Where You Should be By Today, May 31st, 2011

By now, you should have completed the following, as we proceed with our research paper:

1) You must have your introductory paragraph.  The main part of your introduction must be your Thesis Statement.  In order to do this, you must have turned your Research Question into a Thesis Statement.  This Thesis Statement is based on the research that you have conducted and the articles you have read, and must answer your research question.

2) You should already have written three to five paragraphs giving examples from your research articles that support your thesis statement.  [NOTE: All together, by Friday, you will need to have four to five points from each of your three articles in your paper]. 

3) You must correctly cite all sources, based on my handout (also available as a post on this blog).

NOTE: Your first draft is due Friday of this week.  I DO NOT expect you to have completed the "works cited"/bibliography this week.  We will work on that next week.