Objective: By the end of class, students will practice finding and citing sources in order to prepare to write a properly formatted research paper.
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WRITE THIS DOWN
The website that will best help you create APA format is KNIGHTCITE http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
The purpose of APA is to show the reader where you obtained your information. If you do not show your sources on a research paper, it appears as if you are plagerizing. You will be required to use APA formatting on your senior project.
Direct Instruction
Citing sources for reference page vs. "in text" citations.
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Guided / Independent
Use chrome books and knight cite to practice creating citations. To keep it simple, let's use the first thesis statement from yesterday's handout:
Street cleaning is important because it decreases pollution, it gives the city a better look and it increases employment.
Now:
1. Research and find one site for each component of the above thesis statement. That means you will have a total of 3 sources.
2. Look for .org or .edu or news articles.
3. Look to see if there is an author and/or date of publication.
4. For this paper, please only use sources that have authors and dates of publication. These are clues that the source is reputable (worth quoting or obtaining information).Remember that Wikipedia is NOT a reputable source.
5. Enter all relevant information into "knightcite" and create a reference for each source. Save on your google drive AND SHARE WITH ME.
When done, peruse the following site to consider choosing a topic for your own research paper:
Current event topics in several categories
Closure
Review steps and procedures.
Exit Pass
Why is it important to cite sources for a research paper? why is it important to use several sources?
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