Week of December 12

Frankenstein this week! I hope you love it and if you do, we might skip "A Christmas Carol"...

Monday, 12/12
Frankenstein

Tuesday, 12/13
Frankenstein

Wednesday, 12/14
Mercy Day

Thursday, 12/15
Frank or Christmas Carol

Friday, 12/16
Frank or Christmas Carol

Monday we will review and Tuesday is your comprehensive final exam! IT. IS. FINISHED! :)

Final Paper Format and Submission

YOU DID IT!!! Congratulations, you are finally finished with your research paper! Now what?

You will submit your paper in the brown envelope I gave you when we first started. You will not staple anything together at all. In that brown envelope should be the following components:

Index Cards (Source and Note)
Outline
Works Cited Page
Cover Sheet (this needs to have your name, the title of the paper, the date)
6-8 page research paper complete with in-text citations (and it should follow the outline) and numbered pages 2-___ (they should be in the upper right hand corner of pages 2-___ and should say your last name and the page number)-- YOU DO NOT NUMBER PAGE ONE. NOR DO YOU PUT A HEADING ON IT OR ANY OTHERS.

Today, you are going to work on finishing your paper and writing your abstract. I am also giving you a mini Frankenstein research topic but all you will need to do with it is look up your topic and then make a few notes on scrap paper or in your phone if you prefer.

Tomorrow, papers are due to be submitted to me at the beginning of the period and you must have your abstract in your hand in order to take part in research presentations. If you don't, it's a big fat zero. HAVE IT.

Frankenstein research needs to be finished by Friday.

Research Abstracts

Research Paper Abstract

Presentations

You need to compose an abstract of your paper that is about a paragraph or two in length.  This abstract will be used for your research presentations. Below is an excerpt from Carnegie-Mellon University on the contents of an abstract.

•       Motivation:

•       Why do we care about the problem and the results? (Why did you pick this topic? How is it a “legitimate” topic?)

•       Problem statement:

•       What problem are you trying to solve? What is the scope of your work? (What is your researchable question?)

•        Approach:

•       How did you go about solving or making progress on the problem? (What did you run into through the course of your research? Too broad? Too narrow? Hard time sorting through sources?)  What was the extent of your work? (What were your main points for and against?)

•       Results:

•       What's the answer? (What is your best argument for the side you chose to support?)

•       Conclusions:

•       What are the implications of your answer? (What is your call to action?)

Week of December 5

Monday, 12/5
Research
Type Paper

Tuesday, 12/6
No Class

Wednesday, 12/7
Abstracts
Research for Frank
Long class

Thursday, 12/8
Research Presentations
Papers due

Friday, 12/9
Mercy Day