Hello Musees,

Please read the following and then go to millertimeenglish.weebly.com to access the documents that you are asked to read in today’s task.
So far, you have created an outline of your information that graphically organized your points and supporting evidence.

• You can use various methods of organization for layout of your paper:
• Analogy, cause and effect, chronological, compare/contrast, logical connections, order of importance, process, etc.

So far, you have a rough draft of your research paper in front of you. 

Just a reminder note: This is an Analytical Research Paper.  In other words, it analyzes and makes a conclusion about the information you found about your career or college major choice.  You will use persuasive writing to make your conclusion and present an opinion about your topic, and then use the information to support this opinion.

Be ready for hardcore peer review tomorrow.  Your final draft is due at the end of this week on turnitin.com, as well as a hard copy.  Your powerpoint presentation is due on Monday, January 13^th.  We will begin presenting on Monday, January 13^th.

Today’s task: Complete a self-analysis on the following:

WORKS CITED:

1. In your MLA works cited window in NoodleTools, you should have all the correct information for ALL of your sources.  (Correct title, author, website, database or source, date of publication, etc., etc., etc.)

INTRODUCTION

1.  Should contain your thesis, an attention getter, and some background information of what your topic is and what you will be discussing.  Your intro can be one to two paragraphs.
2. Possible attention getting headers:  Compelling fact or statistic, powerful quote, rhetorical question (avoid “you”), anecdote or story, description of a problem, condition or issue

BODY OF PAPER:

1. Each paragraph in the body should be restricted to one idea and have a topic sentence.
2. The topic sentence of each subsequent paragraph should relate or have a connection somehow to the thesis
3. Explain any unfamiliar terms or ideas in simple language for the “everyday” person
4. Avoid unnecessary repetition of ideas.
5. Try to vary sentence patterns
6. Transition between ideas.  Topic changes should flow logically from  one to the next

IN TEXT CITATIONS:

1. Important theories, unusual or specific facts, and quotations should all be cited in the text
2. Direct Quotes: In research papers, you should quote from a source

a)      to show that an authority supports your point

b)      to present a position or argument to critique or comment on

c)       to include especially moving or historically significant language

d)      to present a particularly well-stated passage whose meaning would be lost or changed if paraphrased or summarized

3. Paraphrase/Summarize: You should summarize or paraphrase when

     a)      what you want from the source is the idea expressed, and not the specific language used to express it

            b)      you can express in fewer words what the key point of a source is

4. Now please read and apply the “IN TEXT CITATION” POWERPOINT attached in the post in Weebly.
5. Now please read and apply the “How to quote or paraphrase MLA” document in the post on Weebly.