HOMS Research project PPT#2

1. Mr. Coursey’s English 1
Research Paper Project
Literary Analysis:
The House On Mango Street
Lesson #2
Sources and Research Notes

2. Research-Related TEKS
• brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a
topic, and formulate a major research question to
address the major research topic.[20A]
• formulate a plan for engaging in research on a
complex, multi-faceted topic.[20B]
• follow the research plan to compile data from
authoritative sources in a manner that identifies
the major issues and debates within the field of
inquiry.[21A]

3. Besides Questions,
What Else Do You Need?
• You can’t answer research questions without
SOURCES
• Sources are the publications you look to for
authoritative information to answer your questions
and to provide examples that illustrate the answers you
provide.
• (Publications are books, journals, magazines, web sites,
videos, audio programs — sources of information that
have been published for the public to see and/or hear.)

4. Besides Questions,
What Else Do You Need?
• Like Research Questions, there are two types
of Research Sources…
•Primary Sources
•Secondary Sources

5. Primary Sources
• A Primary source is an original article or
book created by an individual or
sometimes a group of people.
• In simple terms primary sources come
firsthand from the source or person.

6. Primary Sources
• Primary Sources are the publications
from which you get most of your
information and examples.
• For this research project, The House On
Mango Street will serve as our Primary
Source.

7. Secondary Sources
• Secondary sources are sources that are
written about primary sources.
• Secondary sources analyze, interpret,
and discuss information about the
primary source.

8. Secondary Sources
• Secondary Sources are the publications from
which you get some of your information and
examples, but less than from your Primary.
• For this research project, two articles of
literary criticism will serve as our Secondary
Sources.
• (I will provide these in your Research Project
Packet)

9. Research Source & Note Cards
• In a Research Project you must make lots of
notes. Two kinds of notes, actually…
• Notes containing bibliographical information
about your sources…
• Notes containing content information that
you want to include in your Research Paper…
• AND you must have a system for keeping your
notes coordinated and organized.

10. Research Source & Note Card Format
• For this, there’s a standard format we’ll use.
• It’s the format of a standard called MLA .

11. Research Source & Note Card Format

12. Research Source & Note Card Format
•Let’s have acloser
look…

13. Research Source & Note Card Format
•First, the
bibliography card…

14. Research Source & Note Card Format

15. Research Source & Note Card Format
•Now, the
•Content notes card…

16. Research Source & Note Card Format

17. Research Source & Note Card Format
• Bibliography cards always contain:
• Author
• Title and Date of Material Edition or Version
• City and State of Publication
• Publisher or Vendor
• Publication Date

18. Research Source & Note Card Format
• Content cards are different.
• Content cards contain specific content info
from primary and secondary sources) that you
want to include in your research paper.

19. Research Source & Note Card Format
• You can write content note cards in three
ways:
• Summary Cards
• Paraphrase Cards
• Quotation Cards

20. Summary Cards
• A summary card is when you condense, or
shorten, what you are summarizing.
• This is written in your own words. You may
include statistics, details, and examples, but
the basic idea is to briefly tell what the author
has said. These are always shorter than the
original passages.

21. Paraphrase Cards
• When you paraphrase, you rewrite the
original passage in your own words.
• You cannot just change the word order or add
your own words. If you want to keep some of
the important phrases, enclose them in
quotation marks. Paraphrases are usually
longer than the original passage.

22. Quotation Cards
• When you copy the material exactly as it was
in the original source, you are using a
quotation card.
• Make sure that your quote is exactly as it
appeared in the original.