Smart Technology in the 21St Century: Helpful Or Harmful?

Name Date English 7R Research Paper Assignment Ms. DeMartino

“ Smart” Technology in the 21 st Century: Helpful or Harmful?

For this assignment, you will be researching the existence of “Smart” technology in the 21st Century with a particular focus on the use of Smart Phones in our society. Your goal is to construct a five-paragraph essay in which you establish an argument either for or against the use of Smart Phones in our society.

 You will need to construct a thesis statement and support it with information from three sources. It is your responsibility to find these sources using appropriate online databases.

 You may NOT use Google or Wikipedia as a source! If Google or Wikipedia is used for this assignment, you will lose points on the overall grade.

 Access to reliable sources will be made available to you in the computer lab and from home using the username and password: hfclibrary.

 This paper is worth two test grades for the fourth marking period!

Format:

 FIVE well-developed paragraphs  Typed  Times New Roman Font  12 pt. Font  Double-spaced  Title Page  Parenthetical In-text citations

Guidelines:

Be sure to include  A Title page  At least four direct quotations/parenthetical in-text citations  A Works Cited page

Due Date: Monday, May 18th (2 Test Grades) THESIS STATEMENT & ORGANIZING RESEARCH

Position: Are cell phones helpful or harmful in the 21st Century?

Write a few sentences in which you put your own feelings about cell phone use into words. Do you feel as though the use of cell phones in our society is more helpful or harmful? Explain in detail.

Three Main Points

Thesis Statement:

RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE

#1: Title of the Article:

Textual Evidence #1 (Direct Quotation):

Textual Evidence #2 (Direction Quotation):