: 500-600 words

• Number of Sources Required: English 1: 2 English Honors 1: 3

At least one of your sources must be from an electronic database: (e-library or proquest or Gale Resources)

If money to make copies is an issue, please see me privately.

PLAGIARISM:

You must give credit for the ideas you borrow in your research, unless the ideas are common knowledge or widely accepted. Failure to do so results in plagiarism.

Plagiarism is

• the act of presenting someone else's ideas as your own

• a form of stealing carried out, intentionally or unintentionally, by researchers who fail to credit their research.

Even if you paraphrase the words, it is still plagiarism if you say basically the same thing as an original source with only a few changed words.

Do NOT plagiarize.

Name:

After you check off, tear off this page and put it in your folder with the rest of your materials.

COMMON KNOWLEDGE

Information is common knowledge:

• If reliable authors refer to it without citing its source

• if most people knowledgeable in the field accept it as a fact

• if it is reported in most introductory textbooks or basic reference books on the subject

If in doubt, cite the source.

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