TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES-
This web site has been having problems. Sometimes I am unable to post at all and other times I post it and it's gone the next day. My apologies.
OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE A GRADE-
Your complaint letter, exploratory essay, and research paper may be resubmitted for a better grade. You may do this once. It must be resubmited no later than December 7th. I will be grading research papers over the Thanksgiving break. Students have already received their exploratory essays and will receive their letters next period.
CURRENT RESEARCH PAPER
-Students collected five articles and highlighted important facts from then
- Students completed a CDW chart (attached below) to structure their thesis, claims, and warrants
- Students were given time in class to write their rough draft and to type their final draft.
- Final draft must be a minimum of six paragraphs and include three claims that are supported by hard data facts.
- Their facts must be sourced both in the paragraph and at the end of the paper in a work cited page (MLA format)
- Lack of proper sourcing will result in a failing grade.
Example
Jones, Bill. "Title of Article." Publisher/Web Site. 13 October 2009. Web. <full URL>
Note: Second line is indented. The Work Cited page is a separate page at the end, but also has a continuous page heading (last name and page number) like the rest of the pages. Some teachers do not require a full URL; I do. If the author is not available they may write "n.a." or simply start
This web site has been having problems. Sometimes I am unable to post at all and other times I post it and it's gone the next day. My apologies.
OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE A GRADE-
Your complaint letter, exploratory essay, and research paper may be resubmitted for a better grade. You may do this once. It must be resubmited no later than December 7th. I will be grading research papers over the Thanksgiving break. Students have already received their exploratory essays and will receive their letters next period.
CURRENT RESEARCH PAPER
-Students collected five articles and highlighted important facts from then
- Students completed a CDW chart (attached below) to structure their thesis, claims, and warrants
- Students were given time in class to write their rough draft and to type their final draft.
- Final draft must be a minimum of six paragraphs and include three claims that are supported by hard data facts.
- Their facts must be sourced both in the paragraph and at the end of the paper in a work cited page (MLA format)
- Lack of proper sourcing will result in a failing grade.
Example
Jones, Bill. "Title of Article." Publisher/Web Site. 13 October 2009. Web. <full URL>
Note: Second line is indented. The Work Cited page is a separate page at the end, but also has a continuous page heading (last name and page number) like the rest of the pages. Some teachers do not require a full URL; I do. If the author is not available they may write "n.a." or simply start
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