Purpose: To give the writer the opportunity to learn more about a career that he/she is interested in and what he/she needs to do to prepare for a future in this area. To provide the writer with experience conducting research, evaluating sources, integrating multiple sources into his/her writing, and writing a longer paper.
Assignment:
Thesis: This paper will focus on a career field, major area of study, or profession that you plan to pursue or have an interest in. Therefore, your research paper needs to have a clear and specific thesis that addresses the question: \”What must I do in order to successfully reach my career/professional goal?\” (Hint: remember that a good way to create a thesis is to form a question and then answer that question. To form your thesis for your research paper, I advise you to turn the above question into a statement.)
Support: Your paper needs to be supported with varied and valid research. You will need to incorporate into your paper a minimum of three sources, two of which are from the library. These may include the Internet, pamphlets, reference materials from the library, an on-line database source (pro quest), newspaper articles, college catalogs, films, etc.
Organization: You will want to choose a format that best fits your content. For many of you, this will probably be in the structure of a process essay that goes step by step through the process you will need to take to reach your goal. Organizing by categories might also work with a category for education, job experience, personal characteristics, etc. Make sure that the content and structure match, and the paper overall stays on topic. You will also want to incorporate strong paragraph structure, and the paper will need an introduction and conclusion.
Format: This paper should be 4-5 pages in length. It needs to be typed, double spaced, in 12 point font, with 1 inch margins all around. No cover sheet is needed.
Citations: All sources in your paper need to be correctly cited using MLA guidelines. This includes parenthetical citations within the text of your paper. You will not need to do a Works Cited page at the end of the paper. (This will be a good goal to learn in your next writing class.)
First Draft Due: (Bring 3 Copies)
Final Draft Due: with Writers Memo
This assignment will be assessed according to the following:
Thesis: Does your paper have a clear thesis that answers the assigned question in one clear sentence? 20 pts.
Support/Development: Do you support your thesis with at least three sources (two of which are from the library)? Is there enough to fully support your thesis? 30pts.
Paper Organization: Does the paper follow basic essay structure (introduction, body, conclusion)? Does each paragraph connect to the one previous to it and to the thesis for the paper? Are transitions used to show connections between ideas? 30 pts.
Introduction and Conclusion: Are the introduction and conclusion present? Does the introduction catch the readers attention and state the thesis? Does the conclusion summarize what was said in the essay?
Paragraph Organization: Does the paper have clear and effective paragraphs that have topic sentences and are well developed with concrete examples, stories, and/or summaries? Does each paragraph focus on just one idea that supports the thesis?
Grammar and Mechanics: Is the paper well edited and proofread for the grammar and mechanics conventions? Do the sentences convey meaning in a way that is clear to the reader? Is source material cited with in-text citations? 10 pts.
Is your writers memo attached? This assignment is the same one you wrote for your wiki. However, you will answer the questions for this first paper instead of answering them for your wiki as you did previously. It is reflective piece that will ask you to detail the process you went through to write the paper as well as what you learned through this process. 10 pts.
Points above are times 1.5.
The paper is worth 150 points total
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