Claims
Is a claim that important? Why?
YES! You need it to hold your whole paper together!
What should be inside the parentheses in a standard in text citation?
the author's last name and the page number
This is your claim:
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health because it clears their mind and enhances their overall success because it boosts productivity.
What is the first main topic that should be included in the topic sentence?
clearing the mind
How does weight lifting help a person's mental health and overall success?
What are the three keywords/phrases that should be included in a search for this question?
Weight lifting, mental health, success
What day is prom?
May 13th
Is this a good claim?
Weight lifting helps your mental health and overall success?
Why or why not?
No - it is not specific and doesn't preview "how"
THIS WHOULD BE BETTER:
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health because it clears your mind and overall success because it boosts productivity.
What should be inside the following in text citation parentheses:
Burke states that exercise and diet must be followed together and do not work in isolation from one another ().
page number
This is your claim:
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health because it clears their mind and enhances their overall success because it boosts productivity.
What is the SECOND main topic that should be included in the topic sentence?
boosting productivity
Name three ways you might know a source is NOT credible . . .
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When is the last day of school?
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health because it clears your mind and overall success because it boosts productivity.
2nd person should be 3rd, the word "your" should be "their"
If there isn't an author, what do you cite in the in text citation?
the first few words of the title, OR whatever comes first in the works cited citation
ex: end of quote" ("Mental health researchers" 7).
This is your claim:
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health because it clears their mind and enhances their overall success because it boosts productivity.
Is this a strong topic sentence for the first main point?
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health.
No, because it does not include how, which is through clearing the mind.
Name three things to check to see if the source you are using is credible.
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As of Friday (5/5), what was the AVHS baseball team's overall record?
5-5
Give an example of a strong claim for this research question:
How does being coached help a person's internal success and social happiness?
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If the author's last name is used in the same sentence as the in text citation, what should be cited in the parentheses in the in text citation.
page number
This is your claim:
Weight lifting helps a person's mental health because it clears their mind and enhances their overall success because it boosts productivity.
Is this a strong topic sentence for the first main point?
Weight lifting helps a person's overall success because it boosts a person's productivity.
Yes, because it includes "how" - boosting productivity.
Why shouldn't this source be used?
"The Impact of Global Warming in North America." Global Warming: Early Signs. 1998. www.climatehotmap.org/. Accessed 23 Mar. 2022.
It's not recent!!!!
Name 4 spring sports
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Where should the claim be placed in the paper.
Be specific. What paragraph? Where in that paragraph?
Introduction - last sentence
If this is the works cited citation, what should be cited in the in-text citation? Be specific.
"The Impact of Global Warming in North America." Global Warming: Early Signs. 1999. www.climatehotmap.org/. Accessed 23 Mar. 2009.
("Impact of Global Warming").
How many topic sentences does your paper need?
What does it depend on and where do topic sentences go?
Define CRAAP
Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose
What month is Ms. Nelson's daughter's birthday in?
April 24th