More on Notecards

Here is the link to the handout on notecards I gave you in class.  http://www.scribd.com/doc/75014854/Note-Cards


Miss Harris also shared this link if you are having some trouble searching for your topic.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_teachers/tipsheets/search_internet_effectively.cfm

Week 12: Notecards & Sources

This is week one of four weeks of notecards and sources.  Your notecards will be essential in writing your final Capstone paper.  You need to find 3 academic sources that must be approved by your advisor.  You must also have 5 notecards that summarize information found in your sources.  One notecard is equal to approximately half of a page of hand-written material.  Your advisor should indicate on your rubric the number of good academic sources and notecards that they have seen.  This is due on Monday, December 12, 2011.

We will continue to find academic sources and write more notecards for the next four weeks.  Remember your final paper must have a minimum of twelve academic sources.

Also be sure to create a "Capstone-Final" project in Noodle Tools which you should share with Ms. Bergstrom and your advisor.

Intext Sampler

A small shortened example of what I'm looking for with the intext sampler, using Chicago Turabian style.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/74124525/Intext-Sampler

Week 11 - Style Guide

Due Date: Monday, December 5, 2011

This week you are to create a style guide for the citation that you and your advisor have agreed that you will use for all the work related to your paper.  You should have two copies of this style guide made, one for your advisor and one for you.  You will turn the one for you in to me next Monday with your rubric for me to grade. 

Along with your style guide you should also complete an intext sampler.  This is to show me your comprehension of your citation style.  Your intext sampler should include samples of 7 different sources as well as a summary of what a bibliography page looks like. 

Your advisor should sign that they agree with your chosen style and go over your intext sampler with you.  You will turn in, on Monday, your style guide, the intext sampler and your rubric. 

Remember that Perdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) is a great resource.  They have style guides for all three citation styles; they are long, and there are shorter ones out there, but this may be a good place for you to start.  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/

Please, oh please, remember that site is a website and cite is the verb of citation. 

What is a Thesis Link

I realized that the link on your "What is a Thesis?" sheet is a dead link.  All of the same information is available here:  http://www.kean.edu/~roneilfi/How%20to%20write%20a%20thesis%20statement.htm  You can use this site in order to cite the information for your paper. 

While the link does not seem to work on my blog, if you copy and paste it into your browser, it should take you there.

Week 10 Assignment - Thesis Statement

This is your Week 10 Assignment, or as I like to think of it as you Week 1 of REAL Capstone!  A big part of this assignment is having your first interaction with your advisors.  Here you can find a link to the advisor rubric sheet that goes with all your assignments (there are two on one page).  http://www.scribd.com/doc/72577880/Capstone-Rubric-Sheet-With-Advisor  Remember that you both (your advisor and you) have parts to fill out on your rubric sheet.

You have two weeks to complete this assignment because of our numerous holidays.  Your Week 10 Assignment is due on Monday, November 28th.  This assignment will include several things:

1. Your Statement of Purpose
2. Your Thesis Question
3. Your Thesis Statement
4. Why your Thesis is a good thesis statement and how it passes the "test" (see the sheet I gave you)
5. Should be a minimum of 2 pages, include citations from your chosen style (APA, MLA or Chicago)
6. 2 sources minimum 

*Reminder that all sources related to your topic must be academic sources!

Useful links:
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/1/

Week 9

For the Week 9 Assignment you just need to tell me you thesis question and your advisor.  You should have taken care of this by Friday, November 4, before we left for break.