2015 SPRING SOPHOMORE COLLEGE PREP RESEARCH PAPER
YOU WILL UTILIZE SKILLS LEARNED IN THE FIRST RESEARCH PAPER, SUCH AS
RESEARCH PROCESS
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searching for and finding sources
recognize the elements of a citation
annotating and taking notes
avoiding plagiarism
analyzing information
citing sources on NoodleTools
constructing a Works Cited page
writing note cards
RESEARCH PAPER
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organizing your paper in an outline
writing body paragraphs
integrating quotations
using signal phrases
incorporating in-text citations
paraphrasing
using transitions effectively
introduce your thesis
revising and editing
creating the MLA header
FOR THIS RESEARCH PROJECT, YOU WILL ALSO:
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learn to identify source types
write a thesis
write a five-paragraph essay with an introduction and conclusion
create a title
RESEARCH QUESTION: WHAT MAKES A HERO?
Show what it means to be a hero by examining the life of a person from history and/or the
modern world. Using the qualities or attributes that we listed in class, identify three qualities
or attributes of your hero. You will use examples from his/her life as proof of each heroic
quality / attribute.
VERY IMPORTANT POINTS:
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You are required to use a minimum of four (4) reference sources
o At least one book (can be e-book)
o At least one database
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You may use the free web only to view preliminary information while choosing a
topic, but you may NOT use information from free websites in your paper.
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The final paper must be submitted in a 3-ring binder.
RESEARCH PAPER DUE DATES
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
ASSIGNMENT TITLE
DUE DATE
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Topics chart due
Thursday, February 27
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Pre-research worksheet due
Friday, March 6
NO FREE WEB MAY BE USED FROM THIS POINT ON
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Media Center- Research and Instruction
Mon-Wed, March 9-11
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4 Articles with Source forms
Friday, March 13
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Annotated Articles
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4 Source Citation List
Friday, March. 20___
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12 Note Cards
Monday, March 30
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Thesis & Topic Outline
Friday, April 17 ___
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First Draft Essay Completion
Monday, May 1_____
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Peer Editing and Required Conferences
Beginning May 1_____
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Final Essay, Works Cited & Sources
Tuesday, May 12_
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Your final product will be a five-paragraph essay with an introduction, conclusion, and
three body paragraphs. Each body paragraph will discuss one of your hero’s heroic
qualities.
IMPORTANT: If you are absent from school on the due date for the research paper, you
must have someone submit the work for you. Do not give your paper to anyone other than
me. If someone submits the paper for you, have that person get a receipt. Computer/printer
excuses will not be accepted, as you will have ample time to complete the paper. Have a
back-up of all your work; save it on your hard drive, an external drive/flash drive, and in
your school network folder. Your grade will drop 10 points for each day it is late.
Plagiarism will result in a zero.
If you have any questions, please come see me for extra help. I am happy to help you
succeed!
CHOOSING A TOPIC
Choose anyone in history who you believe is a hero and whose life demonstrates three of the
qualities of a hero. A hero has usually accomplished something important as a result of those
heroic qualities. As you read, look for events, accomplishments, generous deeds, sacrifices,
decisions, etc. in the hero’s life. Below is a list of some people who are generally considered to
be heroes, but you may search for someone else. Be careful about choosing a sports figure,
because he or she must be heroic for more than just being successful in his or her sport. Your
choice must be approved. On Thursday, February 27, we will choose final topics in a fair
manner, since every student in class will research a different hero.
Oskar Schindler
Dorothea Dix
Nellie Bly
Mary Harris Jones
Cesar Chavez
Nicholas Winton
Douglas MacArthur
Frederick Douglas
Irina Sendlerowa Nelson Mandela
Sir Edmund Hillary
Amelia Earhart
Elizabeth Fry
Jane Addams
Florence Nightingale
Catherine the Great
Horatio Nelson
Corrie Ten Boom Thomas Paine
Jane Goodall
Lucy Stone
Meip Gies
Patrick Henry
Charles A Lindbergh
Louis Pasteur
Delores Huerta
Mother Teresa
Clara Barton
Clara Barton
Louis Pasteur
Thomas Foxwell Buxton
Sir Thomas More
Lech Walesa
Delores Huerta
Raoul
Wallenberg
Amelia Earhart
Harvey Milk
Jane Addams
Marie Curie
Arthur Ashe
Harriet Tubman
Susan B. Anthony
William Wallace
Gloria Steinem
Corrie ten Boom
Mahatma Ghandi
George
Washington
Spartacus
Stephen
Hawking
Joan of Arc
Deitrich
Bonhoeffer
Ellen Gates Starr
Lech Wallesa
T.E. Lawrence
Eleanor Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Alexander Graham Bell Winston Churchill
Sojourner Truth
Lucy Burns
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Janusz Korczak
Bella Abzug
Nat Turner