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You will complete a research project.
Although this is a large project there is no need to allow yourself to feel intimidated by it. Follow the steps that have been laid out for you here and ask your teacher for help along the way and you will end up with a research paper you can be proud of.
Type your assignment in a Google Document and share it with your teacher.
Make sure to use several different sentence types, openers, and dress-ups.
1. Select a topic you would like to research. 10 points
1. Select a topic you would like to research. 10 points
Your research paper length requirement is five to ten pages. This may not feel like it as you read this but it is actually a short paper. Shorter papers, like this one, require more specific topics. Avoid broad topics or you'll find yourself swimming around a sea of extra information.
Review the 7 Steps of Research process before beginning.
Type your research question into a Google Doc and share that with your teacher. You will use the same Google Doc for the entirety of this assignment.
2. Choose your sources and email your teacher a sources list. 10 points.
2. Choose your sources and email your teacher a sources list. 10 points.
Sources are the books, journals, newspaper articles, films, essays, and other media you've selected to research for your paper. Select a list of five or more sources and type them into the Google Doc you typed your research question in. Re-share the Google Doc with your teacher.
Examples:
- An Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan is a good book to reach to research the question about how hamburgers have changed.
- This peer-reviewed journal article is a good choice for the history of beef. Historical overview of beef production and beef organizations in the United States.
- This TedTalk video would be a good choice for researching a conclusion that peaks the readers interest. Meat the Future
3. Compile your notes and create your outline. 30 points
3. Compile your notes and create your outline. 30 points
You may have noticed that while compiling the example sources above I identified how I would like to conclude my history of the hamburger paper - with a glimpse at future hamburgers. Your paper will also take shape as you conduct research and compile notes. Do not fear the outline. It is not set in stone, if your rough draft changes from the outline you submitted you will not lose any points.
Type your outline in a Google Doc and share it with your teacher. Below is a sample outline. You are welcome to use it as your template.
4. Write your rough draft. 25 points
4. Write your rough draft. 25 points
Type your rough draft into the Google Doc and alert your teacher that it is available for review. Rough drafts submitted to your teacher should not contain spelling or grammatical errors, they are 'rough' in the sense that the paper's argument, logic, and flow have not yet been fine-tuned. A rough draft also does not need to include a completed works cited/bibliography page. Your final paper will need to be in MLA format. See below for more information about finding a template for your paper.
5. Type your final paper. 25 points
5. Type your final paper. 25 points
Type your final paper! Your paper should be in MLA format. Before beginning, find the Report MLA Template located in the Google Docs Dashboard. Share your paper with your teacher to be graded.
Include a MLA Works Cited Page.
A works cited page allows your reader to see where the information included in your paper came from. It gives credit to the author of the sources you used. A great resource to utilize is the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
Click on the blue link--Citation Machine to check out a cool tool that will help you when creating your works cited page. Students pick which style of citation (MLA in our case) and basically type in pertinent information and it will create the proper format. They will just copy and paste on their works cited page. You can use the MLA template below to paste your properly formatted citation you copied from Citation Machine. Remember, your works cited page will be the last page of your essay.
Students can also utilize this MLA Template over and over by first clicking "file" at the top left of the document and clicking on "make a copy" then renaming it specific to the subject of the paper. You then just hi-light the heading information and type in your personal information. After inserting your title, you will simply hi-light where it says, "Start typing here....." and you will begin typing your paper. Your final result will be a correct MLA formatted paper. You will of course still need to check for any errors like grammar or spelling. You may watch a short tutorial on how to do this HERE
Basic Rules
- Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page.
- Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
- Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.
Capitalization and punctuation
- Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc, but do not capitalize articles (the, an), prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle: Gone with the Wind, The Art of War, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
- Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles)
Listing author names
- Entries are listed alphabetically by the author's last name. Author names are written last name first; middle names or middle initials follow the first name:
Burke, Kenneth
Levy, David M.
Wallace, David Foster
- A website should be in italics:
Lundman, Susan. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow, www.ehow.com/how_10727_make-vegetarian-chili.html.*
Click here to see a sample works cited page.
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