Research

Research DUE DATES:

Author notes: May 11 Time Period notes: May 15 Literary Criticism notes: May 17 Final paper submitted electronically (for full credit): May 22 Absolute last chance to submit research paper: May 25

"Why is May 25 the last chance to submit my research paper? I gotta graduate, yo!"

The final exam for English IV is Tuesday, May 29. The third six week grading period's grades will be completed on Friday, May 25. I'm not grading any more research papers after the 25th. I know that sounds mean, but I don't care.

AP Kiddies: Your research paper is due May 25. Badda bing. Badda boom.

REMEMBER: Those that use their time wisely never feel stressed when it comes to time for due dates.

British History Timeline - GREAT timeline of British history

Timeline of England- AWESOME timeline of British history. Really cool interactive timeline.

Classic Authors - Not a lot of authors listed, but it hits on some of the big ones

NC Wise Owl High School Zone

Citation Machine: Use this link to create a works cited page the EASY way New York Times - RELIABLE source for current news on all sorts of topics

Encyclopedia.com

Newspaper Search on NC Wise Owl - AWESOME search tool for combing through newspaper article

Literary criticism on NC Wise Owl - Password is Wiseowl to access

Internet Public Library literary criticisms - Great literary criticism source

Literary criticism guide for high school & college students - Outlines the basics of writing a literary criticism

Step 1: Pick an author from the list. READ YOUR ASSIGNED STORY (Insert "Duh" comment here)

Step 2: Using the library, find AT LEAST Four (4) sources ( 2 book, 2 electronic) on your author or book. Record their information as your sources using the citation machine.

Step 3: Begin taking notes on your author or book. Remember that your research will cover the author, four events from that time period, and a literary criticism on their work.

-Research your author's life -Research four events that happened during the time your author was alive (make sure you know that basics - who, what, where, when, how, & why?)

Literary Criticism Using the Literary Criticism books in the reference section, or any of the online databases mentioned above, research info on your author's works. Take notes on your author's works and look for common themes, ideas, or terms that you would feel comfortable writing about. Some key ideas could include: -evidence of irony -evidence of suspense -different or common themes present in the author's work(s) -connections between the author's work and the author's life or time period -evidence of foreshadowing Everyone's literary criticism will be different because every author is different.




 * Emailing your research papers
 * 1stperiod: beanfirstperiod@gmail.com
 * 3rd period: beanthirdperiod@gmail.com
 * What do I include?

SEND ALL THREE DOCUMENTS AS ATTACHMENTS!!!
 * Paper (6 pages, double spaced, times new roman, 12 font, leave the margins ALONE)
 * Title page (Name, period, title, date)
 * Works cited page
 * Pssstt…..for those of you that cannot count, that’s THREE (3) documents in ONE (1) email
 * Last but not least…
 * Put your NAME in the subject line!!
 * Psssttt…it’s because I may not know that ibeisalldat93@aol.com is your email address and I’m left wondering who sent me their research paper

MAKE SURE you are using INTERNAL CITATIONS!!!!!!  This sentence is a great example (Bean, pg. 45)  “Here is an example using quotes” (Bean, pg. 7).  Here is an example with no author (__Time__, pg. 34)

 Good rule to go by: any paragraph that contains information that you got from a source, use a citation at the end of the paragraph. In Australia, Wednesdays are considered to be sacred breakfast days where only pancakes and waffles are consumed, backwards, of course, and through the nose rather than the mouth. While most of society follows this practice, few “outsider” groups insist on eating using their mouths. (Bean)  Use more than one citation if you have a paragraph containing information from more than one source. Halloween was created by Jack Skeleton during America’s great depression of the 1930’s (Sanderelli). While most believe Skeleton was a lonely hermit, he had four sisters that he kept close to his heart (Hoyle).

Chris Jericho became the World Heavyweight Champion for the first time when he defeated “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in December of 2000. It was the first of three times that Jericho was able to defeat Austin during his career (Roberts).