Preparing to Turn in the Paper

This is what your heading and header should look like. (2nd and 6th period's date should be "22 April 2009" since that is the day the paper is due. 3rd period's date should be "23 April 2009")

Preparing the Final Draft

1. Give your paper a title that reflects your thesis. (Don’t be too vague)
2. Un-highlight all highlighted sentences if you haven’t done this yet.
3. Double check the following:
   □ 1” margins all around
   □ 12 point Times New Roman, black font (There should be no bolded or underlined text. Make sure the header’s font is correct.)
   □ Double-spacing (no more; no less)
   □ Paragraphs are properly indented
   □ MLA heading (see heading on this handout)
   □ MLA header (see header on this handout)
   □ Correct title, centered, after the heading (see title on this handout)
   □ Parenthetical citations match Works Cited entries
   □ Works Cited entries are in alphabetical order
   □ Website and publication titles are italicized
   □ Webpage and article titles are in quotation marks
   □ Other parts of the works cited entries are formatted correctly (dates, punctuation, etc.)


4. Check the word count, 500-700 words: highlight your introduction through conclusion. Go to the “tools” menu and click “word count.” (Your paper should be between 2 and 3 pages, not including the works cited page. 4 page is too much.)
5. Is your paper 5-7 paragraphs?
6. Direct Quotes: You must have at least 3 short quotes (less than 3 lines) and no more than 5 quotes. There should be no long quotes (more than 3 lines)
7. Thesis statement should be an opinion.
8. Cited information in paragraphs should come from more than one source.
9. All sources must be parenthetically cited in your paper.

Turning in Your Note Cards

Note cards are due with your final draft and folder. Put them in a ziplock or rubber band. (These will not be available to you; you must bring your own.) If your note cards are not held together by ziplock or rubber band, they will not be accepted. Note cards (minimum of 50) are worth a quiz grade.

Preparing the 3-Prong Folder (This folder is worth 1 quiz grade.)

Right Pocket: Put the following in order with (1) on top.
(1) Annotated Bibliography Practice
(2) What I Already Know (Part A), What I Want to Find Out (Part B).
(3) 7 Research Questions (narrowed down from Part B above)
(4) Source card handout (with 6 rectangles)
(5) “How to Create Bibliography / Works Cited Entries”
(6) Annotated Bibliography & corrections
(7) Outline brainstorming
(8) Copies of your 6 sources

Left Pocket: Put revised and edited rough drafts with Rough Draft #1 on top. (These drafts make up one major grade. You should have revision and editing marks on all drafts Rough Draft #4 and any subsequent drafts include a works cited page.)
(1) Rough Draft #1
(2) Rough Draft #2 (If you didn’t need to revise for first/second-person point of view, make a note on Rough Draft 2. You will not lose points for having 3 drafts.)
(3) Rough Draft #3
(4) Rough Draft #4
(5) Any additional drafts.

Prongs: Research paper handouts (14 of them) in the order they were received and any work you did for the paper that is not in the right or left pocket.

(1) The paper assignment (lime green sheet)
(2) Calendar
(3) Source packet (yellow)
(4) Article: “Many Americans Vexed by Spelling”
(5) Article: “Telling Their Stories” (about museum curators)
(6) Annotated Bibliography Instructions (with example)
(7) Note card handout (PowerPoint slide handout)
(8) 3 revision handouts
a. Revision Instructions
b. Highlighting text & finding 1st/2nd person point of view instructions
c. Peer Revision Handout,
(9) 3 editing handouts
a. Editing instructions
b. Transition words
c. Preparing the Works Cited Page
(10) Preparing the Final Draft instructions (this handout)

Research Presentation

Presentation Assignment Handout (click on pictures for larger image):

How to Make a Good PowerPoint Handout:

Preparing the Works Cited

Preparing the Works Cited Page

1. Make corrections to annotated bibliography entries.
2. If you found new sources that you did not include on the annotated bibliography, you will have to make new bibliography entries for them.
3. Delete the annotations from the annotated bibliography.
4. Delete the heading. (The works cited page is the last page in your paper, so it does not need a heading.)
5. Copy and paste everything that is left onto a new page (the last page) of Rough Draft #4 (or your most recent draft).
6. Title this page: Works Cited (The title goes on the first line at the top of the page and is centered. It is NOT bolded, NOT in quotation marks or underlined!!!)
7. Like the rest of your paper, the works cited page is ONLY double-spaced. Delete any extra spaces between entries.
8. All entries should have a hanging indent (see instructions below)
9. All entries should be in alphabetical order according to author’s last name or first major word in the entry (not by “a” “an” or “the”).
10. Entries should NOT be numbered anymore. (But you still need to know which source number you labeled each source. Next, you will replace the source number with appropriate citation information.)
11. Below is an example of a works cited page for a paper that is 2 pages long. Your works cited page should have 6 entries because you were to cite all 6 sources.

Editing Instructions

English 10: Editing Instructions

1. Print Rough Draft #3 (if you didn’t last class)
2. Is each paragraph indented? Is the paper double-spaced? (There should be no extra spaces between paragraphs. See picture 1 below that shows how to set correct spacing.)
3. Are the heading and header/page numbers correct?Are all margins 1”? (see picture 2 below that shows how to set margins)
4. Start with the last sentence of your paper. Read it. Using a colored pen or pencil, edit it for sentence-level issues/errors such as
   a. Combine simple sentences into compound &/or complex sentences.
   b. Word variety (sentences shouldn’t start with the same words)
   c. Transitions (see list here)
   d. Sentence fragments
   e. Run-on sentences
   f. Subject-verb agreement
   g. Spelling, plurals
   h. Capitalization
   i. Punctuation
5. Read and edit the next-to-last sentence. Continue until you finish the first sentence.
6. Now, make these corrections on your Word document.
7. Title it: Rough Draft #4
8. Save it.
9. Prepare your Works Cited page (see instructions here)
10. Next, replace source numbers in parentheses with proper citation information. (see 3 below)

1, double-spacing instructions

2, instructions for setting 1" margins
3, Creating correct parenthetical citations - example

Peer Revision Handout

English 10: Peer Revision

• First, if you did not do this on your Word document, highlight the thesis statement in the introduction, the topic sentence of each body paragraph, and the restated thesis statement in the conclusion.
• Next, copy those sentences onto the lines below.
• Now, trade papers with a partner and answer lettered questions about your partner’s paper.
• Partner: You will read and help revise the paper. You are looking for content-level errors (not spelling or punctuation). Your job is to
  **identify paragraph details that are off topic.
  **analyze and assess the thesis statement.
  **look for and identify awkward sounding sentences (awk)
• If your paper has 5 paragraphs, do #1-4 and 7 below. For a 6 paragraph paper, do #1-5 and 7.
  

1. Introduction and Thesis Statement. Copy the thesis statement:
   a. Does the thesis statement encompass main ideas of each body paragraph? (Answer this question after you have read the topic sentences of each body paragraph.)
   b. Is the thesis statement too vague?
   c. Is the thesis statement too specific?
   d. What changes can the writer make?
   e. Additional comments:
   
2. Topic sentence of body paragraph 1. Copy it here:
   a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
   b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
   c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
   d. Additional comments:
   
3. Topic sentence of body paragraph 2. Copy it here:
   a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
   b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
   c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
   d. Additional comments:
   
4. Topic sentence of body paragraph 3. Copy it here:
   a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
   b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
   c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
   d. Additional comments:
   
5. Topic sentence of body paragraph 4. Copy it here:
   a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
   b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
   c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
   d. Additional comments:
   
6. Topic sentence of body paragraph 5. Copy it here:
   a. Does each sentence in the paragraph help support this topic?
   b. Draw a line under sentences that don’t help support the topic.
   c. The writer should revise or delete these underlined sentences.
   d. Additional comments:
   
7. Conclusion’s restated thesis statement. Copy it here:
   a. Is it adequately restated?
   b. If the thesis statement in the introduction was too vague or specific and needs revising, this restated thesis needs revising, too. The writer must address this.
   c. Additional comments:
   
   
   

Revision Instructions

English 10: Research Paper Revision

Follow these instructions. After you have completed a step, put a check next to it.

1. Log on to your computer and open your rough draft.
2. Title it: Rough Draft #1
3. Highlight the following sentences (see instructions below):
   a. Thesis statement in the introduction
   b. The topic sentence of each body paragraph
   c. Restated thesis statement in the conclusion
4. Print the rough draft
5. Follow instructions on the “Peer Revision Handout” (Identify off-topic details and awkward sounding sentences.) (If your paper is too long, ask your partner to identify wordiness that you can later revise.)
6. After completing handout #2, make necessary revisions to your rough draft. (Revise off-topic details so they support the topic sentence. Revise the thesis statement so it conveys the full idea of your paper. Revise awkward sounding sentences.)
7. Search the document for first or second person point of view. (See instructions below.)
8. Re-title it: Rough Draft #2
9. Save as: Rough Draft #2
10. Print.
11. On the printed copy, revise any uses of first and second-person point of view.
12. Make changes to your Word document. Instead of writing “If you have diabetes, you should lower your sugar intake” write “Diabetics have to lower their sugar intake” or “When someone is diagnosed with diabetes, he must lower his sugar intake.”
13. Re-title it: Rough Draft #3
14. Save as: Rough Draft #3
15. Next class, you will edit Rough Draft #3.

Using "find" to search for first and second-person points of view.

English 10 Research Paper Assignment

English 10 “I-Search” Research Process & Paper Project

Please e-mail me at cwoodliff@ycsd.york.va.us, if you have any questions during this process.

In order to be successful and efficient with this process, you MUST have
· a USB flash drive
· a 3 prong folder with pockets
· at least 50 lined 3x5 index cards
· pencils, blue or black pens, red pen

Grades for this paper (1-6 are further outlined on the back)

1. What I Already Know (Part A), What I Want to Find Out (Part B). Quiz Grade
2. Annotated Bibliography (This includes a source check, webpage evaluations, and information/questions supplied in handout) Major Grade
3. Note Cards: Quiz Grade
4. Outline: Daily Grade
5. The Search, Parts A&B: Rough Drafts Major Grade. Part C: Final Draft: Major Grade (75 points out of 100)
6. Presentation (25 points of major grade, added to 75 for final draft = 100 points total)
7. Participation, on-task behavior: Major Grade (25 points out of 100)
8. Various research process activities: Daily Grades
   
   I. Overview and Topic Options
   An “I-Search” paper is a research paper that focuses on the process of doing research as much as on the subject being researched. The purpose of completing an I-Search project is twofold:
   1. To help you learn more about a topic that interests you, and
   2. To help you understand and gain experience with the research process.
   
   For this paper, you have a number of subjects from which you can choose your topic. Choose a topic that interests you and that you will enjoy learning more about. Subjects to choose from include:
   · A philosophy (Humanism, Existentialism, Postmodernism, Surrealism, etc.)
   · A religion (Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, etc.)
   · A current social justice issue (women’s/gender rights, education, discrimination.
   · A career (this does not include jobs like “rock star,” “celebrity,” “professional athlete.” Examples: newscaster, teacher, cosmetologist, accountant, carpenter, etc.)
   · A medical issue or condition (pharmaceutical company greed, the vaccination debate, heart disease in women, diabetes in young children, etc.)
   Your topic must be approved before you begin work on your project.
   
   II. Research Process
   Only one class day will be devoted to finding your sources. We will be in the computer lab that day, and you are expected to work diligently. Any sources not found in the lab will be your responsibility to find and print outside of class time. You are required to find and use 3 sources from the finditva.com database and 3 credible sources from the Internet. You are not allowed to use any encyclopedia as a source; this includes Wikipedia. After finding your sources, you will number them. You will use these numbers when creating your note cards and when citing information in your rough draft.
   
   III. Format All typed assignment must be in MLA format. This includes:
   · 1” margins all around
   · 12 point Times New Roman, black font
   · Double-spacing (no more; no less)
   · MLA heading
   · MLA header
   · Correct title, centered, after the heading
   
   Any written assignment must be written legibly in blue or black ink. Your heading must include all information required in an MLA heading and must be in proper order. Sloppy work will not be accepted.
   
   In Summer 2008, MLA made update to its format. Handouts for bibliography entry format handed out last semester should be discarded. This new, updated format will be used for this paper.
   
   IV. The Research Process
   Your I-Search paper will consist of the following 6 parts:
   (1)What I Already Know (A) & What I Want to Find Out (B). A handout will be given for these assignment
   (A) For this section, you will write 2-3 paragraphs discussing what you already know about your topic. This includes any learning, experience, or background knowledge you have, before doing any research on the topic. You may use the first-person point of view “I” in this section.
   (B) For this section, you will create a list of 15 questions you have about your topic. These questions will guide your research; when finding sources, you will find sources that help answer these questions. After each question, you must explain why you want to know the answers to these questions. You may use the first-person point of view “I” in this section.

(2) Annotated Bibliography.
You will examine 6 sources, 3 from the Internet and 3 from finditva.com. You create a bibliography entry for each, evaluate web pages using an evaluation checklist, summarize and reflect on these sources. As any bibliography, this will be in alphabetical order. This will be typed in MLA format. A handout and example will be provided.
(3) Note Cards. Specific instructions will be given later.

(4) Outline. Specific instructions will be given later.

(5) The Search: Rough Draft (A) Revised & Edited Rough Draft (B) Final Draft (C)
This is essentially the “research paper” The paper will be between 500 and 700 words and will be 5-7 paragraphs. You will include paraphrases and direct quotations from the sources you use. You will use the note cards you made in step 3 to write this paper. You must use third-person point of view in this section. You will give this section a title that reflects your thesis.
(A) First, you will write a rough draft of your paper and Works Cited page. Your paper must include parenthetical citations. You will put the number of the source you are citing in parentheses. Each source you cite in parentheses must be included on the Works Cited page. You will print this draft.
(B) Second, you will revise and edit this rough draft and Works Cited. Revision and editing must be done in pen or pencil on a printed rough draft. (Best practice is to revise, make changes, and print again. Next, edit, make changes, and print again. This gives you a total of 3 rough drafts. 1 initial draft, 1 revised draft, and 1 edited draft.) You will replace the source number with proper citation information (author’s last name or article/page title if there is no author). You will make corrections to this draft and print it. You will turn in all drafts with the newest on top.
(C) Last, after Mrs. Woodliff reads your revised and edited rough draft, she will make comments that you will address. You will make final corrections to this draft. This will be your final draft.

(6) Presentation:
In addition to turning in the final I-Search paper, you will create a visual presentation of what you learned to share with the class. The presentation can be a poster, PowerPoint, or a series of handouts or brochures and will be from 1-2 minutes long. Further instructions will be given at a later date.

V. Specific Paper Requirements:
500-700 words (not including Works Cited)
5-7 paragraphs
3 short quotes (less than 3 lines). 1 per paragraph (no more than 5 quotes)
No long quotes (more 3 lines or more)
Body paragraphs must be made up of information from multiple sources
Thesis statement must be an opinion.
Introduction and conclusion must be all your own ideas or common knowledge. There should be no material that needs documentation in your introduction or conclusion.