INFORMATION ABOUT THE
LONG REPORT:
To help you begin choosing an appropriate topic, conducting
research, and developing the report
The following information is very important in getting you started
with the Long Report, which will count a major part of your overall grade.
The following discussion covers work you will be doing for several weeks,
begining with the Tentative Topic, due the third week of class, and then
the Proposal, which will be due the sixth week of class. You will
need to come back to this information many times during this quarter as
you develop the Proposal, Sentence Outline, Note Cards, and the Long Report
itself.
Review the Long Report Information
(especially the section on Sample
Long Report Topics) for more information and some ideas about this
initial topic. Consult the English 303 Internet Table of Contents for information
about the Long Report, including examples of the
Report
sections.
The links below will take you to a discussion Researching the Long Report;
it includes some Internet sources covering a wide range of topics.
As you review the long report information, notice that the Long Report
is to be written as a comparison and contrast, with several possible solutions
and several criteria, just as your first, in-class paper was done.
The content of that report must follow your Sentence Outline as to content,
order, and subdivisions.
You must become familiar with ALL of the information explained the section
on Researching the Long Report.
How to begin gathering data,
drafting, and revising the Long Report:
Read the following material carefully and thoroughly
to prepare you for researching and writing the Long Report:
As part of this course, you are
to learn how to conduct and document research. At this point in the
course, it is necessary for you to be conducting library and internet research
to collect the data needed for your 2000-word report.
The following link will show you
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how research should be done to get the information for note cards,
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how information is transferred from the original sources to the note
and bibliography cards, and
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how the information from the note cards is transferred into your paper,
with the proper documentation.
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This link also lists sources of information that
can be used for your report and lists several search engines to use for
finding information.
Researching
the Long Report
This information is critical
information for your success in researching and writing the long report. |
How
to Make and Use Note Cards
As the first part of your research
documentation, Note Cards are due. You are to turn in
the following as beginning source material for your paper:
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5 bibliography
cards
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15 notes from those 5 sources
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A photocopied page of the source
used for one of the notes from each of the 5 sources; in other words, one
photocopied page from each source
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Highlight or underline, on the
photocopied page, the part of the text that you placed on the note card.
Put the card letter beside the underlined or highlighted text.
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If Internet
material is used, turn in hard copies of the source pages, with the part
used on the note card highlighted. Be sure to include the Internet
address.
The following link will show you
specifically how to do these note cards and source copies:
Instructions
for Doing the Note Cards
If Internet material is used, turn in hard
copies of the source pages; be sure to include the Internet address. |
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Grading
the Long Report
You must become familiar with ALL of the information in Researching
the Long Report. When the Long Report is
graded, the following deductions will be made if the Long Report is not
done according to the instruction given on the English 303 web site.
This information should help you see important areas of emphasis in developing
and writing the Report.
If the instructions are not clear to you, email,
call, or go by to see Dr. Minor. This paper makes up a major part
of your grade.
LONG REPORT AREA OF IMPORTANCE: |
EFFECT ON LONG REPORT GRADE: |
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Note Cards not turned in to be checked before the paper is submitted: |
1 letter grade (10 points) off the Long Report
Grade |
Paper not documented exactly according the instruction given
in Researching the Long Report: |
2 letter grades (20 points) off the Long Report
Grade |
Paper not subdivided as instructed in the material on the Long Report
and the student's Sentence Outline |
1 letter grade (10 points) or more, according
to how much the paper deviates from the assigned structure |
If the Long Report is undocumented (it has no citations in the text
or they do not ACCURATELY show the sources used) |
Minimum: Grade of F on the Long Report
Maximum: Final Grade of F in the course |
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