Mini Research Project Synthesizing Sources Winter 2008 Links

Mini Research Project Synthesizing Sources Winter 2008

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Research Writing (R 28) • Gather and Interpret factual information from multiple sources • Clearly express a thesis statement • Organize logically: introduction, body, conclusion • Include a Works Cited

Using Ideas from Research (R 41) • Incorporate ideas from other writers into your work through: – Direct quotations: use quotation marks and parenthetical citations – Paraphrases: use in place of a direct quote; ideas stated in your own words; use parenthetical citations – Summaries: use when condensing a large body of information; ideas stated in your own words: use parenthetical citations

Avoiding Plagiarism (R 41) • Give credit for any ideas or opinions that are not your own. • Use parenthetical citations • Use a Works Cited

Preparing a Manuscript (R 41) • Research Papers Include: – Title page – Outline – Works Cited

Your Task • See page 47 in the anthology. • Write a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay. – Read excerpts from two explorers’ firsthand accounts of their ascent of Mount Everest. – Discuss the characteristics of each climber. – Explain which you would prefer as a climbing partner.

Sources • from View From the Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary, text pages 28 -36. • “The Dream Comes True” from The Tiger of the Snows by Tenzig Norgay with James Ramsey Ullman, text pages 39 -44.

Your Task • • Create a Source Card for each source. Create a Works Cited. Use Parenthetical Citations See the anthology for: – Citing Sources: page R 42 & R 43 – Works Cited: R 42 – Parenthetical Citations: R 42

Source Card Source Number MLA Citation Source Location

Source Card 1. Hillary, Sir Edmund. View From the Summit. Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Platinum Level. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, Inc. , 2005. 30 -36. anthology

Works Cited • A list of sources referred to in your essay • Listed in alphabetical order, based on the first word in the entry • Each new entry begins at the margin, with subsequent information from that entry tabbed • The entire Works Cited is double spaced. • See sample on page R 43.

Parenthetical Citations: – Briefly identify the source from which you’ve taken information – Refer the reader to an entry on the Works Cited list – Fall outside of the closing quotation mark but within the final punctuation of the sentence

Parenthetical Citations • For example: – “My boots were frozen solid and I cooked them over the primus stove until they were soft enough for me to pull on” (Hillary 31). • Hillary = author’s last name • 31 = page number

Your Task • Create Note Cards for information from the sources that you’ll be using in your essay. • All information gleaned from the sources must appear on note cards. • Note cards may include: – Quotations – Paraphrases – Summaries

Note Cards Topic Source card number Information: Page Numbers

Note Card Climbing technique 1. * Information quoted from the text or * Information paraphrased from the text or * Information summarized from the text 31

Note Making • • • Keep a Glossary of new terms Create a Pros & Cons Chart Establish Criteria for Evaluation Create a Compare-Contrast Chart Make Note Cards

Note Making • Review “Your Task” • Read through the sources the first time, keeping a glossary of unfamiliar vocabulary. • Organize your glossary accordingly:

Glossary Name Section Date View From the Summit Term____Pg#____Definition______ Makalu 31 Himalayan high peak, Nepal Lhotse 31 Himalayan high peak, Nepal

Tenzing 31 Irvine 36 Ample 31 Mallory 36 Tengboche Monastery 31 -27 c 31 East Rongbuk Glacier 36 Aperture 31 Kangshung 32 Western CWM 33 Belay 33 Himalayas 36 North Col 36 Formidable 36

First Impressions • As you finish reading Hillary’s account of the ascent, record your first impressions at the bottom of your glossary. • What wound he be like as a climbing partner? 1) 2) 3) 4)

Note Making • Review “Your Task” • Read through the sources again, keeping a pros & cons chart. • Organizing your chart accordingly:

Pros & Cons • Create a Pros & Cons Chart for each climber. – What would you like about Hillary as a climbing partner? – What would bother you about Hillary as a climbing partner? – What would you like about Norgay as a climbing partner? – What would bother you about Norgay as a climbing partner?

Pros & Cons - Hillary Name Section Date P & C Hillary PROS CONS __________________ 1) 1)

The Tiger of the Snows • After you’ve read View From the Summit, continue with the Norgay piece (39 -44): – Keep a Glossary of new terms – Create a Pros & Cons Chart

Pros & Cons - Norgay Name Section Date P & C Norgay PROS CONS __________________ 1) 1)

Note Making • Establish Criteria for Evaluation – What characteristics are you looking for in a climbing partner? – An expert climber • • • Someone modest Climber’s attitude toward you Trust Knowledge of the terrain ? ?

Criteria for Evaluation Name Section Date Climbing Partner Musts What’s important to you in a climbing partner? 1) 2) 3) 4)

Note Making • Create a Compare-Contrast Chart based on the criteria you’ve established. • Go back to the Pros & Cons Chart, or into the text, if necessary. • Here’s how to create the C-C Chart:

Compare-Contrast Chart Name Section Criteria 1) 2) 3) 4) Date C-C Chart Hillary Norgay Both

Note Cards • Use the information in the C-C Chart to create note cards. • All information gleaned from the sources must appear on note cards. • Note cards may include: – Quotations – Paraphrases – Summaries

Note Cards Topic Source card number Information: Page Numbers

Note Card Climbing technique 1. * Information quoted from the text or * Information paraphrased from the text or * Information summarized from the text 31

Writing the Thesis Paragraph • • • Slant: a catchy introductory sentence Criterion 1 sentence Criterion 2 sentence Criterion 3 sentence Thesis sentence: Draw a conclusion based on your criteria stating either Hillary or Norgay as the preferred climbing partner.

Creating the Outline Compare / Contrast Essay Outline