1. DO NOW! What is the purpose of having sources for a research paper?
List as many sources as you can.

2. INDEPENDENT READING

3. Source Cards
8th Grade Language Arts

4. What is a Source?
 Something that supplies or gives information on a topic.

5. What are Sources? Sources include the following: Internet
Textbook (Springboard)
Book (from the library, The Giver)
Magazine (from the library)

6. What is a Source Card?
A source card has a statement you plan to use to strengthen the ideas in your paragraphs.

7. Sources for a Research Paper
Research paper must have:
At least three different sources which will appear as WORKS CITED entries in the bibliography.

8. Source Cards New Source = New Card
For each source you use, you will need to create a source card.
New Source = New Card

9. Source Cards
Each source card should include information about the source:
Author
Title
Publisher
Year
Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

10. Copy this Format Down
Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

11. Sample Book Source Card
Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. New York: Miramax, Print.
Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial.
Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

12. Create a Source Card for The Giver
Author’s Last Name, First Name Middle Initial.
Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.

13. What Goes On a Source Card?
Information you did not know about your topic that you get from another author

14. How to Take Another Author’s Information:
Paraphrase
Summarize
Quote
DON’T PLAGIARIZE!!!!

15. PLAGIARISM
It's like lip-synching to someone else's voice and accepting the applause and rewards for yourself.
IF YOU PLAGIARIZE, YOU WILL FAIL!!! …any time you take a writer’s words and use them as your own, you are plagiarizing

16. Using Another Writer’s Words as Your Own… the RIGHT Way!
Paraphrase/Summarize
Direct Quote with Citation
Include your own thoughts about what the writer has to say
ALWAYS GIVE THE CREDIT TO THE REAL AUTHOR!

17. On Your Own:
Complete 3 Source Cards for The Giver relating to the idea of DYSTOPIA (a society that is not perfect):
1 Paraphrase
1 Direct Quotation
1 Summary

18. From the Text (Direct Quote, Paraphrase)
Reading from The Giver
Complete Double Entry Journals during the reading time
Page #
From the Text (Direct Quote, Paraphrase)
My Thoughts