Now that you have established the essential question and overall plan for your final projects, I’d like you to do some digging. Your next paper, therefore, will be a research-based paper exploring your topic. Consider it the final burst of progress on your project. This paper will encompass ALL of your research. It should provide you with a very solid foundation for both your product and your presentation. Please follow these parameters:
Aim for 5-7 pages, double-spaced and in manuscript form.
Write in the 3rd person. Keep it formal.
Do more than provide facts. How can you connect your facts to come up with a thesis? Hint: The essential question should lead you here.
Use properly formatted in text citation. (See Keables Guide for help)
Provide a properly formatted annotated works cited with at least ten reliable sources.
Divide your paper into the following sections. You may label them if you wish.
1. Background. Introduce your topic and reveal your thesis, which, as formerly stated, should be the answer to your essential question. Spend some time explaining the background and history behind your topic. What does your audience need to know to understand how you even got to your essential question? 2. Exploration/Conclusions. In this section, dig into your topic further. What have experts said about your topic? Answer your essential question. 4. Future Implications. What new questions are engendered by your conclusions? What's the next step?
Now that you have established the essential question and overall plan for your final projects, I’d like you to do some digging.
Your next paper, therefore, will be a research-based paper exploring your topic. Consider it the final burst of progress on your project.
This paper will encompass ALL of your research. It should provide you with a very solid foundation for both your product and your presentation. Please follow these parameters:
Divide your paper into the following sections. You may label them if you wish.
1. Background. Introduce your topic and reveal your thesis, which, as formerly stated, should be the answer to your essential question. Spend some time explaining the background and history behind your topic. What does your audience need to know to understand how you even got to your essential question?
2. Exploration/Conclusions. In this section, dig into your topic further. What have experts said about your topic? Answer your essential question.
4. Future Implications. What new questions are engendered by your conclusions? What's the next step?
SAMPLE RESEARCH PAPER
I will be looking at the following when grading your papers:
Depth of research
Clear organization and structure
S ynthesis of ideas rather than listing of facts
Quality of sources
Evaluating Sources
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I like the second one--it's really simple.