How to write a paper in your
own words:
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Read good articles critically. Summarize the key points
of each article. Reread the articles.
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Put away all your sources.
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Outline the main points you want to communicate in your paper.
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Write about your main points, in your own words. If there
is technical information you can't remember, just leave a blank space
for it.
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Check for spelling, correct grammer, and good word usage.
Eliminate unnecessary words and shorten sentences for clarity.
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Return to your sources and find the technical information you were looking
for, if it is really crucial to include that data to make your key
points.
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Credit your sources for all the information you look up (author,
page) at the end of the sentence that contains the information.
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Also credit the original source for any information that you have
absorbed, but your classmates could not reasonably be expected to know.
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Write a bibliography for each source: Author, Year, Title, Journal,
volume, page range.
Wed.21 and Thursday 22 April: 1 page
cosmologies paper
Write one page on how another culture understood your research topic,
following the guidelines above.
Get feedback on your partner from your research partner Wednesday.
Take your paper to the writing center for feedback too.
Turn it in Thursday in class.
Friday 9.April: 1-2 page Project Proposal
On Wednesday you and your research partner drafted a project proposal.
On Thursday you read it to the class for feedback. At some point
you took it to the writing center for technical advice. When you
turn it in, it should include at least one paragraph each on:
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the basics of modern scientific understanding of your topic
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how another culture understood it
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what you intend to observe this quarter
This paper is not written in stone, and it will not contain all the
answers; it's a first step toward deeper research all quarter.
Tuesday 6.April: One page on Baloney
Detection
Last week you read Sagan's Ch.12 from
Demon Haunted World (get the handout in class Tuesday)
and found a short article, flier, etc (e.g.
from newspaper, magazine, ad, web...). Now analyze the article in
terms of Sagan's chapter.
If you write this Friday after our Thursday seminar, then you will have
time to finish the homework over the weekend, and time to take your draft
to the writing center on Monday.
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