Guidelines for Writing Your Thesis Paper Part

Two-Note Taking

Mrs. LigoLibrary Media SpecialistBayshore Middle School

Note taking

Note taking is an important skill to develop.

While you are reading take careful notes.

Organize your thoughts by creating several main ideas or topic sentences for each paragraph.

Common knowledge information does not have to be cited.

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What questions to you have about your subject

Focus on answering the questions-

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What?Why? When

?How? Where?

Tools to Use

3 x 5 Note Cards

Web Tools (such as EasyBib or NoodleTools)

Idea/mind mapping strategies

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Organize Your Ideas

Research Topic

Answerques

tion

Gaines; Ace Your Research Paper (p21)

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Summarizing

Paraphrasing

Quotations

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Quotations Quotations are original phrases or

passages from a book, article, poem etc.

Use quotes for persuasion or to point out specific facts

Do not overuse quotes- only 10% of your paper should include direct quotes.

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A paraphrase is…

Your own rendition of essential information and ideas presented in a new form.

owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/

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4 Steps to Effective Paraphrasing1. Reread the original passage until you

understand its full meaning2. Set the original aside and without looking

at it write a paraphrase3. Check your original with the paraphrase

to make sure your information is accurate but do not copy word for word

4. Record the source & page numbers on your notecard

1. owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/

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Creating Note Cards

White House Ghosts- Sightings

Silverman Haunted Places in America, 1994

Pgs.1-4

Heading

Page Number

Author,Article or Book Title & Date

One fact

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Abraham Lincoln was often seen in the White House. Crace Coolidge, the wife of Pres. Coolidge saw him at the window

Creating an Outline Introduction/Thesis Statement I. History of the Haunted Place

A. Location B. Time period (ie Civil War)

II. Ghosts A. Who reappeared B. What are their activities

III. Events A. What event may have led up to the

hauntingIV. Sightings A. When were the sightings B. Who saw the ghostV. Conclusion

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First Topic

Supporting ideas

Final Draft Write, Reflect, Revise

Write again, Reflect again, Revise again

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BibliographyBentley, Nancy. Don't Be a Copycat!: Write a Great Report without Plagiarizing. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Elementary, 2008. Print. Gaines, Ann. Ace Your Research Paper. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2009.

Print. "Purdue OWL: Paraphrase Exercises." Purdue University Online Writing Lab

(OWL). Web. 07 Feb. 2012. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/>. Revisions. Digital image. Click Biology.com. 2 Apr. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2012. <http://www.clickbiology.com/advice-year-11s-revise/>.Silverman, Jacob.  "How Agent Orange Worked"  04 November 2008.  HowStuffWorks.com. <http://www.howstuffworks.com/agent-orange.htm>  11 February 2012.Terban, Marvin. Ready! Set! Research! New York: Scholastic, 2007. Print.

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