Name:



Name: ______________________________________

“Wrongfully Accused?” Research Project

Step 1: Choose a person who has been accused of a crime. _____________________

Step 2: Research that person’s crime on the internet.

• You must use 3 sources (minimum). We will go to the computer lab TWICE to do research.

• Pick sources based on their credibility.

o Examples: , , , , , , , news., news., OR any other official news source)

o You may not use personal blogs, or any other wiki sources.

Step 3: Use MLA Format to create a Works Cited for your sources.

Citing an Entire Web Site

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

A Page on a Web Site

For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites.

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

An Article from a Newspaper

Author (if available). “Article Title.” Name of Site. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

Branch, John. "Babe Ruth the Way You’ve Never Seen Him Before." New York Times. New York Times, 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 8 Oct. 2009.

* Use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given.

Works Cited

Branch, John. "Babe Ruth the Way You’ve Never Seen Him Before." New York Times. New York Times, 8 Oct. 2009. Web. 8 Oct. 2009.

Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.

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

In-text citation examples for direct quotes:

When you do not use the author’s name in the sentence:

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).

When you use the author’s name in the sentence:

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.

When there is no author’s name to use:

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.**

You MUST use a QUOTE from THREE different sources.

• Information that needs to be cited: direct quotations from the articles

• Information that doesn’t need to be cited: names, dates, information that can be found in any article written about the event

1. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Source: _______________________________________

2. ________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Source: _______________________________________

3. ________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Source: _______________________________________

Step 4: Construct a THESIS Statement.

What is a THESIS STATEMENT? In summary, a thesis statement is a single sentence, usually in the first paragraph of the paper, which:

• Declares the position you are taking in your paper.

• Sets up the way you will organize your discussion.

• Points to the conclusion you will draw.

• Boils down the main point of your paper to a single statement.

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The following themes often correspond with the reason(s) someone is wrongfully accused. Decide if these reason(s) might help you write your thesis statement.

a. Fear and hysteria destroy good judgment.

b. Greed and the quest for power can blur the truth.

c. A crisis often reveals both the difficulty of telling the truth and the desperate need for truth.

d. Many crises are greatly influenced by prior circumstances or problems.

e. Other: _________________________________________________________________________

My thesis statement is: _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Step 5: Outline your 6-paragraph essay using the following organizer.

Summary of Events/ Paragraph 1: Summarize the events before writing your essay. Answer all of the” who, what, when, and where questions” of the crime/alleged crime.

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Introduction of Argument (Position of Guilt or Innocence) /Paragraph 2: Should consist of at least 3-4 sentences and move in a "funnel" progression from general to specific ideas. It consist entirely of commentary (no facts or sources yet).

The first sentence: grabs the reader’s attention and interest. (quotation, truism, fact, general observation)

➢ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

➢ Another sentence: adds general information regarding the topic that the reader needs to know.

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➢ Another sentence: adds more specific information about aspects of your argument (background, issue, past events) needed to understand why you will argue the thesis that follows.

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➢ Thesis statement: is your thesis statement = Topic + opinion on the topic. Usually includes a “must” or “should”

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Body/Paragraph 3: The order of evidence and commentary can vary; for example, you can have: Evidence, commentary, more evidence, and more commentary.

➢ Topic Sentence #1: explains a reason for your thesis; one aspect of the problem. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

➢ Supporting Evidence: (facts, examples, descriptions, support, proof, evidence) (quote from your sources)

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➢ Your Commentary on the Evidence: (1, 2, or 3 sentences)

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➢ Concluding Sentence: wraps up the paragraph. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Body/Paragraph 4: The order of evidence and commentary can vary; for example, you can have: Evidence, commentary, more evidence, more commentary.

➢ Topic Sentence #1: explains a reason for your thesis; one aspect of the problem. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

➢ Supporting Evidence: (facts, examples, descriptions, support, proof, evidence) (quote from your sources)

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➢ Your Commentary on the Evidence: (1, 2, or 3 sentences)

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➢ Concluding Sentence: wraps up the paragraph. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Body/Paragraph 5: The order of evidence and commentary can vary; for example, you can have: Evidence, commentary, more evidence, more commentary.

➢ Topic Sentence #1: explains a reason for your thesis; one aspect of the problem. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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➢ Supporting Evidence: (facts, examples, descriptions, support, proof, evidence) (quote from your sources)

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➢ Your Commentary on the Evidence: (1, 2, or 3 sentences)

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➢ Concluding Sentence: wraps up the paragraph. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Conclusion/Paragraph 6: The conclusion should rephrase (not repeat) the thesis in 3-4 sentences and close the argument by opening up on an essential question or a clever or urgent call to action for the audience. The paragraph is entirely commentary.

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Step 6: Type your rough draft.

Include the following when you turn in your paper:

o Cover sheet with your name, class period , and date

o Paper

o MLA Works Cited page

Format:

o Times New Roman or Calibri, 12 pt. font, 1 inch margins, double-spaced

o Pages numbered (except cover sheet or Works Cited)

o MLA in text citation format is correct

o MLA Works Cited page is formatted correctly

General “gatekeepers”:

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.

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

“Wrongfully Accused”

Final Draft: Grading Rubric

*Zero points will be given for sections not completed!*

| |20 |15 |10 |5 |

|Intro/Thesis |Clearly stated thesis and at |Thesis of paper is present, |Thesis present, but 3 areas |Thesis not present, and 3 |

| |least 3 areas of info to be |but 3 areas of info to be |of info not stated. Does not |areas of info not stated. |

| |addressed. Original and creative;|addressed are not stated. |grab reader’s attention. |Does not grab reader’s |

| |a clear picture is given and |Clear picture is not given, |Non-related information |attention. Reader can still |

| |grabs reader’s attention. |but grabs reader’s attention.|included. Reader can still |determine topic of the paper |

| | | |determine topic of paper. |through the info included. |

|Supporting Evidence/Documentation |All 3 sources are used; all info |All 3 sources are used; no |Only 2 sources are used. No |Only 1 source is used. More |

| |from sources is documented |more than 2 pieces of info |more than 4 pieces of info |than 4 pieces of info used |

| |properly using MLA citation. |used without proper |used without proper |without proper documentation.|

| |Topic sentences are complete |documentation. Format done |documentation. Format done |Format done incorrectly |

| |sentences that connect logically |correctly using MLA citation.|incorrectly (MLA), but still |(MLA), but still present. |

| |to thesis; Transitions make paper|Topic sentences are complete |present. |Not all paragraphs have a |

| |flow well. There is at least one |sentences, but may not |Topic Sentences are not |topic sentence; random |

| |paragraph for each area of info |connect to thesis; |complete sentences and do not|information is included |

| |addressed. |transitions are present and |connect to thesis; |within the paragraphs and |

| | |paper flows well. |transitions are present, but |transitions are not present; |

| | | |do not help with the flow of |paper does not flow well. |

| | | |the paper. | |

|Commentary |At least 2 complete, commentary |At least 2 complete, |At least 1 complete, |Commentary sentences are |

| |sentences are written for each |commentary sentences are |commentary sentence is |present in some, but not all |

| |paragraph and support the topic |written for each paragraph, |written for each paragraph |paragraphs OR commentary |

| |sentence and evidence. |but both may not support the |and supports the topic |sentences in all paragraphs |

| | |topic sentence and/or |sentence and evidence. |do not support the topic |

| | |evidence. | |sentence and/or evidence. |

|Conclusion |Summarizes and restates thesis in|Summarizes and restates |Restates the thesis exactly; |Introduction paragraph is |

| |complete sentence; transition |thesis in complete sentence; |may give more info not |just repeated; reader is not |

| |informing reader that paper is |no transition is made; call |included in the introduction |aware that paper is ending; |

| |ending; call to action or final |to action or final thought is|or body paragraphs; reader is|call to action or final |

| |thought given. |not clearly given. |not clear that the paper is |thought is confusing or |

| | | |ending; no call to action or |disconnected from topic. |

| | | |final thought given. | |

|Grammar & Usage |Punctuation, capitalization, and |Errors do not detract from |Errors detract from overall |Enough errors to confuse the |

| |spelling are done correctly (Less|the overall flow of paper |flow of paper (Between 11-15 |reader (More than 15 errors).|

| |than 5 errors). |(Between 6-10 errors). |errors). | |

Comments:

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Grade: ____________ Bonus Points: ____________

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Next is a sample Works Cited.

1. The title is not underlined.

2. Entries are alphabetized.

3. Entries are not numbered.

4. If additional lines are required for an entry, they are indented.

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