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**WRITING YOUR THESIS STATEMENT **
**Make sure that your thesis:**
 * identities a limited, specific subject
 * focuses on a particular feature or feeling about the subject
 * is stated in a clear, direct sentence (or sentences)
 * can be supported with convincing facts and details
 * meets the requirements of the assignment

Sebranek, Patrick and Meyer, Verne and Kemper, Dave. //Writer's Inc.// Wilmington: Great Source Education Group, 2001.

**TAKING NOTES AND KEEPING TRACK OF SOURCES**

To keep track of your research, you will be recording the sources that you use on ** SOURCE CARDS **.

You should use the color-coded source cards provided to you in class for the three major types of sources: Article in Online Database, Book, and General Website.

[|RP source cards PDF.pdf]


 * SOURCE SUMMARY (assignment #3 and assignment #4): ﻿ **You are required to use at least TWO articles from a CPS online database and, for each article, complete a Source Summary based on 2-column notes using the following sheet:

 [|Source Summary.doc]


 * CREATING YOUR OUTLINE (assignment #5) **

Below are the outlines that we drafted together and went over in class. You will use your outline to draft your paper.

Sample Outline #1

Sample Outline #2

Sample Outline #3

Once you complete your outline, you will begin the drafting process.

** Think About It... **

How will I find information WITHIN my sources? How will I engage (read, hear, view, etc.) the information in a source? How will I extract relevant information from my source?

How will I organize information from multiple sources? How will I organize and present the information?

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