CULTURAL LITERACY ORAL AND WRITTEN RESEARCH PAPERS

 

  1. Choose a topic from the list of cultural literacy entries that we have done for this quarter. This list is stapled on the side board. Do this early enough to make sure there's enough information on your topic. There will be four research papers throughout the year - one at the end of each quarter. No one in any of my classes can do the same report. This is another reason to sign up early. You have to choose a topic within the quarter we are presently in. For example, during first quarter, you have to pick a topic that falls between weeks one through eight.
  2. You have to put your completed paper in the website turnitin.com. This site checks your report for plagairism within 24 hours of your submitting it. If any part of your report comes back as plagarized, you will receive a zero. To avoid this, you must put an MLA citation at the end of every quotation and every paragraph that comes from the same source. This information is not coming from your head - you have to tell where you got it. That’s done by using MLA citations and having a Works Cited page.
  1. You have to have at least two different sources for your report. One can be an encyclopedia, and the other should be from a magazine, another book, newspaper article, Internet, etc.
  2. When you read the sources of your information, DO NOT COPY THEM EXACTLY WITHOUT GIVING CREDIT. You must use quotation marks around exact quotes. When putting information in your own words, a technique to use so you won't plagiarize is to read the copy, then close the book or article, and write it in your own words. This forces you to isolate the ideas and not copy word for word. You still have to say where you got the info, but it will be in your own words.
  3. Do not cut and paste information from the Internet. This will be picked up in turnitin.com as plagarism and no credit will be given for the report.
  4. YOU MUST DO MLA CORRECTLY IN YOUR REPORT OR YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO
    5. . I do this so that you will realize the importance of MLA here at SHS and in your future college. If you have any questions about the documentation, please ask!
  5. When you hand in the written portion of your research, you must include photocopies of all the information that you used to get your information. This includes the title page and copyright page of the book and the exact pages of the information. The photocopies must clearly show the page numbers from the book. When using info from the Internet, use the page numbers that are generated by the computer in the parentheses within your paper. You must highlight or circle the EXACT information you used. You cannot hand in the book instead of a photocopy. These pages should be stapled to the back of your report. Your paper will not be corrected without these sheets.
  6. You have to write at least a seven paragraph paper (introduction, five middle paragraphs, conclusion) about your topic. Remember - one idea per paragraph and each paragraph must be at least five sentences in length.
  7. These expanded topics will be shared with the rest of the class as oral reports. Each oral has got to be at least three minutes long. Pictures or other props are useful to use during your speech. There is an attached sheet that shows what you will be graded on during your oral.
  8. For your oral, do not give the birth date of the person in the introduction or the death date
    9. in the conclusion. Note cards must be used and they should be in note form - not complete
    sentences. Be sure to make eye contact during your speech.
  9. The average of the oral and written grades will count as a test grade at the end of the marking period.
  10. Attached to these rules is also the assessment sheet that you have to fill out and staple to
the very end of your report.

 

IN COLLEGE, PLAGIARISM IS PUNISHED BY EXPULSION. DON'T PLAGIARIZE!