How’s it going with the Lost Beneath the Comstock Load Project? Here are a few things to remember:
1. Your printer and the printer at your parents’ job will die/ run out of ink/ jam/ run out of paper/ explode, etc., so don’t wait until the last minute to print things out. And save, save, save, save, save, save, save, to several different places because your computer wants to eat your project!!
2. Make sure you make printed copies of the sources you use from the Internet and any books that aren’t in our library. Copy the first page and the page that you use, and highlight the portions that you use. Staple multiple pages.
3. Never use the URL in the internal documentation. Always use the title of the article or the heading of the website page, if it’s from the Internet.
4. What you had listed in your internal documentation should be the first thing you have written in each entry of your Works Cited. For example, the author, the name of the book, the Internet title, dictionary entry, etc. Never, never just include the URL for Internet sites in your Works Cited. Include the other important information as well.
5. Each time you mention one of the main 32 items in your paper, highlight it so it will be easy to see.
6. Your copied sources should be in the order that they occur in your paper. Your Works Cited entries should be in the order that they occur in your paper.
7. Make sure you write the internal documentation for your illustrations on your illustration and also in your paper. And don’t forget to include it in the Works Cited!
8. Double check to make sure you don’t have anything in the internal documentation that isn’t in your Works Cited, and vice versa.
May God bless you as you work!! I’m praying for you!!!
So we highlight all the main items instead of just underlining them?
Rachel – Yes!
Thank you helps out a lot!!
Is it okay if one of our source is a place where you buy it at?
Lauren – Yes
Also on websites and encyclopedia articles when we internal document, do we put quotation marks around the title?
Lauren – Yes, check out the last example under “Documenting Your Research Paper” and the last example I gave on the Works Cited examples.
Do we have to write our paper in three definite sections (items we took, items we wanted to take, and items we definitely would not take)? Or can they be mixed together as our character survives in the paper?
Marti – No, the items can’t be mixed, they have to be three distinct sections.
Can we use about.com?
Kayla – Only to get ideas, but you have to have a published source for your final source to make sure what you found is true. Check the sources listed at the bottom of the about.com page. There may be one there you can use.
Do we have to source what is in our pocket?
Leah – Yes, you have to source absolutely everything.
when we are working on our works cited page one of my internet sources does not have a date and when i look at the example would i put Internet. n.d. and then just the url?
Jordan – First the title of the article, then yes – what you said. 🙂
Does the encyclopedia Britannica online count as an online book that we can use as a book source?
Can we use Google Translate?
Lauren – Yes!
If we don’t use the items in our pocket, do we have to put them in our paper and source them?
Marti – No, only if you use them
So we don’t have to make copies of the pages in the books we used that are in the school library?
Sonal – Right!
If we used our chemistry books, do we need to make copies of the pages we used?
Sonal – No, I have access to that one. 😉
If an internet source is not an article but more like information on an object what would we put for the title of the article?
Jordan – I’m not sure what you mean, I think I’d have to see it to tell you.
If it’s more of just stated information that isn’t an article. Does that make any more sense? Would you just use the main part of the url?
Can we use the online version of our chemistry book? If yes, do we have to print the pages out?
Leah – Yes, you can use it, and no, you don’t have to print out the pages.
Okay! Thank you!
If we use the dictionary online how would we source that?
Jordan – It’s in the 3rd paragraph under “Documenting Your Research Paper,” and also an example in the Works Cited samples. Do it just like you would any other kind of dictionary except in the Woks Cited you’ll also include the website.
For internal documentation of an internet source, do we include a date? If so which date?
Andrea – Yes!!! Date of publication or copyright.
If we use google translate, do we put the date accessed?
So I understand that we have to use three definite sections in our paper, but if we were doing it as a storyline, we still have three definite sections, right?
Sonal – Yes 🙂
We can use our parka and the items in it, right?
Sonal – Yes!
Do we staple the actual story and paragaphs together?
Mackenzie – No, you don’t staple your paper. You do staple the copies of your sources you printed off if there is more than one page.
Can we use YouTube videos as sources?
Corbin – No, it has to be a published source to show that it is true.
So everytime we metention the items we used, we have to highlight them? Even if it’s in the story part, not in the 3 paragraphs?
Murry – Yes.
If I have a source with two different items in it and I don’t mention them back to back in my paper, do I need to print it another time so it will be in order when you grade it?
If we make the head wound we have a bid deal do we have to source a type of head wound similar to the one we are describing?
Rence – if it affects what you are doing to survive. Yes.
For the Illustrations… If we use the same source twice, would we put it in Works Cited twice?
Rachel – If it is the source for different items, yes.
If we mention the same item more than once, do we highlight it each time?
Joel – Yes.
would we source Amazon.com do we use the name of the item and the copyright date
Rence – Yes.
Can we have the three sections of items we are and arent taking can they be in the middle of our paper? or do they have to be in the beginning?
Moriah – You can do it different way, and the way you said is okay!
Does it matter what color we highlight with within our paper?
Moriah – No, just make sure it is something that I can see through easily – not too dark.
DO you care what font we use for the actual paper?
Olivia – Not really, just make sure that it is easy to read. Not at all like the font I used for the title!! 🙂
For our online sources, if there are multiple pages, do we just use the first page, the page the information we used is on, and the last page?
Sonal – Look at #6 in the section under The Journal. 🙂
Thanks, Ms. Skinner!
You’re welcome!! 🙂