Research+Paper

=MLA Citation Booklet: = = =

=**SENIOR PROJECT RESEARCH PAPER** =


 * Assignments 7-12, MUST be typed or will not be accepted.
 * The assignments must be submitted in order.
 * Each assignment must be submitted before the next assignment will be accepted.
 * Late assignment rules will apply
 * You are expected to supply the following items on your own 3x5 index cards

**Assignment # 1 ** **Discovering Your Topic ** To come up with a topic for the written component of your senior project, you must complete the attached assignment. 

Your preliminary thesis will both control and, to a certain extent, be controlled by your research. __It will always be subject to change as you progress in your research.__
 * Assignment #2 **
 * Preliminary Thesis **

A good place to begin is with: In this paper, I will prove. . . __your topic here__ On the 4x6 index card provided, write the following information: 1. Your name <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">2. Senior Project (5 pts) <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">3. Topic of Paper (5 pts) <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">4. Preliminary Thesis (10 pts - must be a complete sentence or no credit)

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">***Remember the preliminary thesis is __ tentative __ and WILL be adjusted as you continue the research process; however, a strong preliminary thesis will eliminate your wasting time researching aspects of your topic that you will not use in your final products.***

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assignment #3 **


 * <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">On the “Write” Track **

__<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your Assignment __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">: <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Find an in-depth **__newspaper or journal article__** you want to use in your paper. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Be sure to get an “ok” from me before you use it! <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Answer the questions on the worksheet provided to the best of your ability. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Both this worksheet AND the article must be handed in or you will not receive any credit. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assignment #4 **
 * <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Bibliography Cards **

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">You will need to keep this information for the works cited page, <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">so get the information now, and earn 30 points!!

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Bibliography cards are on 3 x 5 index cards – no cards, no credit.

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">For correct bibliography form for different kinds of publications, follow the MLA format you have already received.

Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">The following questions will help you evaluate your sources: ** Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">*** Is the source appropriate?** Ø * Is the author biased or prejudiced? In other words, is this a real study of information or just someone’s opinion with no real proof to back it up. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">*** Is the author a reliable source? (Check the author’s credentials)** Ø * Is it current? Any source from before 1970 MUST be approved by me. __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Outdated information can severely affect your research. __ __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your Assignment __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Submit bibliography cards for six (6) possible sources. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Cards should be completed standard MLA citation format. Ø __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Three of the six __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> cards must be dated within the past five years. Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">You must have at least two (2) legitimate newspaper, magazine, and/or journal articles. ** Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Encyclopedias (either on the web or from a book) are NOT to be used as sources AT ALL. Find that information somewhere else. ** Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Only different chapters from the Opposing Viewpoints series can be used as more than one source. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Each card has a single source on it. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Number your cards from 1-6 so they are easier to arrange later.

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assignment #5 **

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Tentative Outline ** <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Prepare a rough draft in order to help organize your thoughts and to make the sources you have gathered less overwhelming. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">1. Be Flexible. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">2. This outline is merely a LIST! It can be changed and rearranged if it needs to be. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">3. Look at it to help keep your information from running together. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">4. Adjust it as you go so that when you are ready to write, you have an almost completed paper.

__<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your Assignment __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Preliminary Thesis Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">List the topics your information covers Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Organize that list in some way: <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">chronologically, most important to least important, <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">weakest point to strongest point, etc. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Type the list up with space in between so that you have a place to take notes or reorganize

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assignment #6 a - b ** **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Note cards **

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Each note card will contain **one (1) piece of information** from each source. <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your cards must be laid out in the following manner: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Use 3 X 5 index cards for taking notes. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Write the notes in <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"> **//__ink__//** <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">– __pencil blurs and will not be accepted__ Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Write on only __one side__ of the card. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Add the number from the bibliography card to the note card so as to match the **SOURCE** of the information to the information itself. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">If the information came from a source with page numbers, put the proper page number on the note card. (You’ll NEED it later!) Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Finally, write the note using the paraphrase or quotation method. (see below)

<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your Assignment: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Submit a total of 40 note cards (20 per due date) Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Each card must include the following information: <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">1. Reference the source <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">2. Note <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">3. Page number information appeared on

Assignments #7-8
 * <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Formal Outline (incl. Final Thesis) **

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">You are now ready to write a final thesis and outline!

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">The outline and thesis should follow the same format. __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your Assignment __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Use your tentative outline as a rough draft. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Change your thesis **NO LONGER SAY “In this paper I will prove….”** Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Include only information that pertains directly to your paper. Admit NO others. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">On the outline, you must include the following information: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">In each “paragraph” section, write out ALL the information from each card you use. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Type a formal outline using the example as a guide.

FYI: Your formal outline should beat least TWO pages longer than your final draft.

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assignment #9 ** **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Rough Draft ** <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Your rough draft should be a piece of cake using your outline! __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Your Assignment __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Draft MUST be standard MLA format Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Underline your thesis statement. (lose 10 points if it is not underlined!) Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Use in-text citations or signal phrases – EVEN if you paraphrased! Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Works cited page MUST be included. __ No works cited page – NO CREDIT. __ Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">You must have no __less__ than six sources for your final research project. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Two (2) of your sources MUST come from a source OTHER THAN the internet.

**__<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">What to Document (where a citation is needed) __** Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Direct Quotes Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Any paraphrased facts or ideas appear in any sources <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">(even if you KNOW it already) Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Statistics

<span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">**When in doubt – CITE IT!** Material from such commonly recognized sources as the Bible or the Declaration of Independence do not have to be cited.

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Assignment #10-11-12 ** **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Electronic Copy ** **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Final Draft ** **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Works Cited ** <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">Once you receive your rough draft back, it **__MUST__** be revised. <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; text-align: center;">BE SURE YOU HAVE CHECKED AND CORRECTED THE FOLLOWING VERY POPULAR MISTAKES: Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">NO contractions ** Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">NO etc. ** Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">NO first person pronouns (I, we, us, my, mine, our, ours) unless cleared through me ** Ø **<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">NO second person pronouns (you, your, yours) **

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">For proper documentation information see the MLA packet we went over in class. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: "tahoma","sans-serif"; font-variant: small-caps; text-align: center;">Your final paper **__MUST__** include the following information: __<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">ELECTRONIC COPY: __ <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Hand in a copy of your paper AND works cited one of three ways: Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Thumb Drive Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Copy the file into the “mpero” folder in the project drive

__<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">FINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENTS: __ Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Text of this paper must be **five to seven pages (or ten to twelve if in CP)**.

Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Text must contain NO MORE THAN 3 short, direct quotations.

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">(-5 points per quotes over 3) ** Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">This assignment must be typed in complete MLA format.

Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">WHITE paper only. No cream, beige, etc.

Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Works Cited page must contain __AT LEAST__ six (6) different sources (or eight (8) if in CP).

Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Works Cited page must include at least two (2) non-internet sources.

**<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">FINAL PAPER WILL BE PENALIZED FOR THE FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS: ** Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Use only internet sources – paper will receive a zero. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">No Works Cited page - paper will receive a zero. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">No citations or signal phrases – paper will receive a zero Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">No electronic copy - paper will receive a zero Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Late – 40% off per day Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Under 4 (or 10) __full__ pages: -10 points per missing page. Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Over 7 (or 12) pages: -5 per excessive page Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Mistake in MLA layout: -1 point each Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Less than two (2) internet sources: -5 points Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Less than six (6) (or eight) sources: -2 points each Ø <span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">Title on page incorrect: - 5 points