Graduation Project

Portfolio

Paper

Product

Presentation

Schedule

Forms

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