Author, Poet, Director, Playwright or Screenwriter Research
Project Requirements
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Your paper will be 3 pages typed double-spaced in Times New Roman font size 12.
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Your research paper will include a Title Page with your title, a picture and proper
heading and a works cited page with your references listed. MLA instructions are on: lit
book pages: 635 & 647 or 8th graders pages 687-690. There are notes on MLA format in
your assignment calendar as well.
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You will have a minimum of three different resources. At least one of your resources
will be from the Internet and you will cite the web page and the date retrieved. All three
resources will be on your works cited page.
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Your paper will be about the artist of your choice however, you must choose someone
with whose work you are familiar. Only one person per class may do a specific author,
poet, director, playwright or screenwriter. NOTE: Remember to underline book titles
and place quotation marks around film titles.
5. Your paper will have six LABELED sections (all sections must be at least ½ page):
The person’s history for example: birth, childhood, education…(History)
The works of art or literature this person has created including a timeline (Completed
Works)
A description of the work this person is most famous for. Did they win any awards for this
creation? (Most Famous Work)
A summary of your favorite book, poem, play or movie by this person. (Summary of My
Favorite Piece)
Why you chose this person. How do they inspire you? (Why I picked this person)
Your Free Section is a free choice section and you may choose what you would like to
research about your person (You Assign the Title)
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BEFORE you begin writing, you need to create outlines for each one of these sections.
You will turn in your typed outline with your paper. You also need to include a timeline
in your paper; you must have at least 10 events in your timeline.
You will cite the author of any direct quotes in this manner (Author’s Last Name page
number) and any web page in this manner (web page address). YOU MUST HAVE
CITATIONS IN YOUR PAPER.
You will give a five-minute presentation about your artist. Please time yourself at home
because I will be timing you and you will be marked down if it is under five minutes.
You are not allowed to read any part of you oral presentation.
During your presentation you will present a poster or a PowerPoint presentation that
you will make about your artist. The poster needs to be at least 16X20 or if you choose
the PowerPoint presentation it must be a minimum of 10 slides with 10 pictures.
10. You will be graded on your essay, your presentation, your poster, and your outline.
Your paper is due on:
Your oral report will be given on one of the days between:
Parent signature___________________________________
Research Report Rubric
Outline of your research paper
_______ 30 pts
Three pages, double spaced, and font _______ 30 pts
Title page (with a picture)
_______ 20 pts
Works Cited (Correct MLA)
_______ 20 pts
Content (6 sections)
_______ 90 pts
Timeline (10 items or more)
_______25 pts
Citations (Direct quotes in MLA)
_______ 10 pts
Presentation (5 minutes/no reading)
_______ 50 pts
Poster or 10 slide/10 photo PP
_______ 50 pts
Total points out of 325 points
_______ points
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Mrs. Kelly Brown
Sample Outline for a research paper
The Conquest of Mt. Everest
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Introduction
Background Information
A. Location of Mt. Everest
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Geography of the Surrounding Area
C.
Facts about Mt. Everest
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Height of the mountain
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How the mountain was named
a.
Peak XV
b.
Joloungma (Tibetan name)
c.
Sagarmatha (Nepalese name)
3.
The number of people who have climbed Everest to date
Major Explorers Covered in this Paper
A.
IV.
Sir Edmund Hillary
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First to reach the summit (1953)
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Led a team of experienced mountain climbers who worked
together
B.
Tenzing Norgay and the Sherpas
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Norgay was an experienced climber and guide who accompanied
Hillary
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Sherpas still used to guide expeditions
C.
Rob Hall
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Leader of the failed 1996 expedition
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Led group of (mainly) tourists with little mountain climbing
experience
The Impact Expeditions have had on Mt. Everest and Local Community
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V.
Ecological Effects
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Loss of trees due to high demand for wood for cooking and heating
for tourists.
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Piles of trash left by climbing expeditions
B.
Economic Effects
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Expedition fees provide income for the country
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Expeditions provide work for the Sherpas, contributing to the local
economy.
C.
Cultural Effects
1.
Introduction of motorvehicles
2.
Introduction of electricity
Conclusion
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MLA Format
The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used for identifying research
sources. In MLA style you briefly credit sources with parenthetical citations in the text of
your paper, and give the complete description of each source in your Works Cited list.
The Works Cited list, or Bibliography, is a list of all the sources used in your paper,
arranged alphabetically by author's last name, or when there is no author, by the first
word of the title (except A, An or The). [5.1-5.5]
For example:
In the text of your paper:
The first gambling Web site appeared in 1995, and online gambling has
since become the most lucrative Internet business (Will 92).
or,
George Will reported that in 2002 Internet gambling surpassed video
games to become the Internet's most lucrative business (92).
Works Cited:
How to list a book: Author. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year.
Example: Brinkley, Alan. The Unfinished Nation. New York: Knopf, 1993.
How to list a Web Page: Title of the Site. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of
Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access <URL>.
Example: Encyclopedia Mythica. 2004. 13 May 2004 <http://www.pantheon.org/>.
How to list a magazine article: Author. "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Date:
Page(s).
Example: Talcott, Richard. "Great Comets." Astronomy May 2004: 36-41.
Rules:
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Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling
books, articles, etc.
DoubleSpace all lines.
Indent the second and following lines 5 spaces (or one half inch).
If no author is given, start with the title.
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Works Cited
Begley, Sharon, et al. "Mapping the Brain." Newsweek 20 Apr. 1992: 66-70.
Berger, Bob. "Mapping the Mindfields." Omni Jan. 1992: 56-58.
Damasio, Antonio R. "Aphasia." The New England Journal of Medicine 326
(1992): 531-39.
Diagram Group. The Brain: A User’s Manual. New York: Putnam’s, 1982.
Flieger, Ken. "Memories Are Made of This." FDA Consumer Sep. 1989: 14-19.
Johnson, Keith A., and J. Alex Becker. "The Whole Brain Atlas." Harvard Medical
School. 1997. 3 Feb. 2002 <http://www.med.harvard.edu:80/AANLIB/
home.html>.
Kolb, Brian, and Ian Q. Whishaw. "Brain." Encyclopedia of Human Biology.
Ed. Renato Dulbecco. Vol. 2. San Diego: Academic, 1991.
1-10. 8 vols.
"Nurturing Development of the Brain." Editorial. New York Times 28 Apr. 1997,
late ed.: A14. New York Times Ondisc. CD–ROM. UMI. 1997.
Plum, Fred. "Disorders of the Cerebral Hemispheres and Higher Brain Functions."
The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. Ed.
Robert Berkow. 15th ed. Vol. 1. Rahway: Merck, 1987.
1022-32. 2 vols.
Restak, Richard. "Brain." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1991 ed.
---. The Brain. Toronto: Bantam, 1984.
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Stephen Hillenburg
Colton Krull
Mrs. Brown
Period 5
The animator and creator of the TV show SpongeBob
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Stephen Hillenburg
Outline
I.
History
A. Birth date and college/animation school
1. Comic made in animation school
2. His Two films
B. Job at Nickelodeon
1. Rocko’s Modern Life
2. Met Tom Kenny (Voice of SpongeBob)
II.
Completed Works
A. Films
1. The Green Beret, Wormholes, and The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie
2. Made over 140 million dollars on The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie
B. SpongeBob SquarePants
1. Made a documentary in 2009
III.
Most Famous Work
A. Famous Work, SpongeBob SquarePants
1. Aired in 1999
2. SpongeBob was to be called SpongeBoy
3. First a comic ( Already mentioned )
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Favorite Movie Summary
A. Favorite Movie by Hillenburg is The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
1. Wakes up from a dream
2. SpongeBob finds out he is not manager/ Plankton’s Plan
3. SpongeBob’s Quest
V.
Why I choose Stephen Hillenburg
A. Work is great
B. Had to do the creator of SpongeBob
1. When I got assigned this report
C. Life lessons/ Plot
1. Sometimes a lesson and almost always a new plot
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2. Cheers me up because of the funniness and randomness
VI.
Hillenburg’s Movies/Films
A. The Green Beret explanation of film/Wormholes
1. A Girl sells cookies and demolishes all the houses
B. SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
1. Made because SpongeBob SquarePants was a popular show
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History
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg was born August 21, 1961 in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Hillenburg developed his love of marine life at an early age watching films by the famous
oceanographer Jacques Cousteau (http://express.howstuffworks.com/ep-shillenburg.htm).
He is an American marine biologist, marine scientist, animator, writer, producer, actor,
voice actor, and director (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg). When
Hillenburg graduated from Savanna High School in Anaheim, California, he enrolled in
Humboldt State University and graduated in 1984 with a degree in natural-resource
planning and interpretation, with an emphasis in marine resources
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg). He was a marine biology teacher and
worked as a marine biologist from 1984-1987. In 1987, he choose to make a career for
himself in animation and soon he made two short films, The Green Beret (1991) and
Wormholes (1992); which earned a few awards. While making short films, he earned a
Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation in 1991 at the California Institute of the
Arts. He has also worked on other animated series, including “Rocko’s Modern Life” and
“Mother Goose and Grimm” (http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richestcelebrities/stephen-hillenburg-net-worth/). While he was still in animation school, he
received a job on a children’s TV show called Mother Goose and Grimm. Joe Murray,
creator of Rocko’s Modern Life, met Hillenburg at an animation festival and asked
Hillenburg if he would be a director on the show, to which he agreed. He joined the
Nickelodeon series as a producer, storyboard artist and writer. While he was doing so he
became friends with Tom Kenny (The voice of SpongeBob). During his time in
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animation school, he wrote a comic book called "The Intertidal Zone," in which the main
character was a sponge. He showed it to some friends when he was working in Rocko’s
Modern Life. When the series ended in 1996, they started making the now famous series,
SpongeBob SquarePants.
Stephen Hillenburg Timeline:
1961 - Stephen Hillenburg is born
1984 - Graduates Humboldt State University
1987 - Decides to follow a career in animation
1989 - Wrote a comic called “The Intertidal Zone”
1991 - Makes the short film The Green Beret
1991 - Earned a Master of Fine Arts in animation at California Institute of the Arts
1991-1993 - Got a job offer for the children’s show Mother Goose and Grimm
1992 - Makes the short film Wormholes
1996 - Rocko’s Modern Life ends
1997 - Voice Acting for SpongeBob
2004 - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is released
2009 - Makes Square Roots a documentary of SpongeBob SquarePants
2014 – The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2 will be released
Completed Work
Stephen Hillenburg, who is still alive today, has made a lot of well known and
movies and TV shows. But his most famous TV show is SpongeBob SquarePants. He
made a comic called “The Intertidal Zone” based on a sponge. He later made two films
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called The Green Beret and Wormholes, which he displayed at animation festivals. After
the TV show Rocko’s Modern Life, some of the people he worked with helped him turn
the comic into a TV show we all know as SpongeBob SquarePants. As this new TV
series became a hit success, he decided to make a movie based on the series. He called it
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, which was released in the U.S. on November 19th,
2004 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg). The movie got great reviews
and grossed over $140 million worldwide. During SpongeBob’s forth season, Hillenburg
left the day-to-day making of the show to become the show’s executive producer. Then,
in 2009, he made a documentary that showed the development of SpongeBob.
Most Famous Work
Stephen Hillenburg has created many popular works. But his most famous work is
SpongeBob SquarePants. Almost everyone in America from the age of three to eighteen
knows that little character called SpongeBob. The TV show SpongeBob SquarePants has
aired from 1999 to the present. The show was not just thought up suddenly. It was first a
comic made up during college by Hillenburg, in which the main character was a sponge.
During his work at Nickelodeon, he showed his comic to some of his co-workers. They
loved his ideas and soon the comic became a reality. One of his friends, Tom Kenny, was
chosen to be the voice of SpongeBob. They were going to call the sponge SpongeBoy,
but after voice acting for the original seven minute pilot was recorded in 1997, the
Nickelodeon legal department discovered that the name was already in use for a mop
product (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg). They still decided to have the
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word sponge in the name, however, so people would not mistake him for a cheese person.
Then, the legendary SpongeBob SquarePants was born.
Favorite Movie Summary
My favorite movie made by Stephen Hillenburg is The SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie. The movie starts off when SpongeBob saves a Krabby Patty in his dream. One
day, when SpongeBob arrives at his job, he is let down when he finds out that he has not
been picked to be the new manager of his boss’ (Mr. Krabs’) new restaurant. While that
is happening, the evil mastermind Plankton hatches a plan to steal Mr. Krab’s recipe to
the Krabby Patty formula, allowing Plankton to rule the world. The plan is to take the
King’s crown and send it to a far away city called Shell City. Plankton blames Mr. Krabs
for stealing the king’s crown. As the king gets ready to punish Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob
steps up and chooses to go on a quest to Shell City to retrieve the crown for the king, in
order to save his boss. As SpongeBob gets ready for his quest, his friend Patrick, tags
along on the journey. Together they go on a crazy adventure to retrieve the king’s crown.
In the end, SpongeBob and Patrick are able to get the crown, saving Mr. Krabs and the
world from Plankton’s plan to steal the recipe and to rule the world.
Why I Chose Stephen Hillenburg
I chose Stephen Hillenburg for this report because I enjoy his work. I think his work
is just amazing. My favorite show by him is SpongeBob SquarePants. That show always
cheers me up when I am feeling down. I have always wondered, “who made this
spectacular show?” When I was assigned this author report, I knew I had to do the
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author/creator of SpongeBob SquarePants. I just think it is crazy that a small comic that
Hillenburg made in college became a real TV show, just by showing it to some friends at
work. Even though most of the episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants don’t include life
lessons, Hillenburg tries to weave some lessons into the series. That tells me that he
wants people to come away from watching SpongeBob having a chance of learning
something new. I also like how he doesn’t make the show have a continuing plot. Every
episode contains something new and exciting.
Hillenburg’s Movies/Films
Since Stephen Hillenburg has been in animation, he has made some very popular
movies and films. His first short film was called The Green Beret which he made in 1991.
It is about a girl that has huge fists and who tries to sell cookies from house to house. But,
each house she visits ends up destroyed by her gigantic fists. His second short film was
called Wormholes which he made in 1992. He made several short films, two of which
were awarded and played in animation film festivals internationally
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg). He also made other animated films,
but they were not as popular. As his TV show SpongeBob SquarePants became popular,
Hillenburg decided he should make a movie based on the series. What resulted was his
first popular movie, released in theaters on November 19, 2004, called The SpongeBob
SquarePants Movie. It received generally good reviews from critics and successfully
grossed over $140 million worldwide(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hillenburg).
The Movie is about a sponge known as SpongeBob SquarePants who goes on a crazy
adventure to save his boss from the plans of an evil mastermind before it is too late.
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Works Cited
“Stephen Hillenburg Net Worth.” www.celebritynetworth.com. Organization:
celebritynetworth.com. Web. Date retrieved: December 4, 2012.
“Stephen Hillenburg.” www.Wikipedia.org. Version current as of December 4, 2012.
Organization: Wikipedia.org. Sponsors: Authorized Volunteer Contributors
and Administrators. Date of last update December 4, 2012. Web. Dates
retrieved: November 6th – December 4th.
“Under the Sea and On Top of the World Stephen Hillenburg.”
express.howstuffworks.com. Organization: howstuffworks.com. Web. Date
retrieved: December 4, 2012.
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