Can anyone help me with my "A raisin in the Sun" Research paper note cards?

Question

I need answers to put on them. This is my first time doing them and i need 50 and im on number 11. Please help. Thank you so much. I have no clue what to put on them. If you could send me short paraphrases, summaries, or quotes to put on them please do so!

Answer 1

The idea of the note cards is to help you write the paper. If someone else writes the cards for you, you will get the cards done, but it will HURT your grade because your paper will make no sense.

This is what you need to do:
1) Read over your assignment for the paper. If the topic is defined for you, great. If the topic is NOT defined for you, that's OK, too. Time required: 5 minutes
2) Start reading the play. If you haven't read it, start from the beginning. If you have, pick up from where you left off.
3) AS YOU ARE READING, write your 50 note cards. Keep your topic in mind. If you don't have a specific topic yet, your cards will help you do that after you have all 50. Time required: 60-90 minutes.
Now, what should you write about? GREAT question! I suspect that's really the help you need. For 50 cards, write about 10 quotes--but not just ANY quotes. That's why you have to read the story--so you know what's important. Then write 1 card each about who the main characters are (if I remember right, there are about 6 or 7). Then write 2-3 cards each describing something important each character says or does. And write 2 or 3 cards about the setting (what state it's in, what year, what's happening at the beginning).
You are up to about 35 cards. The last 10-15 cards should be about your paper topic. If the topic is clear, write supporting details. If YOU get to choose the topic, form your idea, and write things that support your topic. You should get 50 cards easy from that. For example, if the topic is "Older people have wisdom about the world", add quotes and details about just those things from the story. If you have to write a whole paper on this topic, you will need LOTS of details about this fact.

Now, if you REALLY follow my advice and go through all these steps (and I admit, it will take you about an hour or more), THE PAPER WILL BE EASY TO WRITE. You then sort your 50 cards into 3 or 4 stacks. Each stack represents a paragraph of the paper (Number of stacks equals number of paragraphs). Organize your stacks based on related ideas. Once you have 10 or 15 cards or so for each paragraph, you turn each card into a sentence, and VOILA! There is your paper! (a rough draft, anyway) Sure, you still have to edit it, but this method works for lots of people. You write the cards for the details you need, organize the details, and you have the framework for a paper.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

First, you need to be clear about your topic. What are you trying to say or show about the play? Then go back through the play and make note cards for any quotation that relates to the point you're making. Put only one fact or short quotation on each card, and identify each card by source (usually the author) and page number. (Ask your teacher how she wants you to identify lines from the play.) Make sure you have a bibliography card for each source you make a note from. If you have more questions, ask again!

Answer 3

Apparently you have access to an internet or you wouldn't be able to post this question.

Part of you having to do this, though, is to teach you to figure stuff out on your own and do your own work. If you don't do it now, it just gets harder!

In any case, your best bet, if you haven't a copy of the play, is to do a search (Yahoo, Google) - you can find out all sorts of things. And if this is to help you write your paper, then following the advice of the 2nd poster will be very useful to you.

Good luck.