To: AP Literature and Composition Students and
Parents
From: Mrs. Dent
RE: Writing a Literary Analysis Research Paper
As
you begin the process of writing the research paper, it is important that you
understand the requirements and ramifications of this assignment. Please read the following information
carefully. Sign and date the final page of this packet and return it to Mrs.
Dent at the next class meeting.
We
teach the research paper process to prepare students to write the research
papers that they will be asked yo write in college. Students learn the skills to do media center
research.
·
Students
gather facts and ideas on a specific subject.
·
Students
hone their writing abilities.
·
Students
learn to report accurately on what they discover and provide the reader with
their sources.
·
Students
evaluate and select from among many ideas to develop a thesis and defend it.
·
Students
improve their thinking skills.
Because
this research assignment is long-term, it will account for a large percentage
of the student’s nine weeks grade. It is
vital that the student understands and adheres to each and every requirement.
·
The
teacher must see/examine/grade each preliminary step in the process in order
for the final work to be graded. In the
writing process, each successive step builds upon the previous step.
·
The
teacher will publish on her website and in the classroom due dates for each
step of the process. Each step receives
a grade. The penalty for late
preliminary work is 25% of the grade received.
On the rough draft and final draft , the
penalty will be 10 points per day that it is late.
·
The
teacher will publish the requirements for length, number of sources, and the
number of citations. The rules are
absolute; students may not deviate from them without penalty.
·
The
teacher will schedule class time for help on the paper and for research.
·
The
final copy cannot be given to the teacher on a CD, disc, or flash drive. Students may not email their research paper
to the teacher.
Please
understand the importance of academic honesty.
Plagiarism is defined as “using” a person’s ideas,
facts, or words without giving due credit to that person through
documentation.” Please refer to
the CHS handbook for a description of punishments for plagiarism.
The
teacher will grade each research paper as quickly as possible using a writing
rubric. The rubric will be available to
the students before the rough draft is written.
The teacher will return the graded rubric to the student. However, students will not be allowed to keep
their graded paper.
I
truly appreciate your help as we embark on this important aspect of this
college class. If you have any
questions, please contact me by email (ndent@clinton.k12.ms.us)
or at (601) 572-1789.
Name
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Title of Novel/Drama
____________________________ Author
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Assignment |
Due
Date |
Checked |
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Signature
Sheet |
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Novel
Choice |
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Thesis
Statement |
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6
Bibliography Cards (1
primary/5 secondary) |
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Xerox
copies of secondary sources |
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10
notes (direct quotes/paraphrases) |
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Outline |
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Introductory
Paragraph |
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Typed
Rough Draft with Works
Cited page |
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Typed
Final Draft |
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Important Information:
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A
minimum of six (6) secondary source quotes/paraphrases is required.
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A
minimum of six (6) primary source quotes/paraphrases is required.
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Work
not completed/turned in on the due date will not receive priority grading. Late assignments will be accepted but points
will be deducted. Remember, the final
draft will not be accepted in any step in the process above are not completed.
·
No credit will be given for a
partially typed or handwritten rough draft, or for a partially completed rough
draft and works cited page.
·
Mrs.
Dent, though she loves you, will not serve as your proofreader.
·
You
may use the copy machine in Mrs. Dent’s room to make photo copies of your
sources.
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Bring all drafts notes,
handouts, and this packet with you daily!
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Editing,
proofing, and revision are extremely important parts of the writing process,
and they are primarily YOUR responsibility as a writer and researcher.
·
When
in doubt, check an MLA manual.
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Plagiarism
of any kind will result in a failing grade.
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All
research papers are the property of
Instructions for turning in your
research paper:
ü
No paper will be accepted without a
works cited page.
ü
No paper will be accepted without
the following:
1. Highlight in yellow all parenthetical
documentation from your
primary
source.
2.
Highlight in a different color
all parenthetical documentation
from
your secondary sources.
Turn in the final draft of the essay
in an envelope with the following:
ü
Photocopies of secondary sources
ü
A photo copy of notes
ü
Photo copies of bibliography sources
ü
Rough draft and any rewrites/editing
(title page, outline, body, Works Cited page)
ü
Final draft (title page, outline,
body, Works Cited page)
General
Information about Your Research Paper
- Type
your paper on a computer and print it out on standard, white 8.5 x 11-inch
paper
- Double
space your paper. (Go to Format. Click on Paragraph. Go to Indents and Spacing. Change Line Spacing box to double space.)
- Use
one of the following 12-point fonts:
Times New Roman, Arial, Franklin Gothic Book, or Microsoft Sans
Serif
- Set
the document margins to one-inch on all sides. ( Go
to File. Go to Page Set Up. Click on Margins. Set all margins to 1.0”)
- Indent
the first line of a paragraph one half-inch (five spaces) from the left
margin.
- Create
a header that numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right hand
corner, using Arabic numbers, one inch from the top, and flush with the
right margin. (Go to View. Click on Header/Footer.) Your header should show your last name
and the page number, beginning with the first page)
Things
to Know about Formatting the First Page
- In
the upper left hand corner of your first page, list your name, your
teacher’s name (Mrs. Nancy Dent), the course (English IV), and the
date. This should be double spaced.
- Double
space again and center the title of your paper. Don’t underline the title or put it in
quotation marks, or italics. Write
the title in Title Case, not in all capital letters.
- Double
space between the title and the first line of text.
AP
English Literature and Composition
Novels
for
Literary
Research Paper
NOVELS:
The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark
Twain
The
Bell Jar Sylvia
Plath
Black
Boy Richard
Wright
Catch-22 Joseph
Heller
A
Farewell to Arms Ernest
Heminway
Love
in the Times of Cholera Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
Invisible
Man Ralph
Ellison
My
Antonia Willa
Cather
One
Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest Ken Kesey
A
Separate Peace John
Knowles
Things
Fall Apart Chinua Achebe
Crime
and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyesvky
Grendel John Gardner
Obasan Joy Kogawa
A
Passage to
Slaughterhouse Five Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr.
Tess
of the d’Ubervilles Thomas Hardy
All
Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
Ceremony Leslie
Marmon Silko
The
The
Handmaid’s Tale Margaret
Atwood
The
Natural Bernard
Malamud
The
Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver
Ethan
Frome Edith
Wharton
David
Copperfield Charles
Dickens
Beloved Toni Morrison
Brave
New World Aldous
Huxley
The
Heart is a Lonely Hunter Carson
McCullers
House
of the Spirits Isabel Allende
The Jungle Upton
Sinclair
Ragtime E. L. Doctorow
Siddhartha Hermann
Hesse
The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
The
Caine Mutiny Herman
Wouk
Candide Voltaire
Fried
Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café Fanny Flagg
Native
Son Richard
Wright
1984 George
Orwell
A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce
The
Call of the Wild Jack
London
The
Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Doestoyevsky
Empire
of the Sun J.
G. Bullard
Ten
Little Indians (And Then There Were None) Agatha
Christie
To
the Lighthouse Virginia
Woolf
Atlas
Shrugged Ayn Rand
The
Return of the Native Thomas Hardy
Gone
with the Wind Margaret
Mitchell
On
the Beach Nevil
Shute
Out
of
Shogun James
Clavell
War
and Peace Leo Tolstoy
The
Age of Innocence Edith Wharton
A
Room with a View E.
M. Forster
Watership
Down Richard
Adams
The
Americans Henry James
Little
Women Louisa
May Alcott
Bride
Price Buchi
Emecheta
Mrs.
Dalloway Virginia
Woolf
Rebecca Daphne
du Maurier
The
World According to Garp John
Irving
Brideshead
Revisited Evelyn
Waugh
All the King’s Men Robert
Penn Warren
The
Optimist’s Daughter Eudora Welty
Snow
Falling on Cedars David Guterson
Remains
of the Day Kazuo
Ishiguro
For
Whom the
A
Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
A
Clockwork
Persuasion Jane
Austen
Last
King of
House
of Mirth Edith
Wharton
Shoeless
Joe William
Patrick Kinsella
The
Fountainhead Ayn
Rand
A
Gathering of Old Men Ernest Gaines
The
Turn of the Screw Henry James
The
Time Machine George
Orwell
East
of
Far
from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy
Count
of Monte Cristo Alexander
Dumas
Memoirs
of a Geisha Arthur
Golden
The
Portrait of a Lady Henry
James
Wide
Sense
and Sensibility Jane Austen
The
House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne
The
Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
The
War of the Worlds H. G. Wells
Anna
Karenina Leo Tolstoy
Corelli’s
Mandolin Louis
DeBernieres
Emma
Jane
Austen
The
Picutre of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
The
War of the Worlds H.G.
Wells
I have read
the handouts provided by Mrs. Dent regarding the AP English Literature and
Composition Literary Analysis Research Paper.
I
understand that the research process involves multiple steps with several
preliminary items due over the course of the process. I will complete items on
time, by the start of class on the dates indicated.
I
understand that the final draft of the research paper will not be graded if I
fail to complete any of the preliminary steps of the process.
I
understand that points will be deducted if any part of the assignment is late.
I
understand that Mrs. Dent reserves the right to change due dates as needed.
Parent
signature: ___________________________________ Date: _________
Student
signature:
__________________________________ Date:
_________