This web space serves as a place for students to confirm assignments,

find additional resources, and display the results of their labors.

Mission One - RESEARCH PAPER

Student Samples - Examples from the 2001 Assignments

Cavin D.

Whitney H

Sara-Beth R.

Nathaniel T

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis  

Timeline – Period One – Honors English Paper

Nov 15-16 – Library / Computer Work

Nov 19-20 – Class Lecture / Topics

Nov 27 – Class Lecture / Format & Topics

Nov 28-29 – Library / Topics & Gather Information

Nov 30 – Class Lecture / Topics MUST be chosen and narrowed down

Dec 3-7 – Class / Gather information, bibliography cards, taking notes

Dec 10-14 – Class / note cards / rough drafts

Dec 17 –21 Class / rough draft / final copy

Research is about satisfying curiosity, about finding something you are interested in, exploring it, and make discoveries.

Whatever you plan to do with your future, know how to do research will be of great value to you.

Writing is a process, and it can be roughly summed up into stages – prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing.

Often the best subjects for research papers are ones that are directly related to your own life or to lives of people you know.

A statement of controlling purpose controls or guides your research.

To come up with a statement of controlling purpose, you will probably have to do a considerable amount of preliminary research.

Do no read, view, or listen to every part of every source.   Concentrate on the parts that are relevant to your topic and your purpose.

If the information, idea, or statement is not common knowledge, and if it came from an outside source, that you must credit that source.  Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism.

Your notes and outline will grow and change together – each feeding into the other.

Use your outline as a guide.  Explore each main point, supporting the idea with evidence from your sources.

The introduction of a research paper should grab the reader’s attention and present the paper’s main idea or thesis statement.

The conclusion is an opportunity to be imaginative.  Almost anything is acceptable as long as it leaves the reader satisfied that the treatment of a subject has been complete.

Preparing a parenthetical citation is fairly straightforward, and by creating one, you make your sources easily accessible to your reader.

Your final works cited list should include a complete entry for every source that you have cited in your paper.