• MLA Style

• Thesis statement

• Outlining

• Note-taking: locating, selecting, retrieving, and evaluating

• Organizing information

• Proper citation and documentation of sources
  
  Research Paper Unit (Due date will be determined by teacher.)
  Note: Grade 12 research papers should use the following guidelines:

• 3-10 pages

• 5 sources with no more than 2 from the Internet

• Note card

• Outline

• Rough draft

• Final draft

• Works Cited page
  Students may use career research paper materials from 11th grade as foundation for 12th grade research papers.

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)

Inverted Triangle
(B, I, T) Activity student uses inverted triangle to write a broad topic on the top line and keeps going until student gets a focused topic

Note-Taking
(B, I, T) Activity student completes research graphic organizer fore the following: topic, terms searched, resource, important information

Owl: Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure
(B, I, T) Handout provides procedure checklist for writing a research paper

5 Step Editing
(I, T) Handout provides five step checklist for editing writing

Computer Assisted Sentence Production
(B, I) Online examples and activities to assist student construct basic sentences for the following topics: self introduction, food & drink, letter, favorites, daily schedule, frequent phrases, personal information

Guide to Grammar & Writing
(B, I, T) Provides A-Z library of handouts and activities for the following: word & sentence, paragraph, essay & research paper, grammar, quizzes, peripherals & PowerPoints

Proper Punctuation Methods
(I, T) Handout provides table demonstrating ways to combine independent and dependent clauses followed by descriptions and examples for common punctuation errors to avoid

Tools for Reading, Writing, & Thinking
(B, I, T) Graphic organizer library including the following topics: academic note-taking, cause & effect, claim / evidence / interpretation, characterization, classification, collaborative questions, compare / contrast, comparisons, conflict, discussion, event maps, expository writing, fact vs. opinion, four square perspective, inductive main idea, inference, key concepts, KWL, main idea, prediction, etc.

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
(I, T) Handouts provide explanations and examples for the following: plagiarism, paraphrase, summarize

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