Major Research Assignment

 

Possible Assignment Topics

 

Vikings

Beothuk

Inshore Fishing

Salt Fish

Newfie Bullet

1929 Tsunami

Innu

Truck System

The French

 

 

Mining

Pulp & Paper

Farming

W.W. I

Sealing

Labrador fishery

The Grand Banks

Pirates

Fortifications

 

 

APA Research Method

 

 

 

Gr. 8 Social Studies Research Paper

2009-2010

 

Requirements:

 

  • In APA Style
  • Topic must be approved by your teacher
  • You must have five references (three can be online references)
  • Be very careful of plagiarism-Document your work

 

What you have to pass in

 

  • Your final draft
  • Your outline/jot notes
  • Your rough draft

 

Evaluation:

 

Process:

Value:

Score:

Outline / jot notes Completed week of Dec. 18

Due  Dec. 18

20

 

 

 

 

Rough Draft – Passed in –On time

Due Jan. 22

10

 

 

 

 

Finished Product – Due Feb. 12

 

 

Style (sentence fluency, voice, sentence structure, diction)

10

 

Conventions (spelling, punctuation, presentation)

10

 

References cited (appropriate, correct format)

20

 

Essay format (content, organization, introduction, conclusion    

30

 

 

 

 

 

Total Score:

 

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Grade 8 – Social Studies Research Paper
Outline and Jot notes

 

 

Name__________________________________

 

Use the following pages to prepare for your Research and Writing.

 

Write three topic ideas about Newfoundland History which interest you: (6)

 

 

 

 

On which topic have you decided to write your paper? (2)

 

 

Write a sentence or two to tell more specifically what idea or question will you explore about your topic. (4)

 

 

 

 

 

Find three websites with information on this topic and write the following for each: (30)

#1

Website address
Author’s Name
Title of article etc.

 

 

 

 

 
 
On the lines below write information from the above website that you feel you could use for part of your paper. If you need more space, write on the back of this sheet or use a loose leaf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#2

Website address
Author’s Name
Title of article etc.

 

 

 

 

 
 
On the lines below write information from the above website that you feel you could use for part of your paper. If you need more space, write on the back of this sheet or use a loose leaf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#3

Website address
Author’s Name
Title of article etc.

 

 

 

 

 
 
On the lines below write information from the above website that you feel you could use for part of your paper. If you need more space, write on the back of this sheet or use a loose leaf.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Outline

 

 

Title: __________________________________

 

 

In this section, use this chart to write an outline for your paper. On the left, write possible topic sentences and on the right, write three ideas for each. Some of these ideas may come from the research you have already completed. (25)

 

 

Introduction:

 

 

Thesis (main idea)

 

 

 

 

Write one idea below that you would consider using for an attention grabber in the introduction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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B. _____________________________

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C. _____________________________

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Topic 1

 

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Topic 2

 

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Topic 3

 

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C. _____________________________

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Conclusion:

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C. _____________________________

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