ResearchWhere to start and how to do it

Step One

Think of an area you’re interested in.

Your Turn

Look at the list of broad topics I have provided for you.

Write down three broad topics that you find interesting.

Step Two

Get specific and think about what you want to learn about your topic.

Start developing a single question that will guide your research.

Research Question

We will be writing an argumentative paper using sources to support our argument; for our purposes, your research question will look like this:

Should we ___________ in order to ________?

Should we _______ in order to ________?

“we” could be changed:teachers, taxpayers, students,immigrants, etc. . .

The first blank should be a controversial issue: raise taxes, let felons vote, allow guns in public, etc. . .

“we” could be changed:teachers, taxpayers, students,immigrants, etc. . .

“we” could be changed:teachers, taxpayers, students,immigrants, etc. . .

The second blank will be the possible result. Usually this will be an improvement of something: increase test scores, help civil rights, etc. . .

Should states label drivers licenses of undocumented immigrants in order to stop voter fraud?

Almost Computer Time

Computer ExpectationsStay focused on your taskWe are using this only as a learning tool I will guide you to the websites you should be using. Do not visit any other websites.

No: Youtube, Pandora, Email, Facebook, etc. You will get a grade for computer professionalism

Back to the show

Your Turn We are going to visit the SIRS databaseSIRS has already developed a research question for all of these topics.

They have also compiled articles for both sides of the question

Once I show you how, you will need to look at your topics and develop a research question.

You can use the one provided by SIRS.

Open your computers and log on. When you’re logged on, chill out and wait for the next step.

Important Skill Time! Integrating Evidence: Direct Quotes

The Hit and Run Quote

Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. “School districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34). Schools only care about money.

Other Examples of the Hit and RunOkonkwo’s meanness is shown in chapter five. “Okonkwo knew how to kill a man’s spirit” (Achebe 26). The man he was talking to had no titles.

Paul was sad. “I ought never to have come on leave” (Remarque 185). Paul was suffering from PTSD.

How To Fix It!

Frame every quote! Speaker and location tag before it. Explanation after it.

Examples of Speaker TagsX states that “Mesa Public schools started doing so last year and raised $60,000” (Wells). As the great philosopher X puts it, “_________________.”According to X, “____________________.”X himself writes, “___________________.”In her book, __________, X maintains that “____________________.”In X’s view, “____________________.”X argues that “ ______________________.”

FIX IT!Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. “School districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34). Schools only care about money.

Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. In his recently published article he argues that, “school districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34).

Explanation TemplatesBasically, Wells is showing that schools can make a large sum of money from advertising. In other words, X believes __________________.In making this comment, X urges us to __________________.X’s point is that __________________.X says this because __________________.

YOUR TURN: On, the back, Fix It More! Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. In his recently published article he argues that, “school districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34). Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. In his recently published article he argues that, “school districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34). Basically, Wells is suggesting that kids are forgotten about or, even worse, being used. His point is that schools only care about money.

Final Change:Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. “School districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34). Schools only care about money.

Dave Wells doesn’t like ads. In his recently published article he argues that, “school districts feel the need to sell out kids to improve finances” (Wells 34). Basically, Wells is suggesting that kids are forgotten about or, even worse, being used. His point is that schools only care about money.

Clip from The Lion King

Use a direct quote to show that Mufasa is upset with Simba.

Make sure to FRAME IT!

Important Skill Time! Integrating Evidence: Paraphrasing and Summary

Paraphrasing

Putting a passage into your own wordsUsually shorter than the original passage

Why Paraphrase

Too many quotes can get repetitive and seem like you’re just copying the book.It’s sometimes awkward to bring in the narratorParaphrasing allows you to control the style

How to ParaphraseRead the passage several timesPut the passage aside and rewrite it in your own wordsCheck the original and make sure you kept the same ideaPut quotation marks around any key words that you copied directly

Problematic Quoting

Deford shows the flaw in his own argument when he states, “however, the comparisons between boxing and football don't fly because there is a huge difference between individual and team sports” (Deford 1).

Paraphrase It! Deford shows the flaw in his own argument when he states, “however, the comparisons between boxing and football don't fly because there is a huge difference between individual and team sports” (Deford 1).

Deford recognizes the flaw in his argument as individual and team sports are very different (Deford 1).

YOUR TURN “Hey!” said Harry indignantly, as she pulled his copy of Advanced Potion-Making out of his bag and raised her wand. “Specialis Revelio!” she said, rapping it smartly on the front cover. Nothing whatsoever happened. The book simply lay there, looking old and dirty and dog-eared.

Quoting ItIn chapter nine, Harry reveals the secret of his good grades to his friends, but they are still skeptical. Hermoine doesn’t believe it’s safe and that there must be secrets. She yells, “Specialis Revelio!” She expects it to reveal a secret; however, as the narrator explains, “Nothing whatsoever happened. The book simply lay there, looking old and dirty and dog-eared” (Rowling 193).

Practice with “Early Autumn”Read Langston Hughe’s story “Early Autumn.”

Use paraphrasing or direct quotes to show:Bill and Mary are differentMary regrets her relationship with Bill

Important Skill Time! MLA CITATION!

MLA In-Text Citations

Every time you QUOTE, PARAPHRASE, OR SUMMARIZE!

Must show SOURCE NAME, and PAGE NUMBER

Books!

Books:(Author Name Page#) (Tolbert 3) (Wharton 45)

PoemsWhy can poem page numbers be problematic?

(Author Name Line#)(Whitman 3)(Tolbert 23-25)

Online ArticlesWhy are page numbers problematic for websites?

(Author Name Paragraph#) (Tolbert 3) (Deford 34)

Where Does It Go?

It’s NOT part of the quote . . .

It IS part of the sentence . . .

Treat it as the last word of your sentence!