Honors Research Paper Requirements/Rubric

- The paper for this quarter will be in MLA format and will be required to be 5-7 pages, double spaced, and 12 font. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WORKS CITED! - Each student are to have 5 or more sources (two books and 3 electronic) - No student is allowed to use Wikipedia, Google, Yahoo, Bing, About.com or any search engine of the sort. All students can access online articles through the Maple Heights Schools library website. - There must be at least four integrated quotes with “_” and ( ). - The paper is due Friday, January 20, 2012. You have a little over two weeks to finish this assignment on your own at home. I will supply you with an outline to assist you on set-up and what should be in the paper. - Use the notes Ms. Sisson gave you in Writing Seminar to guide you on your paper. - This paper will also count for Ms. Sisson’s class as well as Ms. Clark’s class. - Failing to do this paper OR PLAGIARIZING will cause you to have a low grade in this class and in English I.

Sources

 Not allowed to use Wikipedia, about.com, etc.  All students should use Info Ohio, Gale, etc.  Students can find educational articles on the appropriate sites using the High School library’s website.  NO .com sites and NO .net sites. MUST HAVE CLARK AND SISSON APPROVAL ON USE OF ANY!!  NOT ALLOWED TO USE TEXTBOOK AS A SOURCE.

-Students are encouraged to use our Maple Heights High School library during lunch or before/after school during 21st Century. Ms. Clark will be passing this rubric on to Ms. Rassi, the teacher in charge of the program at the high school.

-NPR: No personal reference includes the following- -I, me, us, we, our, and my. Only way to use these words are inside of a quote from a source.

-Never start paper with “This paper is about,” “I’m going to talk about,” etc. That is the same as sending a text that says “I’m going to text you now” and then type the rest of the message.

-Do not end the paper with your opinion. Rubric for Paper

Grammar- 25 Length- 25 pts. Content- 50 Intro and NPR- 10 pts. pts. pts. Conclusion- 10 pts. 25 pts- There 25 pts- The 50 pts- All of 10 pts- Solid 10 pts- No are zero to three paper is 5-7 the content in intro with a personal errors in pages, double- the paper is thesis reference used grammar. spaced and in correct. The statement. Solid in the paper. 12 font. research conclusion question was restating what answered was in the thoroughly. paper. 18 pts- There 18 pts- The 36 pts- Some of 7 pts- One of 7 pts- Personal are four to paper is around the content is the two is reference used seven errors in 4 ½ to 4 pages, wrong, but not weak. But still once in paper. grammar. double-spaced the majority of a thesis and in 12 font. the content. statement is present. 11 pts-There 11 pts- The 25 pts-Part of 4 pts- No thesis 4 pts- Personal are eight to paper is 3 ½ or the content in statement in the reference used eleven errors in 3 pages OR not the paper is intro. Weak twice in paper. grammar double spaced wrong or the conclusion. OR not in 12 research font. question was not answered thoroughly. 4 pts- There are 4 pts- The 10 pts-Most of 2 pts- Missing 2 pts- Personal over twelve paper is 2 ½ the content is either the intro reference used errors in pages or less, wrong, but a or the three times in grammar. not double few facts are conclusion all paper. spaced or in 12 correct or together. font. research question barely covered. 0 pts on paper 0 pts on paper 0 pts on paper 0 pts in this 0 pts in this due to being for not turning for writing on category for category for plagiarized or one in. wrong topic or not having an using personal using all content is intro or a reference more forbidden wrong or conclusion. than three sources. fabricated. times.