Analytical Essay for Lord of the Flies



Assignment: Write a research paper discussing a topic chosen by the student. This MUST be a persuasive paper on a topic that is school appropriate.

Goals:

• Become proficient at the evaluation and use of sources

• Become proficient at proper MLA in-text citation

• Become proficient at proper MLA Works Cited format

• Become proficient in persuasive argumentation

• Develop and revise drafts

• Write in a form appropriate to the audience.

Requirements:

• Five (5) double-spaced pages (not counting your cover sheet or your Works Cited page), Calibri or Times New Roman 12 pt. font

• An additional Cover page.

• A Works Cited page in proper MLA format

• Proper MLA format for all in-text citations

• You must integrate quotations – minimum of six (6). You may NOT use block quotations (quotations of longer than 4 lines)

• You must quote from at least for (4) Online sources ALL from the library’s database. You may not use Wikipedia as a source, but you may use their sources.

• You may have 1 Online source that is not in the database.

• You must provide a highlighted copy of all sources and notes used for the paper at each check point.

• NO first or second person (I, me, my, mine, we, our, you, your(s))

• NO contractions.

• All pages (except 1st) labeled with last name and page number in upper right hand corner.

• Word count on last page.

• All pieces turned in each time – topic, thesis statement, outline, highlighted notes, rough draft with clocking sheet, final draft with rubric (both paper and electronic).

Grading of the Thesis Statement:

• You MUST have a thesis statement that outlines your position as you will discuss it in the paper. This sentence MUST be the final sentence of your opening paragraph (your introduction). This is a Quiz grade.

Grading of the Graff template:

• You must have a completed Graff template for each of your sources with the source information attached – including all citation information. This is a Quiz grade.

Grading of Outline:

• You must have both a thesis statement and a formal outline two levels in specificity (main points and major sub-points). Each sub-point MUST have the quoted material you will use to support your point from the book and the other sources. This is a test grade.

Grading of the draft:

• You must have a completed, typed draft approved by the teacher prior to doing revision for your final copy. This draft must include MLA in-text citation and a Works Cited page. This is a test grade.

Grading of Final Copy – 3 test grades:

Content: 100% (Do you have a proper thesis? Do you adequately and logically support it in your paper? Does the proof you offer buttress your argument? Are your ideas your own and do they utilize rather than parrot your sources? Is there obvious evidence of revision from your draft?)

Grammar/Mechanics: 100% (Is your paper punctuated correctly? Have you used proper grammatical constructions? Have you used third person only? Have you avoided using contractions? Are your words spelled correctly?)

Form: 100% (Have you followed all the expectations listed for the paper. Do you use proper MLA in-text citation? Do you use proper MLA format for your Works cited page? Cover page? Page numbers according to requirements?)

Procedure:

Pre-writing:

• Begin by prewriting about the subject you have chosen.

• Next, carefully read all the sources you have chosen. How can the ideas in these confirm or challenge your ideas? Select passages you think you might use to support your ideas or passages that present ideas you would like to challenge.

• Finally, use your pre-writing to develop a proper thesis. A thesis has a subject and a predicate and for this assignment, outlines your argument as you will discuss it in your paper. Example: subject: divorce Thesis: Marriages often fail because of unrealistic expectations for relationships and misconceptions about the nature of love.

Developing your draft:

• Make your formal outline:

Introduction: This will be your thesis.

I. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

II. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

III. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

IV. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

V. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

VI. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

VII. Major Point

A. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

B. Major Sub-point

Quotation(s) providing evidence for this point

(Other sub-points and quotation may be added as needed)

Conclusion: leave blank until you write your draft

• Write your complete draft; type it up, and have it approved by the teacher.

• Revise your draft for clarity of expression and effective argumentation

• Edit you paper for grammar and mechanical errors

• Retype your final copy and submit by the due date.

Graff Template: Use to help you formulate an argument in your initial draft

The general argument made by __________________________________ in his/her work

(author’s name)

________________________________ is that _________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

More specifically, he/she argues that _________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

___________________ writes* _____________________________________________

(author’s last name only)

______________________________________________________________________.

In this passage, he/she is suggesting that _____________________________________

______________________________________________________________________.

In conclusion, _________________’s belief is that _____________________________

(author’s last name only)

_____________________________________________________________________.

______________ is right/wrong because ____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________.

More specifically, I believe that ___________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________.

For example, ___________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________..

Although __________________ might respond/counter that * _____________________

(author’s last name only)

_______________________________________________________________________,

I maintain that ___________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________.

*Here you may use paraphrase, summary, or direct quotation. If a direct quotation is used, it may not exceed 6 words in length. The Graff Template is adapted from Gerald Graff, Clueless in Academe (New Haven: Yale UP, 2003), pp. 169,170) Reprinted in Teaching Nonfiction in AP English by Renee H. Shea and Lawrence Scanlon (Bedford/St. Martin’s: Boston, 2005), p. 199.

Criteria Sheet for Final Copy of Research Paper

Check off the items to be sure you have done them.

General: These are the “gatekeepers.” They must be present to pass.

o Minimum page count is 5 (not including cover sheet or Works Cited page; 4 pages and at least five lines on the 5th page). ANY PAPER LESS THAN THE MINIMUM PAGE COUNT WILL RECEIVE A MAXIMUM GRADE OF 60.

o Any paper lacking a Works Cited page (but including in-text citations) will receive a maximum grade of 60.

o Any paper lacking MLA in-text citation will receive a grade of ZERO and must complete a rewrite that includes MLA in-text citation for a maximum grade of 60. WITHOUT SUCH CITATIONS, THE PAPER WILL BE CONSIDERED PLAGIARIZED.

Format: Total pts. 100

o Cover sheet with your name, class period , and date (10 pts)

o Your last name and a page number in the upper right hand corner of every page except the cover sheet (10 pts)

o Double-spaced Times New Roman or Calibri 12 pt. font (10 pts)

o MLA in text citation format is correct (30 pts)

o MLA Works Cited page is formatted correctly (30 pts)

o All quotations must be integrated into your own sentences and no quotation may be longer than four lines. (10 pts)

Mechanics (1 pt. per error unless otherwise noted) Total pts. 100

o No contractions (isn’t, that’s, etc.)

o No first or second person (I, me, my, we, our, you, your, etc.)unless you are using a personal anecdote or quoting a source

o Run-on sentences (two or more sentences put together without punctuation), sentence fragments (incomplete sentences), and comma splices (connecting two complete sentences with a comma) receive a penalty of 5 pts. per error.

o Spelling, as well as other grammar and punctuations issues. Example. The final punctuation in a sentence with a citation in it comes after the parenthetical citation.

Content: Total pts. 100

o Clear thesis statement that is the final sentence of your introductory paragraph(s). (10 pts)

o First body paragraph is a concession paragraph (20 pts).

o Argument presented in the paper is clear and logically expressed (40 pts)

o Graff templates have been significantly reworked so that the expression of information is your own not simply a basically unchanged copy of the template (30 pts)

In-text citation examples:

Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). If you use the author’s name in your sentence, you just need a page number in the parentheses; if there is no page number, you don’t even need the parentheses.

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). If you do not mention the author’s name in your sentence, put their last name and a page number (if available).

We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has "more readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study environmental change . . ." ("Impact of Global Warming" 6). If you do not know the author, use the title of the article; you may shorten the title if it is extremely long; if there are no page numbers, simply leave the number out)

Works Cited Page: For each source, utilize all of the following information that is available for each source. If a piece of information is unavailable, move on to the next piece.

• Author and/or editor names (if available)

• Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)

• Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)

• Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.

• Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date. If no date is available, use n.d.

• Take note of any page numbers (if available).

• Medium of publication. This will either be Web or Print (see example below)

• Date you accessed the material.

Once you have the information, double space all entries and alphabetize by either the author’s last name (if available) or the title of the article (if the author’s name is not available). Please note that the second and following lines for each entry are indented.

Example:

Works Cited

Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.

Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print.

"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. “Nature's Rotary Electromotors.” Science 29 Apr. 2005: 642-44. InfoTrac. Web. 5 Mar. 2009.

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