TERM PAPER INFORMATION
Order of steps to create a term paper
1. Topic Assignment
2. Working title
3. bibliography
4. thesis statement
5. notecards
6. outline
7. annotated bibliography
8. rough draft
9. peer editing
10. final draft
Research Proposal has 4 steps
1. purpose of the paper (explain, analyze, argue)
2. Intended audience (general or specialized)
3. Your voice as a writer (info or advocate
4. Preliminary thesis sentence
-Make sure the topic of your paper isn't too broad. Narrow it down from subject area to topic
-Biblio
-Citations are NOT numbered
- indexed in alphabetical order
- last name of author first
- if there is no author title goes first.
WORKING TITlE
-example
subject is drugs
drugs, drug testing, drug testing in the workplace, random drug testing in the workplace, random drug testing in professional sports, Arguments for random drug testing in professional sports (final title for paper)
NOTECARDS (format)
1.top left corner- source of research
2.top right corner- letter (alpha order)
3. middle- MLA cited biblio
4. bottom- significance of relevance
5. name on back EVERY TIME
6. write in pen
7. DO NOT use encyclopedias (too broad)
OUTLINE
- full sentances
-one idea per line
- EVERY A MUST HAVE A B every one MUST have a 2.
- make sure your outline is organized
-outline to....
-define, classify or analyze something
- use descriptive details or give examples
- compare or contrast
- argue a point of view
ANNOTATED BIBLIO
-includes a summary or evaluation of each of the sources
- they do one or more of the following......
- summarize- main arguments etc.
- assess- how is it useful
- reflect- does it fit into research?
-PURPOSE OR WRITING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIO
-learn about your topic- forces you to read info critically
- helps formulate a thesis
- helps other researchers
FORMAT
-biblio-same as normal biblio in MLA format of course
- annotations
- paragraph form
- **use literary present tense **
- Start writing directly after biblio. DO NOT tab down.
Kaitlyn
1. Topic Assignment
2. Working title
3. bibliography
4. thesis statement
5. notecards
6. outline
7. annotated bibliography
8. rough draft
9. peer editing
10. final draft
Research Proposal has 4 steps
1. purpose of the paper (explain, analyze, argue)
2. Intended audience (general or specialized)
3. Your voice as a writer (info or advocate
4. Preliminary thesis sentence
-Make sure the topic of your paper isn't too broad. Narrow it down from subject area to topic
-Biblio
-Citations are NOT numbered
- indexed in alphabetical order
- last name of author first
- if there is no author title goes first.
WORKING TITlE
-example
subject is drugs
drugs, drug testing, drug testing in the workplace, random drug testing in the workplace, random drug testing in professional sports, Arguments for random drug testing in professional sports (final title for paper)
NOTECARDS (format)
1.top left corner- source of research
2.top right corner- letter (alpha order)
3. middle- MLA cited biblio
4. bottom- significance of relevance
5. name on back EVERY TIME
6. write in pen
7. DO NOT use encyclopedias (too broad)
OUTLINE
- full sentances
-one idea per line
- EVERY A MUST HAVE A B every one MUST have a 2.
- make sure your outline is organized
-outline to....
-define, classify or analyze something
- use descriptive details or give examples
- compare or contrast
- argue a point of view
ANNOTATED BIBLIO
-includes a summary or evaluation of each of the sources
- they do one or more of the following......
- summarize- main arguments etc.
- assess- how is it useful
- reflect- does it fit into research?
-PURPOSE OR WRITING AN ANNOTATED BIBLIO
-learn about your topic- forces you to read info critically
- helps formulate a thesis
- helps other researchers
FORMAT
-biblio-same as normal biblio in MLA format of course
- annotations
- paragraph form
- **use literary present tense **
- Start writing directly after biblio. DO NOT tab down.
Kaitlyn
posted by L Lazarow | 3:43 PM
2 Comments:
just to note that the notecard form that Kaitlyn wrote is for bibliography cards.
for the research notecards (use 10 out of 20 sources) 1 idea/card
1. top left corner: card number 1-100
2. center top: subject heading-key ideas (10 to 12)
3. top right corner: slug-alphabetical ID for source
4. center of card: note which can be:
-direct quote:flexibility
-paraphrase
-summary: if large quantity of info
5. bottom center:cross referencing-between 2 to 5
6. name on back of card
corrections would be appreciated :)
I'm not sure if this is going to be important, but just to add:
there are 3 types of sources for the bibliography cards:
POPULAR: magazines, articles, etc.
SCHOLARLY: biographies..things published in libraries.
SUBSTANTIVE: factual works (but NO encyclopedia references)
you should have a balanced array of sources.
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