z-+Ninth+Grade+Research+Project


 * Overview:** The Ninth Grade Research Project is a 3-5 page, persuasive research paper. You will be required to have in-text citations from at least five (5) reliable sources and follow MLA format. Your paper can either be cause/effect or problem/solution.


 * Initial Research**

List of Potential Research Topic**s**

Initial Interest Research Assignment



Internet Research Graphic Organizer




 * Topic Selection and Brainstorming**

Definition/Explanation of Argumentative Writing



How to Develop a Research Topic



Brainstorming Strategies




 * Research Process**

Media Center Research Website

Easy Bib - use this website for creating citations

easy bib

MLA Website - use this website for all other citation related needs

MLA Citation Resource

PaperRater.com - excellent resource for paper writing

PaperRater.com


 * Plagiarism**




 * Annotated Bibliography**

Citing Your Sources:
For basic, comprehensive information on MLA format:

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====Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases) ==== Here are some common features you should try and find before citing electronic sources in MLA style. Not every Web page will provide all of the following information. However, collect as much of the following information as possible both for your citations and for your research notes:
 * Author and/or editor names (if available)
 * Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
 * Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
 * Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
 * Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.
 * Take note of any page numbers (if available).
 * Medium of publication.
 * Date you accessed the material.
 * URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a URL).

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #603c14; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">Citing an Entire Web Site ==== <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later. If a URL is required or you chose to include one, be sure to include the complete address for the site. (Note: The following examples do not include a URL because MLA no longer requires a URL to be included.)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Remember to use //n.p.// if no publisher name is available and //n.d.// if no publishing date is given.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). //Name of Site//. Version number. Name of <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">//The Purdue OWL Family of Sites//. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">2008.

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #603c14; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">A Page on a Web Site ==== <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Remember to use //n.p.// if no publisher name is available and //n.d.// if no publishing date is given.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." //eHow//. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1.066em; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #603c14; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">An Article in a Web Magazine ==== <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the Web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, medium of publication, and the date of access.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Remember to use //n.p.// if no publisher name is available and //n.d.// if no publishing date is given.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." //A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites//. A

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.


 * Thesis Statement**







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 * Outline**






 * Introductory Paragraph**




 * Research Paper:**




 * Rough Draft Template**




 * Rough Draft Rubric**




 * How to Incorporate Quotations**






 * MLA Citation Handouts**






 * Final Draft Rubric**




 * Research Paper Example**




 * Self-Reflection**




 * Presentation**