Students will be doing a research project during the fourth nine weeks of school.  Students will be taught how to conduct research to find accurate, reliable information and use that information to create a research paper.  Much of this project will be done together so students learn the correct way to find and cite their information without plagiarizing.  

What is plagiarism?

Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else's 

work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

Research Paper Format

Research Paper Rubric

Research Paper Checklist

Research papers have an introductory paragraph, multiple body paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.  Below is the framework.

Intro:  1 Attention Grabber

                2 Basic Info.

                2 Basic Info.

                2 Basic Info.

             1 Thesis Statement

Body:  1 Topic Sentence

   (3)        2 Supporting Idea

                   3 Detail

                   3 Detail

                2 Supporting Idea

                   3 Detail

                   3 Detail

             1 Con./Trans. Sent.

                        OR

             1 Topic Sentence

                2 Supporting Idea

                   3 Detail

                2 Supporting Idea

                   3 Detail

                2 Supporting Idea

                   3 Detail

             1 Con./Tran. Sent.

Concl:  1 Restate Thesis

                 2 Basic Info.

                 2 Basic Info.

                 2 Basic Info.

              1 Challenge Sent.