System of Education, Traditional or Year-Round Schools?

The TOPIC is: "Which System of Education is Better, Traditional or Year-Round Schools?”
Complete all items in RED for the Research Paper Outline/Works Cited Page Assignment; Note, Works Cited should include:
* at least 4 sources (including at least 1 that you located on your own)
Using the attached document -- "Research Paper Outline and Works Cited Page", type your outline and Works Cited page. Submit through Schoology
NOTE: I have also attached a copy of a Works Cited page here that includes ALL of the articles that I gave you to evaluate. Please copy and paste this to the end of your Outline and revise it so that it ONLY includes the articles that you cite in your paper; you will also need to add the citation for the article that YOU found.
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NAME: Lenny
RESEARCH PAPER OUTLINE AND WORKS CITED PAGE
Please complete all items in RED for the Research Paper Outline/Works Cited Page Assignment
NOTE: Assignment is worth 50 points
I. INTRODUCTION
a. Grabber/Hook: Provide a hook to grab the reader’s attention
b. Connect your hook to your background info
c. Provide some background information so that your reader can understand your topic
d. Write your thesis statement

II. BODY PARAGRAPH 1
a. Write a topic sentence to support this paragraph’s claim
b. Introduce your first piece of evidence.
c. Put a quote, summary, or paraphrased statement here that supports your first item. Don’t forget about your parenthetical citation!
d. Explain how this above quote/paraphrased statement works towards supporting your topic. Use keywords from your quote in your explanation. Do NOT use the words “this quote shows” when explaining your quote (too general)
e. Introduce your second piece of evidence
f. Put a second quote, summary, or paraphrased statement here that supports your first item. Don’t forget about your parenthetical citation!
g. Explain how this above quote/paraphrased statement works towards supporting your topic. Use keywords from your quote in your explanation. Do NOT use the words “this quote shows” when explaining your quote (too general)
h. Now relate all of the information back towards your topic sentence. This is your concluding sentence.
III. BODY PARAGRAPH 2
a. Write a topic sentence to support this paragraph’s claim
b. Introduce your first piece of evidence.
c. Put a quote, summary, or paraphrased statement here that supports your first item. Don’t forget about your parenthetical citation!
d. Explain how this above quote/paraphrased statement works towards supporting your topic. Use keywords from your quote in your explanation. Do NOT use the words “this quote shows” when explaining your quote (too general)
e. Introduce your second piece of evidence
f. Put a second quote, summary, or paraphrased statement here that supports your first item. Don’t forget about your parenthetical citation!
g. Explain how this above quote/paraphrased statement works towards supporting your topic. Use keywords from your quote in your explanation. Do NOT use the words “this quote shows” when explaining your quote (too general)
h. Now relate all of the information back towards your topic sentence.. This is your concluding sentence.
IV. BODY PARAGRAPH 3
a. Write a topic sentence to support this paragraph’s claim
b. Introduce your first piece of evidence.
c. Put a quote, summary. or paraphrased statement here that supports your third item. Don’t forget about your parenthetical citation!
d. Explain how this above quote/paraphrased statement works towards supporting your topic. Use keywords from your quote in your explanation. Do NOT use the words “this quote shows” when explaining your quote (too general)
e. Introduce your second piece of evidence
f. Put a second quote, summary, or paraphrased statement here that supports your first item. Don’t forget about your parenthetical citation!
g. Explain how this above quote/paraphrased statement works towards supporting your topic. Use keywords from your quote in your explanation. Do NOT use the words “this quote shows” when explaining your quote (too general)
h. Now relate all of the information back towards your topic sentence. This is your concluding sentence.
V. CONCLUSION
a. Connect to your hook.
b. Restate thesis and synthesize main points.
c. End with something to make the reader think (a lesson or message).Explain how your thesis has now been proven and how you have answered your topic question based on your research. What is the lesson that can be learned from this paper? (Don’t write “The lesson learned is…”)
** Continue onto next page to include your Works Cited entries (with at least four reliable sources including at least ONE that you located on your own)
Works Cited
The EBSCO Research Database link is listed below. Click on it and enter morriscrusaders as the userid and MCHS!20 as the password

http://search(dot)ebscohost(dot)com/

1. Go to the link above.
2. Enter morriscrusaders as the userid and MCHS!20 as the password; click Sign In
3. On the next page, click Ebscohost Web.
4. Scroll down to Academic Search Premier and check the box.
5. Scroll up and click continue.
6. Type invisible man ralph ellison in the search field and click search.

On the next page, you'll see 225 results. To get the best ones:

7. Click Full text and then Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.

Now you have 50 results. To get even more specific:

8. Enter 2005 in the publication date field.

This narrows it down even more. Get even more specific by doing this:

9. Check the box under Source Types for Academic Journals.

Now you've got 29 peer reviewed, full text, fairly recent academic journal articles on this novel. Some will be less pertinent than others for research paper purposes, but you can single out the ones that are viable and eliminate others that aren't.

The above process can be used for any novel, play, author or literary topic (e.g., banned books, e-texts vs. hard copies, graphic novels, etc.).

When you get to step 3 above, you can also explore some of the other links, like literary resources. Some are less academic and scholarly than others, however. Still, there are lots of other options besides what I have above.

Best of luck!