Inquiry Research Final Project
2019
Overview
Claim
Your paper must have a clear claim in the first paragraph. Your claim presents what it is you will arguing in your essay. A claim is a statement of belief that you will back up with factual evidence, statistics, and examples from your research.
Not a claim: The history of basketball
Claim: Basketball provides the best aerobic activity of all team sports.
Reasons
Evidence
Paragraph Components
- Paragraph 1: Introduction
- Paragraph 2: Supporting Evidence
- Paragraph 3: Supporting Evidence
- Paragraph 4: Supporting Evidence
- Paragraph 5: Conclusion
Sources
- You must use a minimum of four sources
- You must use at least one subscription database
Parenthetical Citation
You do not need parenthetical citation when stating your own ideas, opinions, or analysis, or when using a common knowledge fact.
Quotes
You must use at least three quotes.
The quotes should be smoothly incorporated into your paragraphs and thoroughly explained. Make sure to show how the quotes support your claim.
Don't forget that quotes require parenthetical citation.
Citation
- All sources must be cited in NoodleTools
- Add all your citations to the same project. This will make your bibliography easier to export at the end.
- CITE AS YOU GO ALONG
- When you have all your citations done export your bibliography to Google Drive and then copy and paste and add to the end of your paper.
Voice
Instead of: I think animals should not be used for medical testing
Try: Animals should not be used for medical testing.
Instead of: My classmates and I find homework stressful.
Try: Students may find homework stressful.
Instead of: In my research, I found that body cameras for police officers are very expensive.
Try: Body cameras for police officers can be expensive.
Format
Your heading should be aligned to the left and single-spaced:
Your Name
The date
Your Class Section
Inquiry Research
Ex:
Jane Smith
4/25/17
ACD6
Inquiry Research
Your title should be centered and single-spaced
WAIT
- Did you read over your paper and proofread?
- Did you run a spell check?
- Do you have a total of 5 paragraphs (introduction, 3 paragraphs of evidence, conclusion)?
- Are your claim and reasons clearly stated in your introductory paragraph?
- Does each of your body paragraphs begin with one of your reasons and provide evidence from your research to support that reason?
- Did you use at least 3 quotes?
- Did you remember to use parenthetical citation?
- Did you remember to add your bibliography as the final page of your paper?
- Do you have your headings on the left-hand side of your paper?
- Did you make sure not to use words such as I, me, you, etc.?
- Is your paper in Times New Roman font, size 12, double-spaced?
- Did you check your rubric to make sure you're not forgetting anything else?
NOW you can turn it in!