RESEARCH PAPER 2018

MRS. KUTSCHMAN – ENGLISH 3R

YOU WILL WRITE A THREE TO FOUR PAGE RESEARCH PAPER EXAMINING THE PARALLELS BETWEEN THE REAL LIFE OF THE AUTHOR F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND HIS FICTIONAL NOVEL, THE GREAT GATSBY.

THE PAPER WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:

  1. AN INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH INCLUDING A CLEAR THESIS STATEMENT.
  2. AT LEAST FIVEBODY PARAGRAPHS WHICH INCLUDE SOLID PROOF OF YOUR THESIS STATEMENT. YOU MUST FIND AT LEAST THREE OUTSIDE SOURCES TO HELP SUPPORT YOUR IDEAS. YOU MAY USE DATABASES SUCH AS GALE AND EBSCO, OR ANY OTHER ARTICLES FROM VALID ANDTRUSTWORTHY WEBSITES TO FIND YOUR OUTSIDE SOURCES. YOU MUST ALSO, OF COURSE, REFER TO AND QUOTE THE GREAT GATSBY. ALL INFORMATION FOUND IN ARTICLES, BOOKS, OR ON WEBSITES MUST BE DOCUMENTED USING MLA (MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION)CITATIONS. YOU WILL BE TAUGHT HOW TO PROPERLY USE THESE MLA CITATIONS ALONG WITH OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS PAPER DURING CLASS TIME. IT IS CRUCIAL THAT YOU PAY ATTENTION AND ASK QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS PAPER PROPERLY.YOU MUST INCLUDE AT LEAST FIVE QUOTES FROM YOUR OUTSIDE SOURCES/THE GREAT GATSBY (USING PROPER MLA FORMAT, OF COURSE) THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS.
  3. A CONCLUDING PARAGRAPH WHICH WILL RESTATE YOUR THESIS AND PUT A FINISHING TOUCH ON IDEAS PRESENTED THROUGHOUT YOUR PAPER.
  4. A PROPER MLA WORKS CITED PAGE WITH AT LEAST FOUR ENTRIES (THE GREAT GATSBY BOOK AND YOUR OTHER SOURCES).

*THIS ASSIGNMENT IS NEITHER A BOOK REPORT OR AN AUTHOR’S BIOGRAPHY. MUCH LIKE THE CRUCIBLE/MCCARTHISM DBQ, YOU MUST RESEARCH FITZGERALD AND MAKE PARALLELS BETWEEN HIS PERSONAL LIFE AND THE GREAT GATSBY – THERE ARE MANY. YOU MUST USE AT LEAST THREE OUTSIDE SOURCES AND THE GREAT GATSBY BOOK AND QUOTE/REFER TO BOTH (USING MLA CITATIONS) TO ADEQUATELY COMPLETE YOUR PAPER. THIS PAPER WILL BE ASSIGNED ON 2/6/18 AND WILL SUBMITTED THROUGH TURNITIN.COM NO LATER THAN 1 PM ON 2/27/18. THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL COUNT AS A MAJOR ASSESSMENT.

*ALTHOUGH NO DUE DATE EXISTS FOR A ROUGH DRAFT, YOU ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL APPOINTMENTS WITH ME (MRS. KUTSCHMAN) IN ORDER TO SHARE YOUR ROUGH DRAFTS AND TO CONSIDER REVISIONS. PLEASE VISIT THE PERDUE OWL WEBSITE (LINK IS ON MY SCHOOLWIRES PAGE) FREQUENTLY – THIS WEBSITE WILL BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

*ALL RESEARCH PAPER LESSONS PRESENTED IN CLASS WILL BE POSTED ON MY SCHOOLWIRES PAGE/ IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM. WE WILL VISIT THE MEDIA CENTER AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, BUT YOU STILL MUST WORK ON THIS ASSIGNMENT OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL IF YOU WISH TO DO WELL. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL LAST MINUTE TO COMPLETE YOUR PAPER.PLEASE SEE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THIS EXCITING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.