Check List for Reg. English Research paper

Check List for Research Paper                                    Due February 26, 2010

 

Order of Notebook: (Paper must be in a 3 ring notebook, any size)

 

Cover Sheet                                    Example:  Title

 

                                                                   Name

 

                                                                   Mrs. Spampinato

 

                                                                   English II- Period

 

                                                                   26 February 2010

 

This should be centered and in the middle of the page. No BOLD, NOT FONT CHANGE, Double Spaced.

 

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Outline

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Paper (including Works Cited)

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Notecards in order of use mounted on paper

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Outline 1

Works Cited 1

Peer Edit 1

Peer Edit 2 (Completed)

All unused notecards in a Ziploc bag

 

 

My Outline:

Do I have the correct heading? _____

Do I have an original title? ______

Is my thesis written properly? _______

Are all Roman Numerals and numbers aligned? ________

YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE A HEADER ON THE OUTLINE

 

My Paper:

Do I have a cover sheet? ______

Does the cover sheet match Mrs. Spamp’s example? ______

Do I have 4 paragraphs only? _______

Is my paper 2-4 pages in length? ________

Does every single piece of information from a source have proper documentation? __

Have I used at least 3 sources, two of which are books? _______

Does my introduction have a STRONG, CLEAR thesis? _______

Does my introduction provide as a guide for my paper?________

Does each body paragraphy have a CLEAR topic sentence? ______

Do I have commentary for each detail? ________

Does all commentary support the paragraph topic and thesis?________

Did I use action verbs? _______

Did I write in the 3^rd person? ________

Is my paper fragment free? ________

Is my paper run-on free?________

Do I have spelling errors? ________

Puncuation errors? ________

Have you avoided ALL contractions, slang, etc? ________

Present TENSE _________

Do I have at least 7 quotes? ________

 

 

My Works Cited:

Do I have a header with my last name and the page number? ______

Do I have the title “Works Cited” centered on the page? _______

Are all Works Cited entries USED in the body of the research paper? ______

Are all entries in Alphabetical order by the first item? ________

Are all entries in MLA format? _______

 

 

Did I use the correct margins?

Did I use the proper spacing?

Did I use 12 font?

Did I used Times New Roman?