1. Please find and Do the following FIND—Green Paper: “Signal Phrases, Parentheticals and the Works Cited” FIND—White Paper: “Review: Signal Phrases, Parenthetical Citations, and Paragraph Structure” DO—Open up my section of the team page.

2. Agenda 2/6/14 Review signal phrases and parenthetical citations Work Options ◦ revise outline ◦ finish Noodle Tools ◦ draft introduction ◦ draft conclusion ◦ type outline into essay form

3. Use the following process for each paragraph: 1 Topic Sentence 2 Necessary Background and Signal Phrase (with author's/source's name and a verb--refer to signal phrase resources on my webpage or in your folder) 3 Direct Quotation, Paraphrase, or Summary (Be accurate! No sloppy copying!) 4 Parenthetical Citation (Include the page number of the resource at a minimum, unless it is a web page source; refer to your notes or the online resources. 5 Commentary (At least two sentences; avoid "The evidence proves the thesis because..."-->get that weak stuff outta here)

4. Signal Phrases Introduce direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries from your research. Includes the author’s name and/or source name, (usually)a verb, and then the quoted, paraphrased, or summarized information from your source. ◦ According to the [insert name] website, “-----.” ◦ Author [insert name] suggests, “------.” ◦ [Insert author’s name] reports, “-----.”

5. Parenthetical Citations Comes after the cited material at the end of the sentence. Includes at least a page number and might also include the author’s last name or part of the title of the source if there is no author. Information from a webpage WILL NOT include a page number—n.p. Information from an article from an online newspaper or magazine or an article from a database WILL include a page number.

6. Signal Phrase + Parenthetical Material quoted from Maclean’s, a magazine source found on a database: ◦ Nomi Morris reports, “The anti-child labor group that Craig [Kielburger] and some friends launched with a garage sale has grown to an international movement that its members hope will do for youth what the women's movement did for women” (1). Material quoted from the About section of the Free the Children web page: ◦ According to the Free the Children website, “Free The Children’s mission is to create a world where all young people are free to achieve their fullest potential as agents of change” (n.p.).