Essay (Kim Woods)
Unit 5 Project – TIPS!!!
Read the instructions CAREFULLY!!
Read over your U3 paper feedback – implement changes in your U5 paper/approach to your U5 paper to address the issues/feedback from your U3 paper…
Read the grading rubric before you finish your project. Preferably, you should read the grading rubric before you start your project
Create an outline before you start typing your paper
o Use the KEY WORDS from the questions in your outline
Your textbook and the video you choose should be your first stop for information – BOTH should be cited throughout your paper and referenced at the end.
o You can supplement the text and video with other sources (no Wikis though!).
o Make sure to cite (parenthetical – in text – citation) and reference all your sources using APA formatting
Make sure to clearly state the video you are using – use 1 video for the entire paper (same video/experiment for all the questions)
Use the template provided in Announcements
o Keep the questions provided in the template in your final paper
o Remove and/or edit (whatever is needed for the location) the red font from the template
o Link in concepts from the text into each part of your paper
Use examples from the video to demonstrate the text concepts
**Make sure you define terms before using them in your paper
· Each section/paragraph should contain APA formatted citations
Make sure that your paper clearly addresses the themes and concepts from the text and you clearly link them to the chosen video/experiment.
· **I would encourage you to have at least 1 full paragraph (may need 2-3 though) for each of the questions (your content should be 2-4 pages – at a minimum, it should be 2 FULL pages)
Make sure to address all questions in your paper
Use the KEY WORDS from the questions in your paragraph
Your body of your paper (not including the title page and reference page) should be at least 2 FULL pages, with a max of 4 pages
o If it is longer, that is okay! But, you should be able to cover all the questions in 4 pages
APA
o The entire paper should be in APA format -- **Use the template provided in Announcements
o Use citations in every paragraph in which you use information from a source
o Make sure to use the APA formatted citation for your text – located in Announcements. There is no reason why anyone should not know how to properly cite their text!
o Include a separate title and reference page (which is already formatted for you in the template).
o Use the proper APA-formatted reference for your text. There is no reason why anyone should not be able to include a proper text reference
o Use an APA-formatted title page and reference page
o Papers should be consistently double-spaced using MSWord’s paragraph function
Plagiarism
o No more than 20% of your paper should be “quoted” material
Your TII report should be less than 10%
o You MUST enclose EXACT WORDS within “quote marks” (Surname, date, p. #).
o After each quote, you must include a citation which includes a page #
o Plagiarized papers will be handled on a case by case basis – lowered grade, or earn 0 and report to university, etc…
o You may NOT reuse old papers, unless you carefully follow the re-use policy. Otherwise, it is plagiarism
Make use of the Writing Center for assistance with your writing skills and for APA formatting
o If you use their Paper Review process, please submit to the writing center EARLY – they usually need 48-72 business hours to return feedback to you.
o Use MSWord’s spell check and grammar check to help with proper academic writing
o Please indent each new paragraph