Saint James School



7th Grade Religion – Catholic Saints Research Project

THE RESEARCH

Research the saint that has been assigned to you. Use information from the Internet and/or books, etc., to complete this assignment. The following sites may be helpful:

FEATURED SAINTS BY DATE

There is a Saint of the Day for each day of the year.

They may or may not appear on their officially designated feast day,

but this site does provide information on saints.

Features/Saints/bysoddate.aspx

Catholic Online

Provides information on thousands of saints

saints

Catholic Saints

Provides basic information about the saints



Catholic Pages Directory: Saints

Provides links to books, articles, and information about saints

dir/saints.asp



A source of facts about each saint with short life summaries



THE REPORT (70 points)

Complete a three paragraph, typed (1.5 spaced, size 12 font, Times New Roman or similar, 1” margin) paper about your saint. Your paper should state and explain at least 3 interesting facts or bits of information about your saint. These may include: a short life summary of your saint, a description of the saint’s legacy (i.e. did they establish a school?), the feast day of your saint and why that is the feast day, their patronage (i.e. Saint John Baptist De La Salle is the patron saint of teachers), a description of the importance of your saint, and/or unique facts or information about your saint. Use your own words. Plagiarism carries a double detention penalty and is actually against the law. Your report must have a works cited page or bibliography on an attached piece of paper. You should have at least 2 sources. Be sure to follow the format on the attached instruction sheet.

THE PRESENTATION (15 points)

You will be presenting your saint to the class, providing information that is both interesting and informative. Included in your presentation should be unique and interesting facts about your saint, the feast day, and his/her patronage(s). You should be well prepared for this presentation but should NOT read directly from your paper. You are encouraged to prepare one note card with bullet points written on it to assist you with your presentation.

RUBRIC (5 points)

You will receive 5 points for turning in your rubric with your assignment. This is an EASY five points!

This project is due Friday, March 9th, 2018.

Points will be deducted from late work. Use your time wisely!

Correct Heading

(Name)

(Class and period)

(Date)

Title (This can be as simple as your saint’s name)

Catholic Saints Research Project Rubric

Student Name _______________________________________________

Name of Saint _____________________________________________

________ RUBRIC (5 points) Rubric is stapled to back of the assignment.

________ REPORT (70 points)

________ Paper is three paragraphs, typed, 1.5 spaced, Times New Roman (or similar) size 12 font, no more

than a 1” margin. (5 pts)

________ (first paragraph) Introduction clearly states the topic and makes me want to read more! (10 points)

________ (second paragraph) 3 or more interesting facts/bits of information, stated and explained. (30 points)

(Follow the “Mel-CON” format for this paragraph)

________ (third paragraph) Conclusion clearly summarizes and concludes your paper. (10 points)

________ Correct use of spelling & grammar, and proper heading as noted above (10 points)

________ Accurate bibliography on separate page – at least 2 sources (5 points)

_________PRESENTATION (15 points)

_________present unique and interesting facts about your saint (5 points)

_________include feast day and patronage (5 points)

_________well prepared for presentation (5 points)

Total _______________/90 Saints Project

This project is due Friday, March 9th, 2018.

Points will be deducted from late work. Use your time wisely!

Writing a Bibliography: MLA Format

Below are standard formats and examples for basic bibliographic information recommended by the Modern Language Association (MLA). For more information on the MLA format, see .

Basics

Your list of works cited should begin at the end of the paper on a new page with the centered title, Bibliography. Alphabetize the entries in your list by the author's last name, using the letter-by-letter system (ignore spaces and other punctuation.) If the author's name is unknown, alphabetize by the title, ignoring any A, An, or The. The publication names should be in italics as they are shown below.

Hanging Indentation

All MLA citations should use hanging indents, that is, the first line of an entry should be flush left, and the second and subsequent lines should be indented 1/2".

Capitalization, Abbreviation, and Punctuation

The MLA guidelines specify using title case capitalization - capitalize the first words, the last words, and all principal words, including those that follow hyphens in compound terms. Use lowercase abbreviations to identify the parts of a work (e.g., vol. for volume, ed. for editor) except when these designations follow a period.

Separate author, title, and publication information with a period followed by one space. Use a colon and a space to separate a title from a subtitle. Include other kinds of punctuation only if it is part of the title. Use quotation marks to indicate the titles of short works appearing within larger works (e.g., "Memories of Childhood." American Short Stories).

Format Examples

Books

Format:

Author's last name, first name. Book title. City of publication: Publishing company, publication

date.

Example:

Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic

Society, 1974.

Encyclopedia & Dictionary

Format:

Author's last name, first name. "Title of Article." Title of Encyclopedia. Date.

Example:

Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. "Falcon and Falconry." World Book Encyclopedia. 1980.

Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Format:

Author's last name, first name. "Article title." Periodical title Volume # Date: inclusive pages.

Note: If an edition is named on the masthead, add a comma after the date and specify the edition.

Examples:

Kanfer, Stefan. "Heard Any Good Books Lately?" Time 113 21 July 1986: 71-72.

Website or Webpage

Format:

Author's last name, first name (if available). "Title of work within a project or database." Title of

site, project, or database. Editor (if available). Electronic publication information (Date

of publication or of the latest update, and name of any sponsoring institution or

organization). Date of access and .

Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available.

Example:

Devitt, Terry. "Lightning injures four at music festival." The Why? Files. 2 Aug. 2001. 23 Jan.

2002 .

Below is what a Bibliography page should look like, using the examples from above. (Remember this would be on a separate page and attached to the back of your paper. Your rubric should be attached behind this page.)

Bibliography

Allen, Thomas B. Vanishing Wildlife of North America. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic

Society, 1974.

Devitt, Terry. "Lightning injures four at music festival." The Why? Files. 2 Aug. 2001. 23 Jan.

2002 .

Kanfer, Stefan. "Heard Any Good Books Lately?" Time 113 21 July 1986: 71-72.

Pettingill, Olin Sewall, Jr. "Falcon and Falconry." World Book Encyclopedia. 1980.

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