DO NOW! What is the purpose of having sources for a research paper? List as many sources as you can.

DO NOW!What is the purpose of having sources for a research paper?

List as many sources as you can.

INDEPENDENT READING

Source Cards8th Grade Language Arts

What is a Source? Something that supplies or gives information on a topic.

What are Sources?Sources include the following:

1. Internet

2. Textbook (Springboard)

3. Book (from the library, The Giver)

4. Magazine (from the library)

What is a Source Card?A source card has a statement you plan to use to strengthen the ideas in your paragraphs.

Sources for a Research Paper

Research paper must have:

At least three different sources which will appear as WORKS CITED entries in the bibliography.

Source CardsFor each source you use, you will need to create a source card.New Source = New

Card

Source CardsEach source card should include information about the source:Author

Title

Publisher

Year

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Copy this Format Down

Sample Book Source Card

Book

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax, 2005. Print.

Create a Source Card for The Giver

Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

What Goes On a Source Card?Information you did not know about your topic that you get from another author

How to Take Another Author’s Information:

ParaphraseSummarizeQuote

DON’T PLAGIARIZE!!!!

PLAGIARISM

It's like lip-synching to someone else's voice and accepting the applause and rewards for yourself.

IF YOU PLAGIARIZE, YOU WILL FAIL!!! …any time you take a writer’s words and use them as your own, you are plagiarizing

Using Another Writer’s Words as Your Own… the RIGHT Way!

Paraphrase/Summarize

Direct Quote with Citation

Include your own thoughts about what the writer has to say

ALWAYS GIVE THE CREDIT TO THE REAL AUTHOR!

On Your Own:Complete 3 Source Cards for The Giver

relating to the idea of DYSTOPIA (a society that is not perfect):

1 Paraphrase

1 Direct Quotation

1 Summary

Reading from The GiverComplete Double Entry Journals

during the reading time

Page # From the Text (Direct Quote, Paraphrase)

My Thoughts