Research paper
Senior English
Research Paper
Purpose
To meet the standards for Senior English and your Senior Celebration, you need to demonstrate that you can research effectively. Furthermore, to be successful in life, you need to know how to research. Whether you are selecting a college course, investigating various options for a new car, or trying to make sense of a doctor’s medical diagnosis, you need to use the research process.
This research paper, both content and process, is designed for two purposes: (1) to help you internalize the research process before you leave PRHS and (2) to help you to complete your Senior Celebration. There are two components to this project: Research and a Research Paper.
Standards to be assessed
Research requirements
You must use at least six sources for your research paper. You must use:
• One book
• One source from an online database
Other options:
• Interviews
• Online sources
• Magazines, newspapers, professional journals, etc. photos and pictures data records journal record of project process
Essay requirements
Your paper must follow this format:
Section 1 (1-1/2 pages): “What I Know”
Includes an introduction that articulates your essential question and what you already know about the topic.
This is done in either first or third person
Section 2 (1 page): “What I Want to Find Out”
Details what you wanted to know about your research/essential question. Use your research questions from the senior celebration proposal to guide this section and as a justification for what you want to find out.
Again, this can be done in either first or third person narrative
Section 3 (3-5 pages): “What I Found Out”
The main body of your paper discusses what sources you used and what information you learned from the sources. You could write about each source you found (kind of like a list) or integrate the sources by idea (like in a thesis paper). Information must
Research Paper
Purpose
To meet the standards for Senior English and your Senior Celebration, you need to demonstrate that you can research effectively. Furthermore, to be successful in life, you need to know how to research. Whether you are selecting a college course, investigating various options for a new car, or trying to make sense of a doctor’s medical diagnosis, you need to use the research process.
This research paper, both content and process, is designed for two purposes: (1) to help you internalize the research process before you leave PRHS and (2) to help you to complete your Senior Celebration. There are two components to this project: Research and a Research Paper.
Standards to be assessed
Research requirements
You must use at least six sources for your research paper. You must use:
• One book
• One source from an online database
Other options:
• Interviews
• Online sources
• Magazines, newspapers, professional journals, etc. photos and pictures data records journal record of project process
Essay requirements
Your paper must follow this format:
Section 1 (1-1/2 pages): “What I Know”
Includes an introduction that articulates your essential question and what you already know about the topic.
This is done in either first or third person
Section 2 (1 page): “What I Want to Find Out”
Details what you wanted to know about your research/essential question. Use your research questions from the senior celebration proposal to guide this section and as a justification for what you want to find out.
Again, this can be done in either first or third person narrative
Section 3 (3-5 pages): “What I Found Out”
The main body of your paper discusses what sources you used and what information you learned from the sources. You could write about each source you found (kind of like a list) or integrate the sources by idea (like in a thesis paper). Information must