DISEASE RESEARCH PAPER
I. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: (15 pts)
*2-page paper (5 pts)
*12” Times New Roman font (1pt)
* double-spaced (1pt)
* set margins should be top/bottom 1”, right/left 1.25”
(You can check under File then Page Setup.) (1pt)
* Disease Name as Title (size 14 font) (1pt)
* Heading (written on front page) (1pt)
* Must have 3 sources and attach a works cited page (5 pts)
II. CONTENT: (25 pts)
A. Discovery (who, when, where, and how): (5 pts)
B. Name (meaning or origin) (2 pts)
C. Means of infection (15 pts)
*symptoms of the infection
*which cells are targeted and how are they affected
*how is the infection spread
*how is does the human immune system respond to the infection
*how is the disease prevented or treated once contracted
D. Unique characteristics or features (3 pts)
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III. CONVENTIONS: (12 pts)
Definition: most (1-2 mistakes), several/somewhat (3-5 mistakes), and few/rarely (5 or more
mistakes)
A. Spelling: (4 pts)
all words correct, most words correct, several words correct , few words correct
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B. Punctuation/ Capitalization: (4 pts)
completely correct, mostly correct, somewhat correct, rarely correct
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C. Grammar: (4 pts)
completely correct, mostly correct, somewhat correct, rarely correct
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IV. READABILITY: (8 pts)
A. Sentence Fluency: (4 pts)
flows clearly, mostly flows clearly, somewhat flows clearly, confusing
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B. Word Choice: (4 pts)
descriptive-well placed words, mostly descriptive-well placed words,
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somewhat descriptive-well placed words, vague and misused words
Total:
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Suggested List of Diseases:
Viruses: AIDS or HIV virus, Chicken Pox, Warts, Cold Sores, Rabies, Influenza, Hepatitis,
Polio, Ebola,
Mononucleosis, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Small Pox
Prions: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
Bacterial: Escherichia coli, strep throat, tuberculosis, Lyme disease, tooth decay, cholera
Protist: malaria, sleeping sickness, toxoplasmosis, giardia
Worms: tapeworm, liver fluke, trichinosis, pin worms, hookworm, filarial worms
Works Cited Page
Printed Source
Author’s Last Name, First Name. Title. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication.
Medium of Publication.
Ex. Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.
If the book does not have an author:
Ex. Encyclopedia of Indiana. New York: Somerset, 1993. Print.
Website Source
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of
institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if
available). Medium of publication. Date of access.
→ (indent) web address (remove hyperlinks)
Ex. Citing an Entire Website
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008.
Web. 23 Apr. 2008.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Ex. Citing an Article on a Website
Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 Apr. 2005:
642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009.
http://www.science.online.nature
*Needs to be listed alphabetically!
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