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Download the Week 4 Research Notebook template, which has been provided for you in a Word document. Please note that you can choose to print out the template and mark it up as long as you can scan it back into your computer for submission in Canvas by Day 7.
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Week 4 Research Notebook
Integrating Research Activity
Each week you will have an opportunity to practice different aspects of the research and
writing process in a writing notebook. It consists of a template you will fill out and submit
in Canvas. In addition to introducing and practicing targeted components of the research
and writing process, these notebooks will help you develop and practice the skills you will
demonstrate on your other assignments.
This week, the writing notebook focuses on integrating research into your own writing.
Review the following resources first:
• Integrating Research (with video)
• Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing (summarizing)
As you write, you are sharing your opinion, but you also need to support the ideas in your
writing with evidence. Think about an argument you’ve had with a friend or family member—
nothing major, just a disagreement over something, such as who is the greatest professional
baseball player, or which movie is the best, or even which is the best taco shop. Arguments like
this are largely opinion, but you can use evidence to support the argument for one side or
another.
You should first create your argument (or as much of it as you can) and then share the evidence
you find in places that support the points you are making.
STEP ONE: Supporting Your Thesis Statement
Here’s an example using the topic from the Week 1 Research Notebook to show how you get
started integrating your research into your writing:
Article Title:
Online, Blended and Technology-Enhanced Learning: Tools to Facilitate Community College
Student Success in the Digitally-Driven Workplace.
Thesis Statement:
A significant benefit of distance education is the preparation needed to work online developed
skills students will need in the workplace.
So, take a look at the article you chose to write about and the thesis statement you have created
for your outline. Use these to fill in the sections below:
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Article Title
This is the article you used in for your Week 2 Assignment.
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Thesis Statement
This might change as you write and that’s ok, you just need something to help keep your essay
focused.
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STEP TWO: Finding Evidence
You have the opportunity to use this article as one of your sources for your Week 5 Final Paper,
so it’s worth taking a look at to see what evidence is in there. Here’s an example:
Source 1: (List source here) Levy, D. (2017). Online, blended and technology-enhanced
learning: Tools to facilitate community college student success in the digitally-driven
workplace. Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 10(4), 255–262.
Quote 1
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
“Therefore, instructors must be cognizant to continually relate the benefits of working online to a
student’s professional aspirations” (Levy, 2017, p.260).
Why is this quote helpful to the essay?
My essay is about how going to school online is beneficial to a student not just for the education
but also for their professional career afterward. This quote shares that teachers need to help make
students aware of the opportunities to connect class work to professional work.
So now, pull up any notes you took on the article, any highlighting or margin notes, or anything
you jotted down on paper or in a computer document. Take some time to reflect: Does anything
in this article seem like it would be useful in your final essay? What parts relate to the topic you
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are discussing? List a couple quotes from the article to get you started – you don’t have to use
these quotes in your essay, it’s just to get you started.
Source 1 (from your Week 2 Assignment):
Quote 1
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
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Why is this quote helpful to my essay?
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Quote 2
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
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Why is this quote helpful to my essay?
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The information you’ve filled out here can be used in your essay—you’ve just written part of
your essay here! Now look ahead to the Week 5 Assignment. As you read other sources to add,
use the tables below to collect your evidence:
STEP THREE: Rinse and Repeat
Source 2:
Quote 1
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
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Why is this quote helpful to my essay?
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Quote 2
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
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Why is this quote helpful to my essay?
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Source 3:
Quote 1
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
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Why is this quote helpful to my essay?
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Quote 2
Quote with (author, year, page #) citation
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Why is this quote helpful to my essay?
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Keep in mind that you will probably do more research than you will use in your writing and
that’s ok. It’s all part of the process.
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