10th grade Research Paper



English II Research Paper

You will draw the name of a country that will form the basis of your research paper. In an MLA formatted research paper, you will report the results of your research. You must cover the following topics:

• Culture – including languages spoken, education, and leisure activities.

• Literature – authors from this country, or literature written about this country.

• Political system currently practiced – past and current leaders and parties

• Economics – trade, agriculture, monetary system

• History – colonization, immigration, conflicts.

The paper must be a minimum of 3 pages, maximum 4 pages PLUS a “works cited” page. You must include the following sources:

• 2 Internet sources (NOT Wikipedia)

• 1 book

• 1 journal/article/periodical

Your paper must be typed.

Schedule:

We will go to the Media center on April 18, 19, 20 to do research. You must supply your own index cards or notebook paper. If you use a flash drive, you must also save your work in your folder on the H drive of the school server. A lost flash drive is your problem and will not be accepted as an excuse.

NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

You will have 5 days at home to organize your index cards and your information. On April 25-26 we will go to the Media center so that you may type your paper. You will need all your materials that day (for a grade).

Lastly, you will need to email your paper TO ME (scsexton@wsfcs.k12.nc.us), so that I may turn it in to to be checked for plagiarism.

You have 3 deadlines:

April 25 – Research and Information

April 28, 11:59 PM – Email to Mr. Sexton. Email has timestamps; NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

scsexton@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

April 29, Beginning of class, the typed stapled paper is due. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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