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Mr. Coursey’s English 1Research Paper Project

Literary Analysis: The House On Mango Street

Lesson #2Sources and Research Notes

Research-Related TEKS

• brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research question to address the major research topic.[20A]

• formulate a plan for engaging in research on a complex, multi-faceted topic.[20B]

• follow the research plan to compile data from authoritative sources in a manner that identifies the major issues and debates within the field of inquiry.[21A]

Besides Questions, What Else Do You Need?

• You can’t answer research questions without

SOURCES• Sources are the publications you look to for

authoritative information to answer your questions and to provide examples that illustrate the answers you provide.

• (Publications are books, journals, magazines, web sites, videos, audio programs — sources of information that have been published for the public to see and/or hear.)

Besides Questions, What Else Do You Need?

• Like Research Questions, there are two types of Research Sources…

•Primary Sources•Secondary Sources

Primary Sources

• A Primary source is an original article or book created by an individual or sometimes a group of people.

• In simple terms primary sources come firsthand from the source or person.

Primary Sources

• Primary Sources are the publications from which you get most of your information and examples.

• For this research project, The House On Mango Street will serve as our Primary Source.

Secondary Sources

• Secondary sources are sources that are written about primary sources.

• Secondary sources analyze, interpret, and discuss information about the primary source.

Secondary Sources

• Secondary Sources are the publications from which you get some of your information and examples, but less than from your Primary.

• For this research project, two articles of literary criticism will serve as our Secondary Sources.

• (I will provide these in your Research Project Packet)

Research Source & Note Cards

• In a Research Project you must make lots of notes. Two kinds of notes, actually…

• Notes containing bibliographical information about your sources…

• Notes containing content information that you want to include in your Research Paper…

• AND you must have a system for keeping your notes coordinated and organized.

Research Source & Note Card Format

• For this, there’s a standard format we’ll use.• It’s the format of a standard called MLA .

Research Source & Note Card Format

Research Source & Note Card Format

•Let’s have acloser look…

Research Source & Note Card Format

•First, the bibliography card…

Research Source & Note Card Format

Research Source & Note Card Format

•Now, the•Content notes card…

Research Source & Note Card Format

Research Source & Note Card Format

• Bibliography cards always contain:• Author• Title and Date of Material Edition or Version• City and State of Publication • Publisher or Vendor • Publication Date

Research Source & Note Card Format

• Content cards are different.• Content cards contain specific content info

from primary and secondary sources) that you want to include in your research paper.

Research Source & Note Card Format

• You can write content note cards in three ways:

• Summary Cards•Paraphrase Cards•Quotation Cards

Summary Cards

• A summary card is when you condense, or shorten, what you are summarizing.

• This is written in your own words. You may include statistics, details, and examples, but the basic idea is to briefly tell what the author has said. These are always shorter than the original passages.

Paraphrase Cards

• When you paraphrase, you rewrite the original passage in your own words.

• You cannot just change the word order or add your own words. If you want to keep some of the important phrases, enclose them in quotation marks. Paraphrases are usually longer than the original passage.

Quotation Cards

• When you copy the material exactly as it was in the original source, you are using a quotation card.

• Make sure that your quote is exactly as it appeared in the original.