Day 1

Ways to Use Sources

Illustrating – When writers use specific examples or facts from a text to support what they want to say.

Examples:● “argues that”● “claims that” ● “acknowledges that”● “emphasizes that” ● “tells the story of “● “reports that” ● “believes that”

Leeanne Bordelon, NSU Writing Project, 2014

The 18-wheeler carries lots of cargo, representing “material to think about: anecdotes, images, scenarios, data.” (Harris)

Example of Illustrating

from “The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade” by Nancy Kalish

“When high schools in Fayette County in Kentucky delayed their start times to 8:30 a.m., the number of teenagers involved in car crashes dropped, even as they rose in the state.”

Ways to Use Sources

Leeanne Bordelon, NSU Writing Project, 2014

● Authorizing – When writers quote an expert or use the credibility or status of a source to support their claims.

Joseph Bauxbaum, a researcher at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, found …… , according to Susan Smith, principal of a school which encourages student cell phone use.A study conducted by the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy Center revealed that …

Example of Authorizing

Examples of Authorizing taken from “High schools with late start times help teens but bus schedules and after-school can conflict”

“…the focus on logistics is frustrating for Heather Macintosh, spokeswoman for a national organization called Start School Later…. “What Is the priority?” she said. “It should be education, health and safety.”

Beth Rimer, Ohio Writing Project for NWP CRWP funded by the Department of Education

Teen Brain Graphic

Study this image. Think about the meanings of these words.

What do you think?

●What do you think about this image as an example of teenage brains or how teens live their lives?

●Share your writing.●Add a “For example . . . .” ●Share.

Beth Rimer, Ohio Writing Project for NWP CRWP funded by the Department of Education

Sample Student Response, Grade 9

The author of the Teen Brain Graphic is claiming that teen brains are very impulsive and that most of the decisions and thoughts teens make are under these main categories. I believe a lot of that is true and that they eventually grow out of it. For example, when a teen gets money the first thing they do is go out and spend it. It's an impulsive decision.

Revise your entry:

citing source, giving example