ESSAY

ENGLISH 102 FINAL RESEARCH PAPER INSTRUCTIONS

NAME: DATE: March 22, 2021

INSTRUCTIONS: This week, you will begin the process of researching and drafting your final resarch paper. The paper will be on a topic of your choosing. The best paper topics are topics that either work within what you belive your major will be, or on a topic you have genuine personal curiosity about. The paper must be researched using primarily academic sources, and like all academic papers, work to try to give the reader new insights and ideas (or even facts in some cases) into the topic selected.

The assignments and deadlines for the rest of the semester are all built with the final paper in mind.

The final paper project is as follows:

· PROPOSAL: the proposal for the final paper, which you will complete online on Wednesday, March 31.

· RESEARCH for the final paper, which will take place in the next several weeks, possibly up until the final paper is submitted. That is your decision.

· DRAFT: roughly a 3-page draft of the final paper, due Midnight on April 22.

· ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY of what you consider the primary sources for your final paper (at least three), due Midnight on April 29.

· IN-CLASS PRESENTATION, 5-10 minutes, discussing your thesis and what you learned from your research – possibly including information or facts that may not be a part of your final draft – to be presented on May 3.

· FINAL DRAFT of the paper, 6-8 pages long (not including the works cited/bibliography) due at Midnight on May 7.

Be aware that points for the grade are due at each of these stages. Classes will be used to help workshop your project, strategize for your research, think about alternative methods of research (including personal interviews and visits), and at least two personal reviews of your drafts – one with me, a second with a classmate.