Competency 6: Senior Research Paper

Name: Date: Block: Competency 6: Senior Research Paper

The following assignment counts as 10% of your final grade in English IV. This grade will be averaged with your term3, term 4, and final exam to get your overall grade for English IV. It is also a competency requirement for graduation/ It is imperative that you not only complete this assignment but that you keep your deadlines.

The assignment is as follows:

You will complete a 7 page research paper on a chosen conflict and rescue that has affected the world or that affects the world today. You will be responsible for researching your topic, incorporating facts, quotes from your research, statistics and your own opinions into a well organized piece of writing. I have many resources to help guide you through this process and to help you improve as a writer overall.

You will need to use class time wisely and meet deadlines in order to be successful in this assignment. YOUR FINAL DRAFT MUST MEET THE PAGE DEADLINES AND MUST BE TYPED.

Your final draft will also include a works cited page, a title page, and will need to be in MLA format.

DEADLINES: Research Pages/ Notes Due: Friday 03/25

Bibliography Cards/ Source List: Friday 03/25

Thesis Statement: Mon. 03/28

Outline Due: Mon. 03/28

FINAL PAPER DUE: Wed. 03/30- No paper will be accepted for credit after 04/01. You need to email your paper in if you are absent. Name: Date: Blk: Research Pages You will use these pages to record the info you will use in your paper. If you “quote” then you will need to “quote it exact” and take down the page number/author. If you are just copying facts or info that you will put in your own words than you just need to copy the source.

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Encyclopedias

When an encyclopedia is well known, simply list the author (if found), the article title, the title of the encyclopedia, the edition number, and the date of the edition.

Author. (if known)______

“Title of Article.” ______

Title of Encyclopedia. (underline or italicize) ______

Edition number. ______Date of Edition. ______

Posner, Rebecca. "Romance Languages." The New Encyclopedia Britannica: Macropaedia. 15th ed. 1987.

Books Author or editor. ______

Title of Book. (underline or italicize) ______

Publisher, ______City of publication: ______

Year. ______Mittenthal, Robin Eric. How to Be a Professional Student. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA: 2003.

Magazines Author. ______

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Lord, Lewis. "There's Something about Mary Todd." US News and World Report. 19 Feb. 2001:53. Internet Complete publication information may not be available for a Web site; provide what is given.

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“Specific page or article title.”______

Homepage ______

Date published or updated. ______

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Date accessed ______

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Younis, Steve. “Superman in the Comics.” Superman Homepage . 26 May. 2004. 15 Apr. 2004.

Online Database AVHS Library subscribes to databases of full-text articles on the Web. Works Cited entries for these articles should include information about the original print publication and information about the online subscription service.

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Article date: ______Volume # (if found) ______Page numbers. ______

Database Title . ______

Online subscription service. ______

Library through which you accessed the database ______Date of access______

General URL to database______

Fox, Justin. "Who Wants to Be an Internet Billionaire?" Fortune 8 Nov.1999: 40. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. Amador Valley Library, Pleasanton, CA. 15 Jan. 2004 . BASIC OUTLINE-Suggested Info

Cr isis:

I: Introduction- THESIS

II: Background on your Conflict- Who, What, Where, When

III: Two Sides of the Conflict-

IV: What needs/needed to be Changed & How can/did it change?

V: What has been done to make change?

VI: Conclusion- YOUR OPINION – NO I

* You need to create an Outline specific to your topic of what you are going to talk about and in what order.

Only 20% of your paper should be background information. The rest of your paper should focus on the specifics of the conflict, how it effected the PEOPLE, what was done to help, and what your opinion/feelings on this are.

NO “I” in the research paper. Topics:

Your assignment is to write 7 page research paper on a conflict/event that has impacted the world, yet many American’s do not know about. Here is a list of possible topics, but you may also choose one of your own with teacher approval. CONFLICTS:

 Darfur Conflict  Indonesian Massacre/Conflict  Khmer Rouge/ Cambodia  Uganda Massacre/Conflict  IRA/ Northern Ireland Conflict  Dresden Bombing Campaign WWII  Israel/Palestine Conflict- Gaza Strip  Guantanamo Bay –Us Suspected  Chechnya Conflict Terrorist Camp  Basque/Spain Conflict  Kosovo Conflict  Jammu and Kashmir Conflict  Current Poverty/Dying/ Prisoners in  IRAQ: Kurd Expulsion Myanmar  FARC/Columbian Conflict  Wars in the Congo/Eastern Congo  Algerian Genocide  Pakistan’s Civil Conflicts  Rwanda Civil War  Srebrenica Conflict  Bosnia Conflict  Armenian Genocide  Somalia Conflict * Sri Lanka genocide against Tamil  Argentinean Conflict- Plaza de People Mayo * Expulsion of Native Americans  Spanish Inquisition  Tiananmen Square Massacre * Ukraine Genocide  Bangladesh Massacre/Conflict