Posted: September 13th, 2017
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Prompt for Essays #4 and #5 (Research Paper)
Essay #4 will be a minimum 1 ½ page proposal for your research paper.
Essay #5 will be the research paper, of a length of 6-10 pages, with an additional Works Cited page.
Due Dates:
Nov. 24 – Dec. 3 – One-on-one conferences. Bring your proposal to your conference with me. It must be at
least 1 ½ pages long. If your proposal fails to meet the length requirement or any of the other requirements below, you will be asked to revise and resubmit your proposal on our last day of class.
Thursday, Dec. 4 – This is our last day of class. Attendance is mandatory.
Thursday, Dec. 11 – Research paper (final draft) due in the English main office by 5 p.m. Length must be 6-10 pages, with an additional Works Cited page. You may also e-mail me the research paper, but I will not be responsible if your e-mail fails to reach me by the deadline.
Assignment:
Research Proposal: The point of this assignment is for you to introduce and begin to think about the topic for your research paper. You proposal will be evaluated based on the originality of your idea, the specificity and focus of your idea, and the effort you have put in to making this idea truly your own. Making it “your own” means: asking questions, incorporating sources that you have found on your own (and showing how the sources we have already read together as a class have influenced your train of thought regarding both your own sources and your idea as a whole), and showing that you care; that you are invested in or at least have an interest in what you are discussing. The more specific you can get in narrowing down your field of inquiry, the better off you will be, both in terms of your grade for this assignment and your preparedness when it comes to writing the research paper itself.
In terms of structuring your proposal, you might find the following format helpful:
Research Paper: In the final research paper due December 11th, you must have a total of at least five sources – at least two from our class readings, and three that you have found in your own research. At least one of the sources you have researched yourself must be a scholarly source.
The last page of your research paper must be a correctly-formatted Works Cited page.
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