- Form for web site review: Is your web site reliable, a good source? Note your class instruction. Plain regular encyclopedias [World Book, for example,] and sites such as Wikipedia are not appropriate for scholarly research.
- Interview Evaluation form: We used to require an interview for the research paper in senior English, but it bec
- ame ridiculous in that some topics just seemed to have no one with expertise in the area. An interview, however, when one can find a professional with intimate knowledge of the topic, is an excellent source, often filling in tiny little places that your regular research has not been able to complete. If you do use an interview, this form will help give you credit for that process. If you decide to use an interview, talk to your English teacher. She will explain how to set it up, and help you begin to determine the questions you need before you go. [You should have pre-developed questions. You only do an interview when you KNOW what you need to find out.]
- Preliminary Interview Handouts
- Bib cards and Note cards handout
- MLA format for Works Cited: new format ** print is more obvious [with red, etc.] on a color printer, but is fine on black and white.
- MLA Parenthetical citations new format **
- Son of Citation Machine: Sure! Go ahead and try it! Be sure to read the left side of the site, though, and keep in mind that you will be graded by the sheets you have been given in class [**].
- Does everyone on earth use MLA style sheet? No. When you get to college, the first question you must ask when a paper is assigned is "What style sheet do we use?" See this handout .This is why I hope some of your other courses are NOT using MLA. You must realize that the style sheet is determined by the discipline assigning the work.
- Other samples for citations [Research parenthetical doc models]
- MLA Old style sheet
- Inserting quotes into your paper
- Format rubric [You will use the entire rubric for this research paper, but the left side you will have already used for your novel essays.]
- Yes, you will get a format grade on most papers, certainly on the research paper; however, you will also get a grammar grade. Should you use spell check? Certainly. Should you use your grammar checker, assuming you have it installed on your computer? Certainly. Keep in mind, though, that a spell checker and/or a grammar checker is only as good as the guy using it: See this letter that has been spell checked and grammar checked. When I mark a grammar error, can be certain that I didn't use a grammar checker to determine it! another another
- Sample outline
- Sample works cited page
- Research self evaluation: Be sure to do these on your word processor. Put your answers with each question. Remember this will go in your portfolio.
- Research Yes Test from county book - You really don't need this. Your format rubric and other materials tell you all of this. You can see what the county requirements are, though, and how we do go by the county requirements.
- What is Due??? See this sheet to be sure you have what you need when research is due. You will have seen this in class also.
Plagiarism Help
- Go to #2 Examples and look at them
- Also go to #2 Practice with feedback: identifying plagiarism -- 10 items and look at them
- What is plagiarism from Indiana University: quiz that gives you immediate feedback
What is due when research papers are due?
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