Mini Research Project

1. Mini Research Project Synthesizing Sources Winter 2008

2. Links http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hillary/

3. Research Writing (R28) • Gather and Interpret factual information from multiple sources • Clearly express a thesis statement • Organize logically: introduction, body, conclusion • Include a Works Cited

4. Using Ideas from Research (R41) • Incorporate ideas from other writers into your work through: • Direct quotations: use quotation marks and parenthetical citations • Paraphrases: use in place of a direct quote; ideas stated in your own words; use parenthetical citations • Summaries: use when condensing a large body of information; ideas stated in your own words: use parenthetical citations

5. Avoiding Plagiarism (R41) • Give credit for any ideas or opinions that are not your own. • Use parenthetical citations • Use a Works Cited

6. Preparing a Manuscript (R41) • Research Papers Include: • Title page • Outline • Works Cited

7. Your Task • See page 47 in the anthology. • Write a Comparison-and-Contrast Essay. • Read excerpts from two explorers’ firsthand accounts of their ascent of Mount Everest. • Discuss the characteristics of each climber. • Explain which you would prefer as a climbing partner.

8. Sources • from View From the Summit by Sir Edmund Hillary, text pages 28-36. • “The Dream Comes True” fromThe Tiger of the Snows by Tenzing Norgay with James Ramsey Ullman, text pages 39-44.

9. Your Task • Create a Source Card for each source. • Create a Works Cited. • Use Parenthetical Citations • See the anthology for: • Citing Sources: page R42 & R43 • Works Cited: R42 • Parenthetical Citations: R42

10. Source Card Source Number MLA Citation Source Location

11. Source Card 1. Hillary, Sir Edmund. View From the Summit. Prentice HallLiterature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes, Platinum Level. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 2005. 30-36. anthology

12. Works Cited • A list of sources referred to in your essay • Listed in alphabetical order, based on the first word in the entry • Each new entry begins at the margin, with subsequent information from that entry tabbed • The entire Works Cited is double spaced. • See sample on page R43.

13. Parenthetical Citations Parenthetical Citations: • Briefly identify the source from which you’ve taken information • Refer the reader to an entry on the Works Cited list • Fall outside of the closing quotation mark but within the final punctuation of the sentence

14. Parenthetical Citations • For example: • “My boots were frozen solid and I cooked them over the primus stove until they were soft enough for me to pull on” (Hillary 31). • Hillary = author’s last name • 31 = page number

15. Your Task • Create Note Cards for information from the sources that you’ll be using in your essay. • All information gleaned from the sources must appear on note cards. • Note cards may include: • Quotations • Paraphrases • Summaries

16. Note Cards Topic Source card number Information: Page Numbers

17. Note Card Climbing technique 1. * Information quoted from the text or * Information paraphrased from the text or * Information summarized from the text 31

18. Note Making • Keep a Glossary of new terms • Create a Pros & Cons Chart • Establish Criteria for Evaluation • Create a Compare-Contrast Chart • Make Note Cards

19. Note Making • Review “Your Task” • Read through the sources the first time, keeping a glossary of unfamiliar vocabulary. • Organize your glossary accordingly:

20. Glossary Name Date Section View From the Summit Term____Pg#____Definition___________ Makalu 31 Himalayan high peak, Nepal Lhotse 31 Himalayan high peak, Nepal

21. Tenzing 31 Irvine 36 Ample 31 Mallory 36 Tengboche Monastery 31 -27c 31 East Rongbuk Glacier 36 Aperture 31 Kangshung 32 Western CWM 33 Belay 33 Himalayas 36 North Col 36 Formidable 36

22. First Impressions • As you finish reading Hillary’s account of the ascent, record your first impressions at the bottom of your glossary. • What wound he be like as a climbing partner? 1) 2) 3) 4)

23. Note Making • Review “Your Task” • Read through the sources again, keeping a pros & cons chart. • Organizing your chart accordingly:

24. Pros & Cons • Create a Pros & Cons Chart for each climber. • What would you like about Hillary as a climbing partner? • What would bother you about Hillary as a climbing partner? • What would you like about Norgay as a climbing partner? • What would bother you about Norgay as a climbing partner?

25. Pros & Cons - Hillary Name Date Section P & C Hillary PROS CONS ___________________________________ 1) 1)

26. The Tiger of the Snows • After you’ve read View From the Summit, continue with the Norgay piece (39-44): • Keep a Glossary of new terms • Create a Pros & Cons Chart

27. Pros & Cons - Norgay Name Date Section P & C Norgay PROS CONS ___________________________________ 1) 1)

28. Note Making • Establish Criteria for Evaluation • What characteristics are you looking for in a climbing partner? • An expert climber • Someone modest • Climber’s attitude toward you • Trust • Knowledge of the terrain • ? • ?

29. Criteria for Evaluation Name Date Section Climbing Partner Musts What’s important to you in a climbing partner? 1) 2) 3) 4)

30. Note Making • Create a Compare-Contrast Chart based on the criteria you’ve established. • Go back to the Pros & Cons Chart, or into the text, if necessary. • Here’s how to create the C-C Chart:

31. Compare-Contrast Chart Name Date Section C-C Chart Criteria Hillary Norgay Both 1) 2) 3) 4)

32. Note Cards • Use the information in the C-C Chart to create note cards. • All information gleaned from the sources must appear on note cards. • Note cards may include: • Quotations • Paraphrases • Summaries

33. Note Cards Topic Source card number Information: Page Numbers

34. Note Card Climbing technique 1. * Information quoted from the text or * Information paraphrased from the text or * Information summarized from the text 31

35. Writing the Thesis Paragraph • Slant: a catchy introductory sentence • Criterion 1 sentence • Criterion 2 sentence • Criterion 3 sentence • Thesis sentence: Draw a conclusion based on your criteria stating either Hillary or Norgay as the preferred climbing partner.

36. Creating the Outline Compare / Contrast Essay Outline