Research Paper: Sierra Club (DUE Monday, April 11, 2021)

SAMPLE Questions to be considered:

1) What are these entities, agencies, or organizations?

2) What impact do they make, and how, to who?

3) What are the programs, elements, characteristics of each?

4) Who runs these topics, or how were they run or directed?

5) How have they inspired a culture or community within wellness and recreation?

6) Are there any particular people who were involved?

7) Are there specific items or places to highlight?

8) What is the legacy or lasting perspective for your topic

9) Why is knowing about this topic important to the field of recreation or community leadership?

FIRST: Research SEVERAL areas regarding your topic from several resources -take notes. 

PROJECT:  Write a 5-page research paper, double space, 12 pt font on the assigned topic and relate to parks and recreation which have made an impact in our world.  

DIRECTIONS:  Per your assigned topic, develop a thorough and insightful appealing paper.  Your paper must:

1) Introduce the audience to the topic .

2) Indicate the significance of the topic through illustrating what the topic was involved with or who.

3) Introduce others who were inspired or mentored by your topic and what they were led to accomplish through knowing or associating with your topic

4) List and detail major or significant accomplishments or achievements which made an impact in the realm of parks, recreation, or the leisure field.

5) Conclude the presentation with a lasting impression of who your topic was and why we are speaking about he/she in this course.

FIRST: Research SEVERAL areas regarding your topic from several resources -take notes. 

SECOND:  Develop an outline that includes where you want to take the reader.

THIRD: Write in a descriptive manner, and then proofread or have a class peer read over and share ideas for growth and betterment.  Your paper wants to:

1) Introduce the audience to the topic.

2) Indicate the significance of the topic through illustrating what the topic was involved with or who.

3) Introduce others who were inspired or mentored by your topic and what they were led to accomplish through knowing or associating with your topic

4) List and detail major or significant accomplishments or achievements which made an impact in the realm of parks, recreation, or the leisure field.

5) Conclude the presentation with a lasting impression of who your topic was and why we are speaking about he/she in this course.

MAJOR AREAS TO CONCENTRATE ON:

1) cited or referenced work. Make sure you do so correctly. Please review the OWL at Purdue APA guidelines for proper citation and referencing work. If you're not citing and referencing ANY material (3 -6 articles minimum) then you are plagiarizing and will receive a zero on the project. Wikipedia IS NOT a reference. Any use of Wikipedia will result in a zero.

2) Overuse of citations or references - you should normally only cite an authors' work no more than 2 times in a paragraph, otherwise you will need to summarize and synthesize that author, because it will appear that all you are doing is re-writing their work, and not processing the information.

3) IMAGES. The example and the instructions and my lecture explicitly stated the need to highlight and illustrate images with reference to and citations on said images. Images must be relevant, high quality, and help "tell" the story. No images will yield a failing grade. And images must be kept neat, tidy, within text, and have captions labeling them from reference, i.e. (Image 1: The Leaning Tower of Pisa at dusk) or (Table 1: A Comparison and Contrast of Major Sporting Events during COVID-19 Seasons Cut Short).

4) Connection based on your insight and perspectives and real explicit contribution to recreation and leisure studies. This is YOUR perspective from YOUR research - most of this will NOT be cited or referenced, unless it pertains to aligning with another thought.

5) No real conclusion. Make a point and end it....

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What is a descriptive essay?

The descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe something—object, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc. This genre encourages the student’s ability to create a written account of a particular experience through knowledge or research – immersion in the topic. What is more, this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid in the mind of the reader).

Here are some

· Brainstorm & Research

For instance, if you choose pizza, you might start by writing down a few words: sauce, cheese, crust, pepperoni, sausage, spices, hot, melted, etc. Once you have written down some words, you can begin by compiling descriptive lists for each one.

· Use Clear & Concise Language.

This means that words are chosen carefully, particularly for their relevancy in relation to that which you are intending to describe.

· Choose Vivid Language.

Why use horse when you can choose stallion? Why not use tempestuous instead of violent? Or why not miserly in place of cheap? Such choices form a firmer image in the mind of the reader and often times offer nuanced meanings that serve better one’s purpose.

· Leave A Clear Impression.

One of your goals is to evoke a strong sense of familiarity and appreciation in the reader. If your reader can walk away from the essay craving the very pizza you just described, you are on your way to writing effective descriptive essays.

· Be Organized!

It is easy to fall into an incoherent rambling of emotions and senses when writing a descriptive essay. However, you must strive to present an organized and logical description if the reader is to come away from the essay with a cogent sense of what it is you are attempting to describe.