Senior English Fawcett

English IVA Research
Fawcett

The assignment	A research project is a requirement for English IVA. Research topics will be two-sided social, political, or economic issues. Both sides of each issue will be discussed in oral presentations to the class. Your final paper must be three to four typed pages. Your paper will use in-text documentation following the PISD research paper guide and demonstrate your ability both to paraphrase and to use direct quotations. Read the Class Handouts to get complete information.

Information needed	Your research should gather information that provides "data" to support your position, statistics, definition (s) and a direct quotation from an expert. This information will be gathered from a minimum of four sources: at least one of the sources must be a book. You may use more than one book. Read the Class Handouts to get complete information.

Resources	The subscription databases shown on the Research Resources page provide your electronic / subscription or "Internet" resources for your project. Reference books will be found on your class reserve cart or through the Library Catalog.

Evaluating Information	Be sure to utilize credible and reliable sources -- Resources found on the Research Resources page have authority and can be considered credible and reliable
	Evaluation of Web Page

Citing Sources	A Works Cited page is to be included with your paper. Your Works Cited page must be created using NoodleTools. This Library Worksheet for Citing Sources will offer you help as you gather citation information.
	Help Page for NoodleTools

Preparing Information	As you gather information about your topic, you MUST correctly document the source from where you found your information. I will give you a library handout to help with this. 4. You must fill in all the information you find about your topic on a graphic organizer that I will teach you in class.


Teacher Evaluation and Due Dates	Three electronic sources, one print source, and citations October 8 Tentative thesis statement and outline October 9 Complete Works Cited page generated by Noodle Tools October 14 Notes and/or Xeroxed pages in a folder October 15 Rough draft October 19 Final draft including Works Cited page and all notes October22 Last day research project will be accepted October 26 (Twenty point penalty attached) Read the Class Handouts to get complete information.

Updated 10/01/09