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English III Honors Research Paper

Your Controversial Topic:

Research Paper Requirements:

Ø      You are required to turn in 60 note cards by Tuessday, April 17th

Ø      You must use at least two print (book) sources.

Ø      You must have a total of 5 sources (internet and book), and they must be used in your paper.

Ø      Your outline must be completed by Tuesday, April 24th

Ø      Your rough draft (electronic version/please do not print in order to save paper) is due by Friday, April 27th

Ø      Your final draft of the paper is due Tuesday, May 1st

Ø      Your paper must include all of the following in this order:

Ø      An outline

Ø      4-5 FULL pages of research

Ø      A Works Cited page. 

Ø      MLA Formatting (Header, Times New Roman, size 12 font, double spacing, 1 inch margins, parenthetical citations)

Ø      If your paper does not meet all of the above requirements, you will fail the research paper.

Timeline (English III Honors):

Day	What’s Due Today	Today’s Focus	Today’s Homework
Mon. 4/9	Nothing	Overview of Junior Research Paper. Selection of Topic.	Choose a topic.
Thurs. 4/12	Topic	Media Center: Turn it In, Online Databases, Finding Print Sources.  Find Sources!	Find books at local libraries if GHHS does not have books you need.
Fri. 4/13		Note Cards, Sources, and Work Cited Worksheet	Complete all Note Cards
Tues. 4/17	60 Completed Note Cards	Note Card Organization, Thesis Creation, Outline; Plagiarism Lesson	Finish Note Card Organization
Tues. 4/24	Outline Due	Print Copy must be ready at beginning of class. Overview of Bad MLA Paper and Work Cited.	Work on paper
Fri. 4/27	Rough Draft Due(electronic version only: DO NOT PRINT)	Computer Lab: Online Peer Evaluation	Correct Errors & Submit paper online
Tues. May 1st	Final Paper due! Submit to “Turn it in. com” by 11:59 on 4/30	Print copy must be ready at beginning of class. Don’t send me an e-mail with it or ask to go to Media Center at beginning of class.

Your research paper must be completed and submitted to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. Monday, April 30th. You may submit your paper to Turnitin.com before the required due date to check and correct any plagiarism.  However, if your paper is flagged for plagiarism after 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1st, you will receive a failing grade. You must bring a print copy of the paper to class on Tuesday, May 1st. If your printer does not work, please bring quarters to print your paper in the Media Center before school.

Junior Research Paper Overview (PowerPoint) (PPT 49 KB)
Work Cited/Source Worksheet (DOC 68 KB)
Use this worksheet to record information about the sources you used for your notecards.
Notecard Format (DOC 22 KB)
Note Card Rubric (DOC 31 KB)
Outline for Research Paper (Use this for your Outline!) (DOC 28 KB)
This detailed outline will take time to complete; however, it will make writing your paper a breeze!
Sample Research Paper (Use this for your Paper!) (DOC 28 KB)
Sample BAD Research Paper (DO NOT USE!) (DOC 28 KB)
Research Paper Rubric (DOC 67 KB)
English III Honor's Reserach Paper Requirements/Due Dates (DOC 44 KB)
Outline Rubric (DOC 50 KB)
Carew Research Paper (DOC 35 KB)

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