9 March: Research Day 1

1. Students turned in homework; had opportunity to finish up journal assignment from Thursday.
2. Students were given steps in the research process that will be followed for this paper.
3. Students were given a list of terminology and definitions they should know during this process.
4. Students read an article, answered questions about it/found information in it, and practiced paraphrasing and quoting material from it.
5. Students were given the research assignment. They should brainstorm and choose a topic by next class. Part 1 of the process (What I Already Know and What I Want to Find Out) will be started in class on Wednesday. (assignment can be found here: http://woodliffenglish10.blogspot.com/2009/03/english-10-research-paper-assignment.html)

12 Steps in the Research Process (Notes)
1.brainstorm
2.Choose a topic
3.Do the research – find information/sources
4.Write down information from sources you will need to make a bibliography/works cited
5.make an annotated bibliography
6.Make note cards with information from sources
7.Make an outline
8.Write a rough draft
9.Revise the rough draft
10.Edit the rough draft
11.Prepare the final draft
12.Proofread

Research Paper Terminology
•Source – the document where you information came from. For this paper, your sources will be either web pages or articles you find through finditva.com
•Cite/Document - To cite something means to show the reader where you found particular information.
•Citation/Documentation – the act of citing. You will use parenthetical citations to cite your information. The author’s last name is put in parentheses after your information. If there is no author, use the article/webpage tite. Citations help prevent plagiarism.
•Bibliography - list of sources organized alphabetically. A bibliography consist of all of the works you referred to while drafting and writing the paper.
•Annotation - a critical or explanatory note or body of notes added to a text
•Annotated bibliography – an type of bibliography that includes an annotation. This might include:
–A description of the content and focus of the source
–The source’s usefulness to your research
–An evaluation of the source’s credibility
–Your reactions to the source
•Works Cited – list of sources organized alphabetically. A Works Cited consists of only the works you parenthetically cited in your paper. If you cite sources but have no Works Cited page, you have plagiarized.

Add PLAGIARISM to the list
•Literary theft.
•occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's words or ideas and then calls the work his own.
•Copyright laws protect writers' words as their legal property.
•To avoid plagiarism, writers take care to give credit to those from whom they borrow and quote (they cite the information)


Paraphrase (Notes)

•Restatement in your own words of a phrase or idea that you found in your research sources.
•When you paraphrase, be extra careful to cite your source if any ideas that you take from your sources.

Creating Note Cards of Information
•There are 3 types of note cards.
•1) Paraphrase cards. This is when you take the information and put it into your own words.
•2) Quotation cards. This is when you copy word-for-word a piece of information. Always put the quote in quotation marks.
•3) Summary card. This is when you summarize a paragraph or even the entire article.

On each note card, you should include:
1.The source number
2.The topic of the card: what is the piece of information about? These topics will be used to create paragraphs when you make your outline and rough draft.
3.The paraphrase, quote, or summary

Paraphrase Example #1
Paraphrase the following sentence from the active reading (number this source "1"): "And while women ultimately prevail as better spellers, members of both sexes struggle with the configurations of such words as accommodation, separate, definitely and accidentally. "

Paraphrase Card Example #1

Paraphrase Card Example #2
Paraphrase the following sentence from the active reading: "About a third said they got nervous filling out official forms or formal documents without a computer-based spell checker or at least a dictionary."

Paraphrase Card Example #2



Quotation Card Example:
•Below is an example of a quotation card for the direct quote “A blasé 31 percent said it didn’t matter.”
•Quotations are often used when you can’t say it any better. I chose this quotation to use because of the word “blasé.” This word means “indifferent,” but I would rather not substitute another word.
•After you have the quote on the note card, you should include how you want to use the quote or what exactly it is referring to.

Including Quotes in Your Paper (Notes)

•Never start a sentence with a quote. The first (and usually last) words of the sentence should be your own.

•The quote “A blasé 31 %...” should not be stuck into a paragraph. You need to introduce the quote with your own words.

•Example: Surprisingly to some, not so to others, “a blasé 31 percent said it didn’t matter” whether or not the spelling was updated.

Assignment (turned in during class): On the note card provided,
1) •Make a paraphrase card for one of the following sentences:
•“So many sound changes have occurred in the language, which are not reflected in modern spelling, that we are left with a ‘fossilized’ system.” (paragraph 3)
•“The ‘Dumbtionary,’ – an online source of the most misspelled words – has amassed more than 10,000 of the culprits. (paragraph 16)
Include:
•Source #
•Topic of card

2) Create a quotation card for the following direct quote found in paragraph 13 of the reading.
•“54 percent said the task rested with teachers”
Include:
•Source #
•Topic of card
•The quote itself
•how you want to use the quote or what exactly it is referring to.

Active Reading for article "Many Americans Vexed by Spelling" (article can be found here: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/10/some-words-spell-frustration-for-americans/) This was turned in during class.
1.What does the title mean?
2.What does “vexed” mean?
3.List words Americans often misspell and their definitions.
4.Give 2 statistics found in the article.
5.Give 2 other pieces of information that contain numbers.
6.Give 1 interesting fact from the article and explain why.

HOMEWORK:
•brainstorm for a topic.

•Prewrite/Write a rough draft of Part 1: What You Already Know, What You Want to Find Out.

•This assignment (1) is due at the end of class on Wednesday (you will have about 20 minutes to work on it in class). It must be completed on the handout give to you in class. This means it is important that you write a rough draft so you can properly transcribe the final draft in the space provided.