Steps to Creating a Research Paper
Step One: Choosing a Topic
Step Two: Researching a Topic (introduce online databases and how to use them)
Notecards (Work on how to create notecards, what information should be on them)
Step Three: Drafting a Thesis (explain the Thesis Statement, selecting and narrowing a topic)
Selecting a Topic/Narrowing a Topic
Exercise: Scope of Thesis
Step Four: Brainstorming Thesis Arguments
Step Five: Asking Questions
Exercise: Choosing Good Arguments
Exercise: Choosing Good Arguments
Step Six: Picking the Best Arguments
Step Seven: Outline of Arguments (how to create an outline)
Step Eight: Creating a Blueprint (another version of an outline)
Step Nine: Writing the Arguments
Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Weaving Quotes into Your Writing
Exercise: Research through Riddles
Step Ten: Writing the Background Section
Step Eleven: Writing the Conclusion
Step Twelve: Writing the Introduction
Step Thirteen: Creating the Works Cited Page (Chicago)
Step Fourteen: Proofing the Paper
Step Fifteen: Finalization