Your Name: ______________________

Teacher Name: __________________________

Mock PT1 - Individual Research Report
Due March 24th

(Title: Must relate to research topic. Do not bold or underline.)

I. Introduction:
a. Interesting fact, statement, or question:
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b. Your Research Question: (You may decide later to write this as a statement.)
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c. Rationale/Background Information (Why is this issue being researched? Why is it important?
Provide the audience necessary information about the issue or problem, Provide a definition of Key terms if
necessary, and an explanation of key theories if needed):
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d. Context/Situate your research (What perspectives are you researching? What are the
limits/boundaries of your research?)
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e. [Your Thesis-] [Thesis in the conclusion-] Includes your paper’s overall topic, your paper’s
specific Capstone Lens, and the specific claims that you think are most important for your reader to
know about your topic and lens (can also be thought of as Areas of Focus)
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II. Evidence Body Paragraph (include counter-arguments where necessary):

a. Topic Sentence:
i. (The reason Why your thesis is true-What is your claim?)
ii. (The area or perspective of the research question being investigated-)
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b. 1st Evidence: (Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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c. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-)
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d. 2nd Evidence: Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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e. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-)
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f. 3rd Evidence: Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)

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g. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/Claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-)
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 h. Cincher Sentence(s):
i. (Explain How all of the sources are linked to prove the reason why your thesis is
true-)
ii. (Explain How all the source are linked to your research question
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III. Evidence Body Paragraph (include counter-arguments where necessary) :
a. Topic Sentence:
i. (The reason Why your thesis is true-What is your claim?)
ii. (The area or perspective of the research question being investigated-)
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b. 1st Evidence: (Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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____________________________ (____________).
c. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-)
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d. 2nd Evidence: Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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e. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/Claim)
ii. Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-)
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f. 3rd Evidence: Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)

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_____________________________(___________).

g. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-)
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h. Clincher Sentence:
i. Explain How all of the sources are linked to prove the reason why your thesis is
true-)
ii. (Explain How all the source are linked to your research question-
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IV. Evidence Body Paragraph (include counter-arguments where necessary) :

a. Topic Sentence:
i. (The reason Why your thesis is true-What is your claim?)
ii. (The area or perspective of the research question being investigated-)
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b. 1st Evidence: (Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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____________________________ (____________).
c. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/claim-)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research question-)
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 d. 2nd Evidence: Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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e. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research
question-).
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f. 3rd Evidence: (Paraphrase source, summarize source, or quote source)
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____________________________ (____________).
g. Commentary:
i. (Explain How the evidence supports your thesis/Claim)
ii. (Explain How the findings of your source help to answer/connect to your research question-)
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h. Clincher Sentence:
i. (Explain how all of the sources are linked to prove the reason why your thesis is true-)
ii. (Explain how all the source are linked to your research question-
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V. Conclusion:
a. (Restate thesis statement, summarizes main points, discuss implications, solutions, or consequences.
Do not introduce new information/sources-)
b. (What is the significance of your claim? Why is it important to you as the writer or me as the reader?
What information should I take away from this?)
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Remember! You need to have 10-15 Sources that can roughly be broken down into the following
categories:

 2-3 Academic Journal Entries – Things on Google Scholar, JSTOR, or any other Academic
Database or Publication that you have found. These are peer-reviewed, and have been vetted
by experts in the field.
 6-8 Text-Based Sources – Anything that uses text as the primary method of information
delivery, so think a book, a newspaper article, an article on a news publication’s website, or
something from a government website.
 2-3 Multimedia Sources – These are sources that use something other than text to provide
most of the information. So any kind of graph, chart, photograph, song, movie or television
show clip, YouTube video, podcast, painting, etc.