STEPS TO RESEARCH PAPER Students sign the honesty pledge (no giving or taking of answers on library packet). Parents are invited to come for presentation of library packet unit. Teacher hands out library packet, explains all parts (including the MLA Handbook ), and assigns due date -- approximately six weeks away. Students take field trip to college/university library to have orientation over search-and-find library packet. The library packet includes the following:
Students hand in their library packets for evaluation grade. Teacher hands back the library packets and explains all sections. Students hand in their library packets before taking the test over the packet. The test includes mostly essay questions where students explain the sequential steps for locating certain designated information sources. The teacher hands out a list of contemporary issues. Students take home a topic permission form. Students and parents discuss the topics and decide on five. Parents sign the permission form giving permission for their child to research any of the five selected topics. The parents are invited to attend the classroom instruction sessions where the research paper is explained to the students. Students write their expository research papers, and they are placed in the students' permanent writing folders which are passed to the English II teacher. Students present a persuasive speech based upon the same topic that they researched. ENGLISH II Students have completed English I steps to the research paper. Students have completed the English I research paper. The teacher hands out a list of contemporary issues. Students take home a topic permission form. Students and parents discuss the topics and decide on five. Parents sign the permission form giving permission for their child to research any of the five selected topics. The English II teacher checks each student's permanent writing folder to make sure that new topics have been selected. The parents are invited to attend the classroom instruction sessions where the research paper is explained to the students. Students write their expository research papers, and they are placed in the students' permanent writing folders which are passed to the English III teacher. Students present a persuasive speech based upon the same topic that they researched. ENGLISH III The teacher hands out the list of American topics at least six weeks prior to the start of the research process. Students take home the topic permission form. Students and parents discuss the topics and decide on five. Parents sign the form giving permission for their child to research any of the five selected topics. Students will choose and read an American fiction or non-fiction selection which was written by or about the student's topic. After reading the selection, the student will research what critics have said about it. The parents are invited to attend the classroom instruction sessions where the research paper is explained to the students. Students will write their expository research papers. In their research papers, students will weave together information which they have gleaned from researching their topic, from reading their selection, and from researching literary criticism on the selection. Research papers are placed in the students' permanent writing folders which are passed to the English IV teacher. ENGLISH IV The teacher hands out the list of British topics at least six weeks prior to the start of the research process. Students take home the topic permission form. Students and parents discuss the topics and decide on five. Parents sign the form giving permission for their child to research any of the five selected topics. Students will choose and read a British fiction or non-fiction selection which was written by or about the student's topic. After reading the selection, the student will research what critics have said about it. The parents are invited to attend the classroom instruction sessions where the research paper is explained to the students. Students will write their expository research papers. In their research papers, students will weave together information which they have gleaned from researching their topic, from reading their selection, and from researching literary criticism on the selection. The research papers are placed in the students' permanent writing folders which are given to the students after graduation. *We at Central Texas Christian School feel that learning mastery of the research process is vital to a student's success in college; therefore, CTCS students will write research papers in English I, II, III, and IV. The senior research paper is of particular importance. If a student fails to submit a senior research paper or if a student submits a research paper that is not deemed acceptable for grading, a disclaimer will be placed on that student's high-school transcript. The disclaimer will read: "Student did not complete the requirements of the senior research paper."
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