Senior Project Notes Requirements Woodland Hills High School Pages 14-18 Senior Project Handbook

Cover Page Every step in the Senior Project process from now on must have a cover page (see page 14) On cover page: Your name English teacher’s name Adviser’s name Assignment Date submitted to English teacher Spaces for English teacher & Adviser to indicate date received and initial No cover page = work not accepted Download a cover page on Dr. Moschetta’s website: English or English 12 Advanced Senior Project page

Notes from One Source Due Early 2 weeks before the deadline Submit notes from one source to English teacher Also submit a copy of the source (no books!) Due date: Wednesday, October 19 Purpose: To check that students are formatting, paraphrasing, and citing notes correctly If incorrect, feedback allows students to correct their mistakes

Minimum Notes Requirements 6 sources (includes source turned in early) Three different kinds At least one must be your firsthand source Minimum 15-20 facts per source Rubric Wording: “Note-taking from this source is thorough” Due Date: November 2, 2011

What to Research Background on the topic How the controversy developed, history, etc. Maximum 25% of notes on background Arguments/support for one side of the issue Arguments/support for the other side of the issue Approximately 75% of notes should be on the arguments Close to evenly split between the 2 sides – more on your side

Format for Notes See page 16 in Senior Project Handbook List of notes Typed/handwritten Different page for each source Source information at top of each page – MLA format Page numbers for print sources only

Credibility of Sources Refer to page 12 in Handbook Credibility, accuracy, reasonableness, support Not credible sources = not allowed: Wikipedia Ask.com Yahoo Answers Blog posts Message boards (except in some firsthand research cases)

How Not To Plagiarize Go over pages 31-33 in Handbook

What to Turn In: Cover Page For each source: MLA formatted source information AT LEAST 15-20 facts summarized, paraphrased, or quoted (as few quotes as possible) Printed out copy of the original source, attached to the notes (does not apply to books) Web page printout, magazine/newspaper article, etc.

How to Turn In: In your Senior Project Folder Cover Page on top Attach notes, source information, and printed copy of source – 6 “packets” like this On time Penalty for late work (includes absence) Do not come to class on the due date and ask if you can go print your sources