Murillo

Course Name: English IV Instructor: Caroline Murillo Project: Research/Persuasion Paper Objectives: Students develop a position of advocacy through reading, writing, speaking, listening, and using media NC Standard Course of Study Objectives: 1.01; 1.02; 1.03; 2.01; 2.02; 2.03; 2.04; 3.01; 3.02; 3.03; 4.01; 4.02; 4.03; 6.01; 6.02 Technology Tools: Internet (Firefox and/or Safari); Search Engines (iBoogie, Google, Dogpile, Yahoo, etc.); NC Live; Citation Machine; Power Point; Photo Booth Explanation of "How Technology Made This Possible": Without technology, this lesson would be very tedious and involve unnecessary time spent on formatting. Technology opens up, literally, a world of information, (the Internet), for students to use in order to conduct their research. Students are able to use their laptops to research at their own pace. Having the laptops enables students to have instant access to research without any restrictions of time or conflicts with the computer lab. Technology allows students to learn MLA formatting in a lucid manner with CitationMachine.net, and then format it in Microsoft Word. For their speeches, technology allows students to show visuals in enhance their arguments when presenting them to the class.

=__**Research/Persuasion Paper**__=

-YOU WILL NEED A MINIMUM OF 4 SOURCES (ONLY 2 CAN BE INTERNET WEBSITES) ; the other sources must be books, journals, or other printed media (does not mean you can't use the Internet to find printed sources) -YOU WILL NEED A TITLE PAGE THAT WILL BE A PART OF YOUR FINAL PAPER’S GRADE (no pictures, no "funny" font) -title of paper (centered about 2/3 of the way down): larger font -your name, my name, subject, period, date (close to bottom): smaller font -Your paper must include documentation of all sources within the text of the paper (in-text parenthetical citations) -YOU MAY NOT READ YOUR PAPER FOR YOUR SPEECH -YOU MAY HAVE 1 NOTECARD THAT YOU USE TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE SPEECH -YOUR SPEECH WILL NOT ONLY BE GRADED ON ITS CONTENT, BUT ALSO ON YOUR DELIVERYY (grammar, enunciation, voice intonations, confidence, posture, ease, comfortableness)
 * FORMAT: PAPER WILL NEED TO BE 3-4 PAGES IN LENGTH (not including the bibliography page), TYPED, DOUBLE-SPACED, 12 pt. font (TIMES NEW ROMAN), 1” MARGINS
 * SPEECH: YOUR SPEECH WILL NEED TO BE 2-3 MINUTES IN LENGTH

-IF YOU ARE NOT WORING DILIGENTLY, IT WILL REFLECT IN YOUR DAILY GRADE!
 * EVERY DAY YOU WILL GET A CLASSWORK GRADE: IF YOU ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY, YOU WILL RECEIVE A “100”
 * IF YOU LOSE THIS PIECE OF PAPER, YOU WILL RECEIVE A “0” FOR ALL THINGS THAT WE’VE DONE UP TO THAT POINT


 * If you lose this piece of paper, I will NOT give you another one and you will lose ALL points you have acquired up until that point.