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Senior Project

1. Team work (attendance, participation, maintain journal reporting of process)
2. (5) page Research Paper
3. Community Connection
4. Teaching Class (1 - 5 periods)

Presentation to panel and class

Research Paper
1. Topic and key question to investigate

2. Selecting appropriate resources
Each team member needs (5) different sources of information:
reference books
circulating collection
magazines
newspapers
databases (ERIC, internet search engines,…)
audiovisuals
surveys
interviews

3. Acquiring general information

4. Adopting a note-taking system

5. Creating an outline

6. Writing an introduction

7. Writing a rough draft

8. Incorporating quotations

9. Writing a conclusion

10. Revising and editing

11. Citing sources and documenting information

Research Paper - Evaluation Checklist
Key Question: ________________________________________________
Group Members: _____________________________________________


Research Skill: [30 points]
1. _____ Key Question for investigation.
2. _____ Variety of resources (5/team member).
3. _____ Quality of sources.
4. _____ Adopted note-taking system.
5. _____ Use of significant quotations.
6. _____ Ackowledgement of sources.

Writing Skills: [40 points]
1. _____ Thesis statement.
2. _____ Outline.
3. _____ Introductory paragraph.
4. _____ Rough draft.
5. _____ Conclusion.
6. _____ Unity and coherence.
7. _____ Grammar and usage.
8. _____ Logistics (spelling, capitals, punctuation, quotes, transitions)

Manuscript Form:[30 points]
1. _____ Evidence of proofreading
2. _____ Neatness = Font 12, double-spaced, 1" margins, (1) tab paragraph indent
3. _____ Title and outline pages.
4. _____ Body of paper.
5. _____ Bibliography

Grade

Project Schedule
Directions: Make a schedule of the activities and tasks necessary to accomplish your project. Give specific times and dates. Include all significant deadlines and milestones.

Name: _________________________
Key Question: ____________________________________________________________

Activity
I. Research Paper
1. Key question to investigate.

2. Each member has collected (5) different resources, reviewed the information, created index cards.

3. Creating an outline.

4. Writing an introduction.

5. Writing a rough draft.

6. Writing a conclusion.

7. Revising and editing.

8. Finished manuscript.

Completion Date

Wednesday, April 2

Wednesday, April 9

Friday, April 11

Wednesday, April 16

Wednesday, April 30

Friday, May 2

Friday, May 9

Wednesday, May 14