25 March: Research Day 7, Outline & Note cards

Today, students...

• Turned in completed annotated bibliographies with website evaluations (flourescent yellow handout) attached.
• Brainstormed for their outline/Developed body paragraph topics. (handout)
• Reviewed note cards (what they are and how to make them) (PowerPoint handout, a copy is below)
• Made practice note cards using one of their sources.
• Began making note cards with pieces of information from sources. This information will make up much of the research paper.

Outline Brainstorming handout includes the following for 5 different paragraphs.

• Body Paragraph 1. This paragraph will be about ______________________________ Some information to be included is…

"How to Create Note Cards" handout -

Front (click to see larger image):

Back:

Students should make corrections to the last 2 slides - cross out the information about quotes.

After reviewing note cards, students...

• Created practice cards using their own source #1.
• When they finished these practice cards, they were to begin making note cards for each of their sources. They should take it one source at a time!
• Students must have at least 50 note cards; they will probably have more. If they finish 50 before getting through all 6 sources, they should continue making more. Note cards MUST be made for information from ALL sources! It's better to have too much information than not enough!!!!!
• Students who didn't have note cards with them today were instructed to read their sources and highlight information that they want to make note cards on. This will save them time later.

What to expect through April 2: From now until spring break, students will pretty much be working at their own pace. They should keep up with the schedule as best as they can. Many students have not even started on their note cards. If they have not finished them before next class, they will not be working on a computer. (We will be in the computer lab every day until spring break.) They are expected to bring their note cards and sources everyday to class! Students who don't have note cards completed by the end of next class will lose points for the note card grade! If rough drafts aren't completed before spring break, students are expected to have the draft finished when they return after spring break. They will then revise and edit their rough drafts, then prepare the final draft.