Step+Nine

COMPOSE DRAFT:
The important thing about writing the first draft is just to GET ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION ON THE PAPER! You can worry about making it better and correcting errors as you revise and edit future drafts.

Organize all of your note cards into the order in which you plan to use them.

Starting with the first card, write your paraphrased statement, making sure that you follow it with the proper PI (parenthetical Insert). Then go to the next cards in order and write your paraphrased statements with their PIs.

You can insert topic sentences, transitions, and conclusions as you go or you can insert them after you have written all of your note card statements. **Remember that these sentences which are __your own original sentences must be //typed in italics//__ in order to distinguish them from your paraphrased statements of other authors' work.** (If you do not italicize your own work, a reader might think that you are still quoting an expert but that you have forgotten to put in a PI and could accuse you of plagiarism.)

**After you have typed the body of information from your sources, then add your introductory paragraph and your conclusion paragraph.**

 * INTRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES:**
 * Make an interesting statement or tell an interesting statistic.
 * Tell why you chose this topic.
 * Tell why this topic should be important to others.
 * Tell an interesting story or anecdote.
 * __BE SURE THE LAST SENTENCE OF YOUR INTRODUCTION IS YOUR__ __THESIS STATEMENT.__**


 * CONCLUSION IDEAS:**
 * Refer back to your introduction statements.
 * Summarize your main points.
 * Restate your thesis in other words.