ELA 12 Vogel PMHS ‘NAME: pa English 12 Research Project SHARE VIA GOOGLE DRIVE vagelsg5@omaiLeom Email: svogel@pmschools.org Research Project Overview Students will: @ select a specific topic that has a “provable” component to it. Do not create a report that solely gives information on a topic, © pick a topic, issue, or event and prove something specific in regards to impact and/or significance. © connect your topic to a piece of literature by considering historical, scientific, medical, technological, social, or cultural impact. develop writing that demonstrates a command of standard American English as well as research, organization, and drafting strategies. Requirements: ‘© 3-5 pages in length. ‘© 12-point font, double-spaced, 1” margins (see MLA FORMAT GUIDE). ‘#5 FIVE) source minimum. One source must be from a printed source (book, encyclopedia, newspaper, etc.) ‘© All sources must be cited in the body of the essay. COMPONENTS: 1. Brainstorm for a topic © Consider a topic, an event, or an issue that you find interesting. © Examine this issue ot question critically and thoroughly from many different perspectives (see BRAINSTORM PAGE. ) 2. Students will generate a minimum of 5 note sheets from their sources (see NOTES PAGES EXAMPLES: ). 3. Students must create an outline of their paper including a thesis, concrete details, and commentary. (see OUTLINEEXAMPLE 4, Works cited page in MLA format at the end of their essay.(see MLA format pages) 5. Registration on turnitin.com 6, Rough Draft 7. Final Draft Research Material Options: Books Documentaries Databases (reliable, fact-based, reputable) Encyclopedias Interviews CD-ROMIDVDs Educational Publications Literary Critiques Magazines Pamphlets Newspapers ‘Videos/Movies 1 svogeles|.weebly.comELA 12 Vogel PMHS ‘NAME: pai Directions: Each component listed below must be checked off and initialed by Mrs. Vogel by the date listed. Five(5) points will be deducted for each school day that a component is late- EVEN IP YOU ARE ABSENT. This sheet must be completed in its entirety AND attached to the final draft of your research paper to receive credit for this project. BRAINSTORM ‘Thursday 167 QUIZ grade:t0 ps. PARENT SIGNATURE Thursday 2anT QUIZ grade: 5 ps NOTE SHEETS Students will Friday generate 2 minimum of FIVE(S) note | 2/10/17 sheets from their sources QUIZ grade-25 ps. OUTLINE: includes thesis, concrete | Wednesday details, and commentary. 37 & REGISTRATION: you must register CLASSWORK on Tumitin.com grade:25 pts WORKS CITED: works cited page Friday in MLA format at the end of their 3/9117 essay. QUIZ grade:t0 pis. ROUGH DRAFT Friday 3/9/17 CLASSWORK sgrade:20 pts FINAL DRAFT Friday 12% of your FINAL 3817 GRADE for ELA 12 Friday April 7, 2017 is the LAST DAY that ANY component of the project will be aceepted- NO EXCEPTIONS! ‘We have read and understand the requirements and expectations forthe 12th grade research paper. We are aware of the due dates that must be adhered to in order to receive credit for this paper. There will be ample time given in school to complete the components- provided that student uses his/her time effectively It is up o each student to take responsibilty for each component and complete an hand everything in on time! Parent/Guardian Signature: Date:, Student Signatu Date 2 svogelesl.weebly.comELA 12 Vogel PMHS ‘NAME: pd: English 12- Final Research Paper Rubric [Length >> 3-5 pages (not including “Works Cited page) > Typed and double spaced 6 > 1 margins >_12 point font (Times New Roman) Structure: > Introduction and conclusion are approximately 6-10 sentences in length > Each paragraph is indented, and between 6-10 sentences in length 6 > No extra spaces between paragraphs > _Quotes are correctly punctuated and indented Works Cited Page: > Separate page (DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD LENGTH OF PAPER) > Sources are listed in alphabetical order 10 > Atleast 5(five) sources- at least one must be a print source > ALL sources listed must be cited in the paper >All sources are listed and formatted properiy(follow MLA format) Parenthetical Citations: > All sources cited must be listed on works cited page 10 > All information in the paper is cited properly(follow MLA format) (Grammar and Spelling: > Formal language only (no profanity, slang, etc.) > No abbreviations (ex: ble, w/o, &, %) 8 > Demonstrates control of the conventions of standard written English >_No careless mistakes [Content > Clearly articulated thesis and position > Connection to chosen literary work > Credible, reliable, relevant, and timely research used throughout paper > Quotes are used for effect to enhance, further, and support writer’s 60 argument > Maintains focus and develops logically/fully > Transition words/phrases used between different topics and/or ideas INO PLAGIARISM! Paper must be submitted through TURNITIN.COM Lateness: > S(FIVE) points will be deducted from your score for every school day ‘uined in late.( Maximum 25 points) THIS IS TRUE EVEN IF YOU ARE ABSENT!!! tbe a all. ete ‘COMMENTS: 3 svogeles!,weebly.comELA 12 Vogel PMHS NAME: pa Research Terms The following terms are used throughout this guide to refer to specific writing and research concepts, Please refer to this sheet if there are any questions throughout the research process. Bibliographic information: the address for your source, Author, ttle, publisher, date, etc. Ths information needs toe organized according to MLA styl inthe student's works cited page. Bibliography notes: contain the bibliographic information for one source Students will complete a bibliography note page for each of the sources they use. Categorizing: the process for sorting through and organizing the research notes. For example, research papers can be categorized by cause/effect relationships, comparisons, persuasive appeals, roblemySolution, qualities of ‘an objec, etc. Commentary: specific opinions expressed by the student about each concrete detail Commentary must be directly related tothe concrete detail, must be specific, and must be focused upon the overall topic of the paragraph in which it appears. ‘Conclusion: record of what has been discovered through the writing ofthe paper. A students conclusion should almost entirely consist of commentary and it should not repeat phrases and sentences found elsewhere in the paper. Concrete Detail a specific example used to support the topic sentence. Itcan be a quote, fact, statement, summary, paraphrase, or other illustration, Controlling idea/questions: the specific idea thatthe project is shaped around. In the final craft ofthe paper, the controlling idea changes into a thesis statement. Drafting: the process of taking the research that has been done and writing it out in expository form, Editing: the process of checking spelling, grammatical usage, and punctuation. Format: the physical parameters ofthe report. Spacing, punctuation, font size, and syle are issues of format. The format for this paper must follow MLA guidelines, Format requirements ae outtined in this packet, MIA Style: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers specifically delineates the procedures and requirements for scholarly research. Most colleges and universities use MLA style in some capacity. MLA stands for Modern Language Association. * Adapted from ove riurieta i 4 svogelesl.weebly.comELA 12 Vogel PMHS Paraphrase: recording the ideas found from 2 source in one’s own words. Paraphrases stil must be documented inthe works cited page and parenthetical citation. To do otherwise isto ‘commit plagiarism. Plagiarism: use of another person's ideas, words, or opinions as if they were your own, Any undocumented information from a source is considered plagiarism. Plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional. Students caught plagiarizing wil fall the assignment and be subject tothe progression of consequences cuttined in the student handbook. Quotation: recording ideas found in a source and writing them with the original text. Quotations must be surrounded by quotation marks. Revising: the process of changing the structure and ideas in a paper. Thesis: the articulated point of your essay. The thesis expresses your opinion about the topic and states what ‘your essay is seeking to prove, ‘Topic Sentence: a sentence that clearly defines the point ofa specific paragraph, Each body paragraph needs to begin with a topic sentence. Te topic sentence relates directly to and supports the thesis statement. Transitional expressions: words that are used to provide organizational structure to an essay. They connect ideas {and topics in as smooth @ manner as possible, Works cited page: a typed document that contains the bibliographical information for every source used by the student. The entries in @ works cited page need to be formatted according to MLA style. PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism i passing off the work of someone else as your own, ‘When you ae using o refering to somebody else's ‘words or ideas from a magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page, computer program, letter, advertisement, of any other medium ‘© When you use information gained through ‘When you are writing your own experiences, your own ‘observations your ov insights, your own thoughts, your own conclusion about a subject ‘© When you ae using “common knowledge" folklore, interviewing another pesson common sense observations, shared information within ‘© When you coo the exact words or aunque phrase” your field of study or cultural croup from somewhere ‘© When you are compiling generally accepted fats ‘© When you reprint any diagrams, lustrations, charts, | When you are writing up your own experimental and pictures results ‘© When you use ideas that others have given you in conversations or over email © When you use any statistic 1. Material is probably common knowledge if... ‘© You find the same information undocumented in atleast five other sources. ‘© You think itis information that your readers will already know ‘© You think a person could easily find the information with general reference source 5 svogelesl.weebly.comELA 12 Vogel PMHS Depths of Complexity Brainstorming’ Depths of Complexity: to examine an issue or question critically and thoroughly, it must be done from many different perspectives. The following are 20 possible perspectives. 4. Ethical concerns 2. 3. Individual concerns: psychological, physical, emotional 4, Family concerns 5. Economies 6. Religious 7. Medical benefits/concems 8, Humane/inhumane 9. Race relations 10. Safety 11, Environmental concerns 12, Pretext (false reasons) 18. Cultural impact 14, Manking's responsibilty for a better future 16. Scientific concerns 16. Education 17, Legal 18, Political implications 19, Media/Social Media implications 20. Military concerns "Peel the Onion": 4, Choose a “depth of complexity” item that is affected by your topic 2. Create a chain reaction graphic organizer for each depth of complexity you chose a. Think of as many starting points for each depth of complexity as possible b. Go as far as possible from each starting point. 3. Repeat for each new depth of complexity Thesis: the Point of View or opinion you have about your topic. Itis an argument. You must take aside, Make a defensible statement. Topic Sentences: the topic of each body paragraph. This is the first sentence in each body paragraph. 1. Simply state what the paragraph will be about and how it helps prove your thesis, 2. Simple and clear is okay. Working Outline: Thesis + 5 topic sentences 6 svogeleslweebly.comELA 12 Vogel PMHS EXAMPLE OF BRAINSTORMING: Topic: September 11 Depths of Conpleniy: 1. Economics: a2? ‘Peeling the Onion: create a graphic organizer forall 6 depths of complenity Economics Building Low of income War ee eet, I Build Family War Beonomic | { People i Coss |] tepact costs $ Jumpstan? | | afraid to fly Tndusty | axpayers fis [PY : Taxpayers | | Companies Life Insurance pay or the tat || Altes t war ‘contract for pete _ the gov't Companies pay I fae safey I Taspsses: || spony : Cost passed to oer ee ae less ‘Aislines in financial Economies could be ane paragraph ied Or Building loss of income, war, and airline industry could be 4 paragraphs svogeles|.weebly.comName: Teacher: Period: Book Citation Example: Neer, Richard. FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio. New York, Villard Press, 2001. Print. Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Book. - Print. Copyright Date. Place of Publication: "Publisher, Page#t: Notes:Name: Teacher: Period: Specialized Reference Book Example: Lansford, Thomas. ‘Battle of Britain.” Encyclopedia of World War I. ED. Spencer Trucker. Second Edition. Vol. 3. New York: Scribner's, 2005. Print. ‘Author's Last Name, First Name. “Article Title.” . Ed, : , Book Title Editor's First & Last Name, Edition Volume# : i . Print, Place of Publication Publisher, Copyright date. Page#: Notes:Name: Teacher: Period: Website Citation Example: Lembo, Marc. Life in the Easy Lane. University of Miami. 2 may 2007. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. ‘Author's Last Name, - First Name, ‘Name of the Page, : -Web. Publisher or Sponsor of the Page. Date of Publication. Date of Access. Paget: Notes:‘Name: Teache Period: Electronic Database Citation Example: Knopfler, Mark. “Postoards from Paraguay.” Time. 10 September 2008:50. Proquest Web. 10 October 2009. Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Aaticle of Tith Publication Title, Publication Date: Page#, © Database Name, Web. Medium. Date of Access. Paget: Notes:SAMPLE OUTLINE 1. Introduction ~ Bullying has been a major problem for kids and teenagers for decades, This was certainly the case for the Walls children in The Glass Castle, ‘A. Brief introduction of topic. B. Brief explanation about how bullying relates to themes/characters in the memoir. Tl Research about bullying A. Case study in American high schools about bullying. 1. One in five teens is bullied in school and, according to the GFSJ Survey, one in three teens admits to being bullied online (Marion 2), 2. By 2020, Internet bullying, if unchecked, will have affected 3.4 million people (Fisker 1. B, Information from foundations assessing risk for suicide among teens who have been bullied. 1, 96% of all teen suicides are linked to bullying (Johnson 76). C. Statistics about bullying today as opposed to bullying in past decades. 1.“A teen is four times more likely to commit suicide today if he is bullied than in the 1980s” (Brown 12). D. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND STATISTICS UL. The Glass Castle ‘A. Examples of bullying the Wells children faced 1. Ernie Goad — Battle of Little Hobart Street 2, Dinitia Hewitt and her friends beat up Jeannette every day. B. How the Walls children responded to bullying 1. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MEMOIR, 2, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MEMOIR C. How research relates to memoir 1. Relates to theme of survival 2, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MEMOIR TV. Conclusion A. Summary of research B. Connection between research and memoirMLAI Modern Language Association (MLA) Format and Documentation ‘This handout covers the basics of MLA format and the documentation of sources students frequently use. For more complete information, refer to the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7" ed., available in the Writing Center and at the reserve desk at the Chester Fritz Library. The MLA has a brief FAQ page online at http://www.mla.org/handbook_faq Formatting Your Paper Margins: One-inch on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. ¥ Page Numbering: Use your word processor to create a header that includes your last name and the page number in the upper right hand corner of the page, one half inch from the top of the page. Every page has this header. Y Title Page: MLA style does not require a title page; instead, the first page of the paper should begin with four lines, double spaced, indicating: your name, name of the course instructor, name of the course, and the date. ¥ Spacing: Double-space every line (including long quotes and the citations on the Works Cited page). Y Indenting: Indent the first line of every paragraph five spaces or one tab. Indent long quotations ten spaces or two tabs. ¥ Font and Typeface: Use a 12-point font in Times New Roman In this example from the first page of an MLA-style paper, the student’s name is Sarah Trude, her instructor is Jason Zevenbergen, and the course is English 120: Trude 1 Sarah Trude Jason Zevenbergen English 120 6 May 2013 Censorship as an Act of Freedom ‘On September 22, 1995, within the same year that the film titled The Indian in the Cupboard debuted in the United States, Lynne Reid Banks’ award-winning book of the same title was banned from the Bemidji, Minnesota school district. 1 first discovered this case of book ‘banning on a web page that also describes other cases. ‘The viewer is invited to click on a buried pumpkin and “harvest” books that have been banned. UND Writing Center ‘writingeenternd.edu Merrifield Hall Room 12 701-177-2795 @MLA2 Creating the Works Cited Page Continue the page numbering sequence from the main body of your paper. Center the words “Works Cited” one inch from the top of the page. Continue double-spacing. If the citation takes up more than one line of the page, indent the remaining line(s) one-half inch from the left margin, Reverse the name of the author list the author's last name followed by a comma and the author’s first name. Alphabetize the works you cite by the last name of the author. If there is no known author, alphabetize by the first word in the title ofthe work other than A, An, or The. Kj KKK ‘ An MLA-style works cited page looks like this: Johnson 12 Works Cited “Americans Without Work.” Editorial. New York Times. New York Times, 22 Dec. 2009. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. Didion, Joan. “On Going Home.” The Beacon Book of Essays by Contemporary American Women. Ed. Wendy Martin, Boston: Beacon, 1996, 3-5. Print. Gould, Elizabeth. “Women Working in Music Education: The War Machine.” Philosophy of Music Education Review 17.2 (2009): 126-143. Project Muse. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. Gregory, Phillipa. The Other Boleyn Girl: A Novel. New York: Simon, 2001. Print. Han, Phil. “Jailbreak Fugitive Updates Facebook Page.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 23 Dee. 2009. Web. 23 Dec. 2009. Stewart, Maria W. “Two Texts on Children and Christian Education.” PMLA 123.1 (2008): 156- 165. Print. UND Writing Center writingeenter-und.edu Merrifield Hall Room 12 701-777-2795MLA3 Sample Works Cited Page Entries Y An Article in a Scholarly Journal Author's Name. ‘Title of the Article." Name of the Journal volume number. issue number (year): page ‘numbers. Medium of publication, Stewart, Maria W. "Two Texts on Children and Christian Education." PMLA 123.1 (2008): 158-165, Print, ¥ ABook by a Single Author ‘Author's Name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Name of the Publisher, year. Medium of publication. Gregory, Phillipa. The Other Boleyn Girl: A Novel. New York: Simon, 2001. Print. ¥ An Anthology or a Compilation Editor's Name, ed. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Name of the Publisher, year. Medium of publication. ‘Martin, Wendy, ed. The Beacon Book of Essays by Contemporary American Women. Boston’ Beacon, 1996. Print. ¥ ABook by Two or More Authors If the book has two or more authors, list their names in the same order they appear on the title page of ‘the book. Reverse only the name of the first author. ‘Author's Name, and Author's Name. Title of the Book. City of Publication: Name of the Publisher, year. Medium of publication. Witte, Stephen P., and Lester Faigley. Evaluating College Writing Programs. Carbondale: Southern Minois UP. Print. Y A Work in an Anthology Author's Name. “Titi of the Part of the Book Being Cited.” Title of the Anthology. Ed. Editor's Name. ity of Publication: Name of the Publisher, year. Page numbers of the cited piece. Medium of publication. Didion, Joan. *On Going Home.” The Beacon Book of Essays by Contemporary American Women. Ed. Wendy Martin, Boston: Beacon, 1996. 3-6. Print. ¥ ANonperiodical Web Publication (including web sites sponsored by newspapers, magazines, and news organizations) Author's Name. ‘Title of the Work.” Title of the Overall Web Site, Publisher or Sponsor of the Site, Date of publication, Medium of publication, Date of access, Han, Phil. “Jailbreak Fugitive Updates Facebook Page.” CNN.com. Cable News Network, 23 Dec. 2009, Web. 23 Dec, 2009, UND Writing Center writingcenter.und.edu Merrifield Hall Room 12 701-777-2795 ©MLA4 ¥ A Journal Article in an Online Database ‘Author's Name. “Title ofthe Article.” Name of the Journal volume number.'ssue number (year): page numbers, Title of the Database. Medium of publication. Date of access. Gould, Elizabeth. "Women Working in Music Education: The War Machine.” Philosophy of Musi Education Review 17.2 (2008): 126-143. Project Muse. Web, 23 Dec. 2009. Citing Sources in Your Paper In your text, you can mention the source in a phrase that introduces the quotation and place the relevant page number(s) in a parenthetical reference at the end of the paraphrase or quotation, before the end punctuation: In “Hunger as Ideology,” Susan Bordo claims that women are inundated with advertisements in which “food is constructed as a sexual object of desire and eating is legitimated as much more than a purely nutitive activity (180). Alternatively, you can cite both the information source and the page number(s) in a parenthetical reference at the end of the paraphrase ot quotation, before the end punctuation. We demand images of youth because “sagging flesh is almost the ultimate signifier of decay and disorder’ (Bordo 176), Ifthe quotation is more than four lines, start a block quotation on a new line and indent it one inch (two tabs) from the left margin. Do not add quotation marks. The end punctuation is placed before the parenthetical reference. Pratt explains how interactions are viewed through the lens of power: ‘When linguistic (or iterate) interaction is described in terms of ordertiness, games, moves, or scripts, usually only legitimate moves are actually named as part of the system, where legitimacy is defined from the point of view of the party in authonty—regardiess of what other parties might see themselves as doing, (608) If source has two authors, use both last names in the parenthetical reference. In the end of The Gold Fush, the main character George was able to find his wife even though she was swept away by the current (Benson and Mumford 26) Ifa source has three authors, use the Jast name of each person listed. (Murphy, Stay, and Rafoth 22) If a source has more than three authors, you may cite all authors or use the last name of the first author followed by “et al.” (Huang et al, 10) Ifa source has no identified author, give the title of the work in your parenthetical reference, You may use a shortened version of the title as long as it directs the reader to the correct entry in the works cited page. This example cites information from The Longman Guide to the Web: (Longman Guide 137) UND Writing Center writingoenter.und.edu Merrifield Hall Room 12 701-777-2195