Sharpen Your Report Writing Skills

Cover\nTitle Page\nCopyright\nTable of Contents\nChapter 1: You Can Write a Report\n	Why Do You Need to Know How to Write a Report?\n	What Is a Report?\n		Point of view:\n		Make writing more fun:\nChapter 2: Reports—What’s in Them\n	Research Report\n	Investigative Report\n	Lab Report\n	Book Report\n	News Report\n		Six questions:\n	The Parts of a Report\n		Introduction\n		Body\n			The introduction answers the questions:\n		Conclusion\n	List of Sources\nChapter 3: Getting Started\n	Choosing a Topic\n		Hot topics:\n	Temporary Thesis Statement\n		Topic cluster:\n	The Research\n		Examples of temporary thesis statements:\n	Internet Sources\n	Finding Sources\n	Searching the Net\n	Working Bibliography\n	Finding Primary Sources\nChapter 4: Getting the Right Stuff in the Right Order\n	Super note-taking method:\n	Doing Your Own Research\n	Surveys\n	Experiments\n		Table\n	The Final Thesis Statement\n	The Outline\n	Sort Your Note Cards\n		Example:\nChapter 5: It’s Time to Write!\n	Starting Up\n		Example:\n		Example (good paragraph, topic sentence underlined):\n		Example (bad paragraph, no topic sentence):\n	The Format\n		Research Paper\n		Book Report\n		News Report\n	Document Your Sources\n	Revising — Making It Better\n	Edit and Proofread\n	The Final Draft\n	Bibliography, or Works Cited\n		Book\n		Encyclopedia Article\n		Magazine Article\n		Newspaper Article\n		Internet Article\nChapter 6: The Finishing Touches\n	Title Page\n	Special Effects\n		Final checklist:\n	Binding the Report\n	Presenting … Your Report!\n	Oral Reports\n	In Conclusion …\nA Sample Student Research Report\nGlossary\nFurther Reading\n	Books\n	Internet Addresses\nIndex\nBack Cover