7th Grade L.A.- Tuesday, May 17

Research Paper

Procedure for Turning Your Research Paper In!

May 17, 2011

1. Finish last improvements/revisions/editing for approximately 45 minutes. Work on both the research paper and the works cited document. It is better if these are two separate documents.

2. Everything should be printed from Word. Saving up here in Mrs. Casey’s lab can be a little tricky, so make sure to put everything into a Google Doc as a final draft (have a copy on Word and a copy on Google docs).

3. Font- 10 pt. Courier (also for the works cited)

4. Double space

5. Proper heading aligned right. Use your formatting palette.

a. Name

b. Date (May 17, 2011)

c. Language Arts

d. Block ____

6. Title of your paper centered below your heading, but above your body paragraph.

7. Insert page numbers. Do not put a page number on the Works Cited.

8. Works Cited: double spaced and reverse indent used correctly. Read Abbi’s blog-post on my blog from last week how to do this in Word! The title Works Cited should be at the top of your page/centered.

9. Do not write anything above each paragraph (Introduction, Body 1, etc.).

10. Do not add extra space in between paragraphs.

11. Indent every paragraph by using the tab button.

12. Before you print, make sure you are not starting any sentences with AND, BUT, OR!

13. Do not include any contractions in your writing- don’t = do not

14. Print your research paper and your works cited document. Please do not print until you are certain that you have formatted everything correctly.

15. When you have printed, re-read your paper and try to fix easy errors that you can with your pen.

a. Do you have commas and periods?

b. If you see sentences that are missing a word/phrase, use a carrot ^ to add in the appropriate word.

16. Go through the entire essay and circle the following verbs:

a. be, is, am, are, was, were, been, being, become, became

17. Underline the thesis statement in your introduction. Draw an arrow out to the margin and label it.

18. Label all topic sentences (in body paragraphs only). Write what type they are from the topic sentence packet. Do not just label them “topic sentence.”

19. Use the rubric to grade yourself. Thoughtfully check the different boxes that apply to your work. Then, give yourself a score based on the different boxes that you check. Don’t just check the proficient box, check the different boxes across scores as they apply to you.

20. When you have finished all self-evaluation, staple your paper together:

a. Rubric on top with your name on it

b. Research paper in the middle

c. Works Cited last

Hooray!