Sample MLA Paper: For correct formatting, check out the sample paper. You'll have to scroll to the end to see the Works Cited page.
Easybib: Use this online tool to create your bibliography entries for your Works Cited page.
DAY 4 DIRECTIONS
** You have three tasks today:
- Finish your outline and post it in your google notebook where I can view it.
- Complete the exercises on attributing sources.
- Decide what format you want for your final project, and begin creating the final project.
Attributing Sources: We're using MLA format
To synthesize information from multiple sources with ideas of your own, will require three steps:
- Use signal phrases to introduce information from a source.
- If the signal phrase doesn't identify the exact source, use a parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence.
- Include a Works Cited page at the end, listing--in MLA format--all the sources you actually referred to in your argument.
Exercise 1: Signal Phrases
- What is a signal phrase?
- Okay, we're ready to practice!
- Assume you're writing an argument on swine flu. Here's what you have so far:
- Research Question: Has the swine flu scare been blown out of proportion, or should we really be scared?
- Thesis: Though the swine flu is serious, the media has sensationalized its appearance and caused unnecessary panic.
- Below are notes you've taken thus far:
| Article Title & Author |
Quotations from Source |
|
H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu)
an article from the CDC
|
"It’s uncertain at this time how severe this novel H1N1 outbreak will be in terms of illness and death compared with other influenza viruses. Because this is a new virus, most people will not have immunity to it, and illness may be more severe and widespread as a result. In addition, currently there is no vaccine to protect against this novel H1N1 virus. CDC anticipates that there will be more cases, more hospitalizations and more deaths associated with this new virus in the coming days and weeks." |
|
1976: Fear of a Great Plague
by Paul Mickle
|
"Two weeks after the recruit's death, health officials disclosed to America that something called "swine flu" had killed Lewis and hospitalized four of his fellow soldiers at the Army base in Burlington County.
The ominous name of the flu alone was enough to touch off civilian fear of an epidemic. And government doctors knew from tests hastily conducted at Dix after Lewis' death that 500 soldiers had caught swine flu without falling ill.
Any flu able to reach that many people so fast was capable of becoming another worldwide plague, the doctors warned, raising these questions:
Does America mobilize for mass inoculations in time to have everybody ready for the next flu season? Or should the country wait to see if the new virus would, as they often do, get stronger to hit harder in the second year?
Thus was born what would become known to some medical historians as a fiasco and to others as perhaps the finest hour of America's public health bureaucracy.
Only young Lewis died from the swine flu itself in 1976. But as the critics are quick to point out, hundreds of Americans were killed or seriously injured by the inoculation the government gave them to stave off the virus. |
|
Swine Flu
by David
Bradley
|
"We;ve been told to forget avian influenza, it seemed that swine flu that could ravage the world as Mexicans were warned not to shake hands in church was the next bad thing. Large public gatherings, such as sporting events and concerts, were banned and schools closed, but international travel to Mexico has not been banned, is swine flu yet more media hype and scaremongering to distract us from the economic recession?" |
- Now, using these notes, write three sentences that use a signal phrase to introduce a quote/summary/paraphrase you select from the notes and include an MLA parenthetical citation at the end of the sentence. Type your sentences in the form below and submit. You can't copy my example! I've made the signal phrase red and the citation blue.
- Example of summarizing: The swine flu scare is not the first overreaction America has had to a pending health threat: Paul Mickle explains a similar scare in 1976 when a US soldier died and 500 other soldiers were infected with the swine flu (Mickle).
- Example of quoting: According to the Center for Disease Control, it is "uncertain at this time how severe this novel H1N1 outbreak will be" (CDC).
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Formatting the Final Project
What will you choose to create to present your argument? Think about ways people argue their ideas in the world today. Considering your topic and audience, what would be the best format for you argument? What elements (images, voice, text, video) would work to create a powerful, convincing argument?
Consider these ideas:
- Website: Check out this traditional research paper published as a website. Essentially, the traditional paper has been chunked into parts that allow the reader to navigate through the paper. The ideas are presented in a visually appealing format--much more appealing than a traditional paper! Could you publish your argument in similar format using a blog or a free website builder like FreeWebs? Note how, instead of using traditional citations, the author uses hyperlinks and includes a Works Cited as a separate page of the site.
- Magazine: Check out Issuu--this is the coolest online magazine ever. You could create one!
- Slideshow
- Video
- Article
Considering the time you have to complete project, the topic you've selected, and your chosen target audience, what would be the best format for your final product?
Exploring Formats for Research Argument
- Okay, now you need to decide--if you haven't already--what format you will use for your argument.
DAY 3 DIRECTION
* You have two tasks today:
- Explore links below for ideas for format of final project.
- Create and submit an outline of your argument.
DAY 2 Directions
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**Push Play to hear instructions!
* Your task today is to finish finding sources.
- As a group, you need a minimum 7 sources. If you're working alone, you need a minimum 5 sources.
- READ the sources and take notes, adding them to your Google Notebook.
- Access Google Notebook by logging in with you gmail account. If Google Notebook acts up, just log out, close the browser, and reopen and log back in.
- If you finish finding and reading all your sources, you may begin crafting your outline.
USE YOUR TIME WISELY TODAY. WE HAVE ONLY FIVE (5) CLASS PERIODS, INCLUDING TODAY!
Join an Existing Research Team OR Start a New One on a Topic of Your Choice.
Topic Ideas:
Go to library blog to find databases (in right sidebar) to search for information.
EasyBib (online bibliography tool)
Day One Directions:
- Select Topic and Form Teams.
- Read Articles and Take Notes
- Use Google Notebook to locate at least SEVEN (7) CURRENT ARTICLES from RELIABLE SOURCES.
- Team leader creates notebook and invites team members as collaborators. Also, invite Mrs. Huff (filamentlauncher@gmail.com).
- Search to find articles that are current and articles that come from reliable sources. Use the databases on linked on the BHS Library Blog.
- As a team, you must find seven articles, read the articles, and take notes. You'll most likely need to skim and scan to locate the best articles to use.
- Consider this: you need to think broadly about the topic, about all the subpoints and related issues. What will be the focus for your team? Be sure your articles cover the focus. If all the articles provide the same info, they won't be helpful.
- Today's research is a chance to EXPLORE the topic, to NARROW your focus and decide what angle, EXACTLY, your team wants to explore.
- Google Notebook will allow the entire team to keep all sources and notes in one location that you all can access 24/7!
- When you add a note, add a LABEL (your name). This will allow you to sort through the group notes to find your notes.
- Remember, we'll be constructing an ARGUMENT, meaning you'll be arguing a point. You're not merely reporting information but actually taking a position and supporting that position.
Be Thinking...
- If you could use ANY FORMAT for your argument, what would you choose?
- What would be the best medium to argue your point?
- web page? slideshow? video? traditional paper?
- Where might you publish your argument--to what REAL AUDIENCE (besides Mrs. Huff)?
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