Composing Draft 1 for the Research Paper

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Composing Draft 1 for the Research Paper The
Person I Admire

• Understanding and organizing your thoughts
  intro, body paragraphs, conclusion

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What is meant by the word CITATION?

• Words within quotation marks which are directly
  spoken by another person.
• e.g. She responded, I dont know.
• 2. Words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs BORROWED
  from somebody else
• e.g. According to Biography in Context, Kareem
  Abdul-Jabbar did not take to the game
  immediately, but with patient application he
  mastered the essentials(27).

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Annotate your sources

• Highlighting is NOT annotating
• Steps
• Read your printed sources in order to find which
  2 admirable traits the person you selected
  possesses
• Identify the quotes (by highlighting, circling,
  underlining)
• In the margins, use the SMM strategy to annotate
  your quotations
• S- Says
• M- Means
• M- Matters

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Well start by composing

1. Thesis introduction
2. Body paragraphs
3. Conclusion

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Introductory Paragraph Introduce the thesis
Write the thesis

• To develop your introduction, you should follow
  the following 2 steps
• Step 1Introduce the thesis sneak peak OR any
  strategy from the handbook, p.20-22
• Step 2 Thesis

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Introduce the thesis Sneak Peak (Strategy 1)

• Infer what a sneak peak sentence is by
  analyzing the sentence below
• Sneak Peak He is gigantic, gangly, and grand a
  basketball icon he is, ones success depend not
  exclusively on ones talent.

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Introduce your thesis Strategy 2

• The other kids didn't appreciate the fact that I
  was a good student, and I was kind of singled out
  as an egghead, nerd kind of person, acknowledges
  Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Not many students can claim
  that they successfully defied peer pressure in
  high school.
• -Turn to p.20-22 and identify the strategy Ms.
  Teref used to begin her introduction.
• - Why is the word acknowledges bolded? Where
  else can we find words to use instead of said?

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Introductory Paragraph Thesis

• Step 2
• Thesis central idea of your essay that sums up
  your person without revealing too much and yet
  makes your person interesting.
• Your thesis should be an arguable position. What
  does that mean? Why does your thesis need to be
  arguable. What does it mean to write
  anticipating opposition?
• Words to use in a thesis BUT,YET,BECAUSE
  HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH, NOT ONLY BUT ALSO
  (coordination or subordination)
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Example of thesis

• Although many may claim that Kareem Abdul Jabbar
  is just another basketball player-celebrity, what
  cannot be overlooked is Abdul-Jabbars
  perseverance and caring not only in mastering the
  game of basketball but also in overcoming
  leukemia and promoting understanding of this
  crippling illness.
• Which words have been bolded and why?
• How many things is my essay going to examine?

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1. Constructing Body Paragraphs

• Structure
• a) Topic sentence
• and
• b) IDEA strategy
• ______________________________________

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Topic Sentences

• Whats their function?
• What should they look like?
• Should they always have the same sentence
  structure?

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Topic Sentence sentence types

• Ideas for topic sentence sentence structure
• Coordination Option 1FANBOYS
• Coordination Option 2 semi colon
• Coordination Option 3 SV_______, SV
• Subordination ______ SV, SV
• Any other sentence types?

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Topic Sentence Example of Paragraph on Trait 1

• Abdul-Jabbar has demonstrated perseverance
  throughout his career, for he faced many
  obstacles on his path to success

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How to Integrate Quotations (page 29 of Handbook)

• What does it mean to integrate?

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IDEA method

• I- Introduce the quotation
• D- Deliver the quotation
• E- Elaborate on the quotation
• A- Analyze it. How does it prove your point?

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I- Introduce the Quotation

• Use a signal phrase (page 31 Handbook)

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Combine Topic Sentences with the IDEA (Handbook,
p.26) strategies in body paragraphs

• Topic Sentence e.g. Abdul-Jabbar has
  demonstrated perseverance throughout his career,
  for he faced many obstacles on his path to
  success.
• I Introduce the quotation e.g. According to
  Biography in Context,
• D Deliver the SHORT quote (using quotation
  marks, EXACTLY as the quote appears) e.g.
  According to Biography in Context, Kareem
  Abdul-Jabbar did not take to the game
  immediately, but with patient application he
  mastered the essentials(Para.4).

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• E Explain the quote (elaborate on the quote,
  explain what it means) e.g. To be specific,
  although Abdul-Jabbar is exceedingly tall, which
  may make some believe he would automatically be
  drawn to basketball, he didnt fall in love with
  it blindly. Rather, he patiently practiced and
  learned to love basketball.
• AAnalyze (what kind of person is this based on
  your quote?) e.g. Clearly, it can be inferred
  from Abdul-Jabbars actions that he is not an
  impulsive, explosive man, but a very thoughtful,
  intelligent individual who shows patience and
  determination to succeed. (cont)

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• Analyze some more(how will the world benefit from
  this trait)e.g. The benefit to the world of
  Abdul-Jabbars perseverance is clear here is a
  widely-known basketball player that millions of
  fans look up to and whose effort to master the
  game of basketball shows that although having a
  talent is a welcome gift, it is hard work and
  patience that set that person apart from a
  multitude of individuals who only rely on their
  talent.
• Follow the above 5 steps to help you develop your
  body paragraphs. Do NOT repeat the same SIGNAL
  PHRASES and TRANSITIONS (list of
  transitionshandbook) only the steps!!!

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Ms.Terefs example of a body paragraph on Trait 1

• E Explain the quote (elaborate on the quote,
  explain what it means)
• To be specific, although Abdul-Jabbar is
  exceedingly tall, which may make some believe he
  would automatically be drawn to basketball, he
  didnt fall in love with the sport blindly.
  Rather, he patiently practiced and learned to
  love basketball.
• 5. IInference (what kind of person is this based
  on your quote?)
• Clearly, it can be inferred from Abdul-Jabbars
  actions that he is not an impulsive, explosive
  man, but a thoughtful, intelligent individual who
  shows patience and determination.
• Follow the above 5 steps to help you develop your
  body paragraphs. Do NOT repeat the same words and
  transitions only the steps!!!

• 1. C Claim/Topic Sentence Abdul Jabbar has
  demonstrated perseverance throughout his career.
• 2. I Introduce the quotation According to
  Biography in Context,
• 3. D Deliver the SHORT quote (using quotation
  marks, EXACTLY as the quote appears) According
  to Biography in Context, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did
  not take to the game immediately, but with
  patient application he mastered the
  essentials(Para.7).

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In-text Citations

• When you credit a source in the introductory
  phrase, what happens to the parenthetical
  citation?
• According to Biography in Context, Kareem
  Abdul-Jabbar did not take to the game
  immediately, but with patient application he
  mastered the essentials(Para.4).
• 2) When you dont credit the source in the
  introductory phrase, what happens to the
  parenthetical citation?
• In discussing this famous athletes struggle to
  become an outstanding basketball player, Jabbars
  coach explains, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did not take
  to the game immediately, but with patient
  application he mastered the essentials(Biography
  Para.4).

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Now do your own body paragraphs

• Remember
• 1st body paragraph ? fascinating facts about
  your person
• 2nd body paragraph ? trait 1
• 3rd body paragraph ? trait 2
• Outline topic sentence IDEA strategy

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Conclusion

• Handbook, p.24-25 Read this section and mark the
  strategies for concluding an essay you might like
  to use for this research paper.
• -Your thoughts?

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Conclusion Ms. Terefs example

• Example
• Clearly, although he was considered not cool at
  school, and although it took him a long time to
  get into the game, Kareem Abdul Jabbar was
  unstoppable in his endeavor to become a capable
  athlete. Now, as an adult, he is fighting yet
  another challenge cancer but he will not be
  stopped.

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Works Cited Page

• Easy Bib
• http//www.easybib.com/
• Knight Cite
• http//www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php