The Writing Process (Overview)

1. Selecting and Limiting your Topic
2. Determining your Purpose/s
3. Identifying your Audience
4. Gathering your Information
5. Evaluating and Organizing your Information

The Research Process

Finding and Validating Sources

• Books (incl. ref. books)
• Articles in Periodicals
• Online Sources

Preliminary research and the Essential Question (link)
 

MLA Documentation

Works cited cards
with brief explanation of the 3x5 notecard method to coordinate/cross reference all w.c. entries and notes

Books

Articles in Periodicals

Online/Digital Sources

Miscellaneous non-print sources

Notetaking

Notecard Method

Types of Notes (with sample notecards)

1. Direct Quotations (with link to whole page/s on quotation usage?)
   Quotation usage
   -- Punctuation
   -- Alterations of text
      ~ Omissions (ellipses usage)
      ~ Additions (square brackets)
      ~ Sic ??
   --Blocking (when used in text)
      ~ Prose
      ~ Verse/poetry
2. Paraphrase
3. Summary

Plagiarism
(full explanation with notes examples)

Outlining

Preliminary Outline and Outlining Guidelines

1. Essential question --> thesis statement
2. Process
3. Format (topic)
4. Parallel structure

Refining further research

Final Outline

Drafting/Writing

Rough Draft

1. Process (from outline and notecards/w.c. cards to essay)
2. Quotation incorporation
3. Internal documentation
4. Plagiarism
5. Style notes?

Revision

Proofreading

Format of Final Submission