Class
1. Turn in your second draft of the Wikipedia reflection. If you don't have it, leave it for homework.
2. Work on the Research Paper. The final draft must be about 7 double spaced pages, or 1,800 words including the Works Cited page and use 3-5 (or more) sources to prove a thesis of your choice about the Net and/or Web. Use Modern Language Association style to document your sources. You may use images to illustrate your ideas, but make sure you explain and acknowledge the images properly.
Steps required for the Research Paper. All these steps must be taken to have your paper evaluated. Please turn in the proposal, outline, 3 drafts, 3 feedback, and checklist together for evaluation. Turn these in by Wednesday, May 29.
- Research Question (or submit a new question)
- Research Proposal
- Research Outline (Tentative thesis + topic sentences + possible evidence)
- 1st Draft
- Reader Feedback (2 people needed)
- 2nd Draft (revision of draft 1)
- Writing Center Feedback (optional) and/or Reader feedback (1 person needed)
- 3d Draft (revision of draft 2)
- Essay Checklist
While writing or after you write the Research Paper, turn it into a XED Talk of about 1-2 pages. The XED Talk must cover the most important findings of your research paper and be worded to a specific audience. The XED Talk will be a digital document, so it will point to sources and resources through hyperlinks for free Web sources and footnotes for print and Deep Web sources.
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- Go on to the next step of the research; hopefully the first draft of the essay
