Step #7                                                                                            

The Rough Draft

• • Copy and paste your Intro w/ thesis statement from Step #5 to the top of your page. Whew! One paragraph down.  Aim for 3 pages (8 body paragraphs?) 

  • Organize your note cards into the order of your outline. To write your rough draft, follow the road map of your outline. Use the evidence on your note cards to support your assertions and flesh out your story/ argument.

  • Required type - Times New Roman , 12 point, double-spaced, 1” margins.

  • Be sure to write in the 3rd person.

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Context, Quote & Analysis

• See CQA form posted in Google Classroom Here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MrDC_F1VLVNqalWSBBH8m4THOIrlE21eXXTLvSGZSjg/edit?usp=sharing 

Footnotes 

• • When to cite source in footnotes? Uncommon info such as unique details, statistics, quotes. You can also use them to provide additional info that otherwise might disrupt the flow of your paper.

    • How to do it:  Place the cursor at the end of the sentence that needs the footnote

    • Click Insert from the top menu and select Footnote.  It will create a superscript number in your paragraph and also a number in the footnote. 

Inside the footnote:

• • • • The First time you use a source: Full Chicago citation.

      • The second time you use the same source: abbreviated version

      • If you use the source back to back, use ibid. 

      • ibid is from Latin and means same as before.   This is supposed to replace the use of the abbreviated version and make it easier for the reader to see the same source was used twice or more in a row. 

Footnote help & instruction: (Citefast.com) https://www.citefast.com/styleguide.php?style=Chicago&sec=inte 

Example of Footnote

Whole Citation: Foot, R. (2007, Jul 21). Harper Views Haiti's poverty: [final edition]. The Windsor Star Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/harper-views-haitis-poverty/docview/254756567/se-2 

abbreviation: Foot, Harper Views 

ibid: ibid

Example of Step 7 completed - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DIYGuEciT2XObJ808GV8juBlZTmkjaJ7ck9zAjn3XOQ/edit?usp=sharing

Directions for when we edit each other's rough draft in class...

Notes about editing another's rough draft in class

• Look for any grammar, spelling, syntax or other errors.  

• Double Spaced? Size 12 Times New Roman? 1" margins?

• Intro Paragraph

  • Does the hook work? Could it be better?

  • Is there a brief introduction to all three subtopics?

  • Is the thesis underlined and clear?

• Three Subtopics

  • Is each subtopic in bold but the same size as the rest of the paper? 

  • Are there footnotes for quotes and statistics?

  • Do the paragraphs make sense?

  • What could make them better?

• Conclusion? 

  • Does the conclusion connect all three subtopics?

  • Does the conclusion address the future of the problem(s), some sort of hopeful/positive outlook, what is happening now, how to get involved, or other wise lend concluding information and ideas to the research paper?

  • does it end too abruptly?

Hooray! Now you can edit your paper and turn in your final draft!