CPR in writing a research paper

1. CPR in writing a research paper Goal: Learn how to follow detailed formatting direction Learn how to read nonfiction text, synthesize and analyze sources critically Learn how to write, revise and present work nonfiction work

2. First step • C-choose something that interest you • choose topic- Prepare a governing questions, form a hypothesis and narrow the topic.

3. Second step • P- prepare • Prepare a working bibliography (a works cited list) three books one magazine one online sources (5 sources minimum)

4. Prepare a thesis and and a rough outline (you can do a PowerPoint outline to get credit for both) PowerPoint and outline

5. Prepare notes- Read research material and take notes Notes should be taken on index cards. I would like ten index cards minimum. One side should have the notes/ the other side the source you got it from.

6. Example of Summary Note card • Waste Problem Purcell likens waste to an iceberg. Because we are not aware of the size/amount of our waste, the danger is greater than we think. Percell, pp. 14-15

7. Example of paraphrase note card • Curbside recycling efforts Curbside recycling programs have had a tremendous impact on the problems of waste disposal in this country. Since the mid 1980s, it has risen from 3% to 22%. New Jersey and city of Seattle are rivaling recycling already achieved in Japan. Easterbrook, p. 5

8. Quotation note cards • Paper waste “In those eight tons of garbage and dirt combined, there were fewer than sixteen pounds of fast-food packaging. Plastic made 5% of the land field, but paper made up to 40-50% of the everything we throw away.” Rathje, p. 102

9. Write the first draft and the Works Cited page • Use MLA format • 12 font Times New Romans • Double Space • Create header with last name and page # on top right • Put name, class subject, teacher’s name, class subject on left upper corner after header

10. Prepare the drafts

11. Third step • R-revise • Revise drafts

12. Presentations • Grade papers • Peer Evaluations