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Points awardedPossible pointsPoints per sectionCategoryPasted and highlighted Internet source information onto Word.1st 10 point source2Internet text is copy, paste/special with only text visible. No pictures.2Internet source address is pasted at the top of each source.6Students highlight facts corresponding to the appropriate subtopic on the graphic organizer. No more than six words in a row should be highlighted about a particular subtopic.2nd 10 point source2Internet text is copy, paste/special with only text visible. No pictures.2The Internet source address is pasted at the top of each source.6Students highlight facts corresponding to the appropriate subtopic on the graphic organizer. No more than six words in a row should be highlighted about a particular subtopic.SmartArt Graphic organizer is filled in.2016Each subtopic of the graphic organizer is filled in with no more than six words per bulleted line.
2 points per subtopic. There are eight subtopics. Four subtopics are on page one and the other four subtopics are on page two.4The source box underneath each subtopic of the graphic organizer is filled in with the appropriate website address.Works Cited page and Title Page155Works are alphabetized by first word of the entry.5Double spaced.5Second and third lines or more of each entry show a hanging indent.Title Page55Each part of the Title Page is correctly filled in.Research Paper1010Spelling, grammar and transitional words are used correctly.305Introductory paragraph includes topic sentence with the authors name and famous works.5Introductory paragraph includes thesis statement as the last sentence. The thesis statement lists three reasons why your author is admirable.5Paragraph two explains the first reason of the thesis statement with evidence from the graphic organizer.5Paragraph three explains the second reason of the thesis statement with evidence from the graphic organizer.5Paragraph four explains the last reason of the thesis statement with evidence from the graphic organizer.5Concluding paragraph with the thesis statement restated.
Part One!!!
Sixth Grade AE Author Research Paper Overview
FOR STUDENTS
Lynn Murray, TOR LMC
November, 2011
Research paper topic: Students will choose an author from their Summer Reading and Core Novels list. They will then read, take notes on the new SmartArt graphic organizer feature of Word 2007, and then create a research paper which answers the question, Do you admire your chosen author?
Possible Author Choices with a Sample Work:
Research steps overview:
Students will locate information about their author from a predetermined list of books and websites.
Students will read the information and highlight facts (who, what, where, when and why facts) about their authors personal and professional life in no more than six words in a row.
Students will take notes about their author using SmartArt, a new graphic organizer program, part of Word 2007.
Students will cite their sources and create a Works Cited page using Easybib.com.
Students will create their paper using their SmartArt notes as a reference while they are writing. Students will split their computer screen as they are composing their paper so their graphic organizer notes are on one side and the blank Microsoft Word document is on the other.
DAY ONE: Students will locate information about their author from a predetermined list of books and websites.
1. Students will locate information about their author from the databases and books available at TOR.
2. Students will copy and paste/special their Internet information to Word and then copy and paste the website address directly above their pasted information.
3. Students will save ALL OF THEIR PASTED INFORMATION ONTO ONE Word document.
Insert>Page Number>Bottom right
File>Save As>Click on your ID number on the left>Save
Sources:
Destiny=Media Center online card catalog for books and reliable website information.
At TOR: Internet>Favorites>Destiny Library System
Click on TOR.
Click on the Catalog tab.
Type your authors name in the Search box. Enter.
A listing of your authors books will be listed below.
Click on the Websites tab in the upper right corner for reliable websites about your author. How cool! Look at all of the reliable websites about your author.
Open a website about your author and if it has biographical information about your author,
copy>paste/special your Internet information to Word.
Internet>Ctrl A>Ctrl C
Word>Click on the arrow below Paste in the top left corner>Paste Special>Unformatted text.
Copy and paste the website address on top of your pasted information.
Outside of TOR you can access Destiny by
Toronline.org>Click on Academics>Click on Library Media Center>Link to Media Center>Click on the link on the right side How to Use Destiny, TORs Online Card Catalog
Open up the Word document with directions about how to access Destiny at home.
Grolier=Online encyclopedia.
Internet>Favorites>TRN Online>Bigchalk and ELibrary>Click on Grolier
Type your authors name in the Search box. Enter.
Click on the first link about your author.
Copy>paste/special your Internet information to Word.
Copy and paste the website address on top of your pasted information. (see below)
Bigchalk and ELibrary=Research database. Includes book, magazine, and newspaper and Internet information.
Internet>Favorites>TRN Online>Bigchalk and ELibrary>Click on ELibrary Curriculum Edition
Type in your authors name
Click on the first link about your author.
Copy>paste/special your Internet information to Word.
Copy and paste the website address on top of your pasted information. (see below)
Reliable websites:
Scholastic.com author biographies HYPERLINK "http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/biolist.htm" http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/biolist.htm
Simon and Schuster biographies HYPERLINK "http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-avi.asp" http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-avi.asp
Type in your authors name
Click on the first link about your author.
Copy>paste/special your Internet information to Word.
Copy and paste the website address on top of your pasted information. (see below)
DAY TWO: Students will read the information and highlight the facts (who, what, where, when and why facts) in no more than six words in a row.
Sample text highlighted with website address pasted at top:
HYPERLINK "http://go.grolier.com/" http://go.grolier.com/
Lenski, Lois (18931974), prolific American writer and illustrator of children's books for more than 40 years. Lois Lenore Lenski was born into an educated, religious family in Springfield, Ohio, on Oct. 14, 1893, the fourth of five children. Her father was a Lutheran minister who eventually became dean of the theological seminary at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. Lenski's mother had been a schoolteacher before her marriage. Lenski was raised chiefly in the rural town of Anna, Ohio. Through her parentswho, as she explained in her 1972 autobiography, Journey into Childhood, had strong positive attitudes toward work, learning, and educationshe developed a love of reading, preferring books to all other gifts at Christmas. In high school she discovered Charles Dickens and his vivid word-pictures of "real" people, in which she exulted.
Students can split the screen to see what they should highlight.
DAY THREE: Students will take notes about their author using SmartArt, a new graphic organizer program, part of Word 2007.
Split the screen and fill in the graphic organizer below (see pages 5 and 6 below) with highlighted facts from pasted Internet information.
Copy and paste either the website address or type the ISBN number into the Source box.
SmartArt Graphic Organizer Sixth Grade Language Arts Research Paper
Biography Research Question: Do you admire your chosen author?
Authors Name: Authors Early Life Your name:
Authors Professional Life
4. DAY FOUR: Citing sources. Students will use the website Easybib.com to create a Works Cited/Bibliography page as the last page of their research paper. Easybib.com uses the website addresses that students previously copied and pasted as the basis of creating their Works Cited/Bibliography.
Sample Works Cited page example from Easybib.com, copy and pasted to Microsoft Word:
Works Cited
Harman, Alan. Sheep Magazine | Breeding and Raising Sheep | Sheep Business. Web. 09 May 2011.
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Sheep 101 Home Page. Web. 09 May 2011. .
World Book Encyclopedia. World Book, Inc.: Chicago, IL, 2010. Print.
DAY FIVE: Students will create their paper based on the notes from their graphic organizer. Students can split the screen so their notes are on one side and a blank page is on the other.
Students can also create the in text citations in their paper by refering to the source box below their subtopics.
Part Two!!!
Sixth Grade Language Arts Biography
Research Paper Guidelines for Students!!!!
Lynn Murray TOR LMC November, 2011
A research paper has three separate parts that are stapled together to form one packet:
1. Title page
2. The research paper.
3. The Works Cited page. (The Works Cited page was previously called the Bibliography. Works Cited includes both book and computer sources; a bibliography just includes a listing of book sources.)
Research process review:
Students will locate information about their author from a predetermined list of books and websites.
Students will read the information and highlight facts (who, what, where, when and why facts) about their authors personal and professional life in no more than six words in a row.
Students will take notes about their author using SmartArt, a new graphic organizer program, part of Word 2007.
Students will cite their sources and create a Works Cited page using Easybib.com.
Students will create their paper using their SmartArt notes as a reference while they are writing. Students will split their computer screen as they are composing their paper so their graphic organizer notes are on one side and the blank Microsoft Word document is on the other.
Part 1: Title page requirements:
Open the attachment entitled Sample Title Page to fill in.
File>Open>sharedw>TOR Library/Media Center>Colleran Language Arts Research Paper>Sample Title Page to Fill in
Fill in the title of your paper and your name.
Part 2: Research paper requirements:
Formatting requirements:
Open a new blank Word document.( Ctrl N)
Double spaced and Times New Roman, 12 font.
Ctrl A>Click here on the double headed arrow>Click on 2.0.
Insert page numbers in the bottom right corner.
Insert tab at top>Page number>Bottom of page>Plain Number 3
Then, click on Close Header and Footer at the top
Research paper requirements.
Your paper will answer the question, Do you admire your chosen author?
(Admire means to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.)
You will use your notes from your graphic organizer as evidence to answer this question.
Possible reasons that you may admire your chosen author could include:
They had an extensive educational background.
They had an interesting childhood.
They are prolific (have written a lot of books).
Theyve led an exemplary (outstanding) life.
Theyve overcome formidable obstacles (problems).
Many people enjoy their books because of their uniqueness.
The themes of the books are interesting.
They have a love of writing thats inspiring to others.
They didnt initially start off as a writer and something changed their mind.
Your own reason.
(Please note that a research paper is written using the third person. You do not use I when you are writing this paper.)
Research paper paragraph outline:
Your paper will consist of five paragraphs=
Paragraph 1=Introductory paragraph=Topic sentence + thesis statement
The thesis statement is the last sentence of your introductory paragraph and includes three reasons as to why your author is admirable.
Paragraph 2= You will explain the first reason of your thesis statement as to why you admire your chosen author. Use evidence from your graphic organizer to support your reason.
Paragraph 3=You will explain the second reason of your thesis statement as to why you admire your chosen author. Use evidence from your graphic organizer to support your reason.
Paragraph 4=You will explain the third reason of your thesis statement as to why you admire your chosen author. Use evidence from your graphic organizer to support your reason.
Paragraph 5=Concluding paragraph. Restate your thesis statement.
Research paper paragraphs described in more detail:
Introductory paragraph=Topic sentence + thesis statement.
Topic sentence=first sentence.
The topic sentence should include your authors name, plus a listing of their more famous works.
Sample topic sentence:
Lynn Murray is a well known, young adult author who has written a number of books about the little known world of sheep shearing including: Sheep Shearing for Superstars, Watch Out, Young Lamb! and Has Anyone Seen My Wool? Its Sure Getting Cold in Here!
The last sentence of your introductory paragraph is called a thesis statement.
A thesis statement is a clear statement of your position or argument that you will defend in your paper with supporting evidence from your graphic organizer.
Your thesis statement will list three reasons as to why your chosen author is admirable. (See page three for possible reasons.)
Sample thesis statements:
Based on the multiple obstacles that Lynn Murray has overcome from childhood, her remarkable educational background spanning nearly three decades, plus her prolific and captivating body of work concerning the shepherding of Australian short-tailed sheep, many have considered Lynn Murray as one of the most admired and revered authors of her day.
or
Lynn Murray is an admired and respected author by millions because of the gritty sheep related themes of her books, her love of helping other sheep-inspired writers, and her giving back to the often overlooked sheep shearing community.
Body of the paper=paragraphs two, three and four. You will explain each of the reasons listed in your thesis statement in the second, third and fourth paragraphs.
Second paragraph=Explain the first reason listed in your thesis statement.
Use the notes from your graphic organizer to support the first argument in your thesis statement.
For instance, if you are saying that your author is admirable because they overcame a difficult childhood, use facts from your graphic organizer next to the childhood subtopic to support that.
You can split the screen so the graphic organizer is on the left and your research paper is on your right.
Sample first reason from the sample thesis statement above= Based on the multiple obstacles that Lynn Murray has overcome from childhood
Sample second paragraph that will explain the obstacles from author, Lynn Murrays childhood:
Nobody could have foreseen that Lynn Murray would become a successful sheep shearing, young adult writer when she was small. Lynn grew up in a desert community on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. She lived alone with her beloved, three legged cat named Lucky and her one winged pet parrot named Crash. It was in Cairo, however, that Lynn first discovered an abandoned type writer in the end of an alley near the entrance of her hovel. This discovery led to her love of words that spanned nearly four decades. Because Lynn overcame so many challenges as a child and is now a successful young adult author, she serves as an inspiration to millions.
Third paragraph=Explain the second reason listed in your thesis statement.
Use your notes from your graphic organizer as evidence to support your argument in your paragraph.
Fourth paragraph=Explain the third reason listed in your thesis statement.
Use your notes from your graphic organizer as evidence to support your argument in your paragraph
Fifth paragraph=Conclusion.
Restate the reasons from your thesis statement as to why your author is admirable.
Part three: Works Cited page.
A Works Cited page is a listing of book and computer sources that you used for research in order to create your paper.
The Works Cited page is a separate page to be stapled behind the title page and research paper.
Use Easybib.com to compile your website addresses and book source information to create a
Works Cited page. (See the Sixth Grade Language Arts Research Paper Overview for instructions
about how to create a Works Cited page.)
Sample Works Cited page:
Topic=Author:
Research Question: Do you admire your chosen author?
Cornell Notes Authors Early LifeSubtopics DetailsChildhood factsSource: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #EducationSource: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Influences to become a writer.Source: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Interesting facts that you discovered about your authors early life.Source: MLA citation, URL or ISBN # Authors Professional LifeBooks written by your authorSource: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Sentence summary of each book.Source: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Themes of your authors books.Source: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Book reviews. Include quotations.Book review #1=
Quote from book review:
Source: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Book review #2=
Quote from book review:Source: MLA citation, URL or ISBN #Summarize your notes here:
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Your name:
How to Copy and Paste/Special
Copy and paste/special information from the Internet onto Word.
Copy and paste/special information from the Internet onto Word.
Copy and paste/special information from the Internet onto Word.
Copy and paste/special information from the Internet onto Word.
Highlighted facts from the text on the left are added to the graphic organizer. The website address of the source is pasted directly under the information in the Source box.
Highlighted facts plus the website copied and pasted.
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