ASSIGNMENT:

This last paper is entirely based on the chapter from the textbook that I gave you. Read it carefully and organize your paper accordingly. You must make sure it is easy to know which chapter you chose, and you must follow that chapter's directions very precisely, otherwise you'll lose a minimum of 10% on your paper's final grade.

This paper is a totally independant paper and will NOT be a continuation of previous papers. However, the information you use will be, among others, based on the information you have gathered for previous papers.

In this final paper, you will use all the skills you have learned during the semester: APA format, summarizing, comparing and contrasting, describing, analyzing, reporting, cutting out unnecessary information, etc. This paper is a sort of final exam, where you should that you have learned everything we've studied this semester. The expectations are very high.

The minimum length is 5 pages, including neither the title page nor the reference list. The maximum is 10 pages!

Choose one chapter from your textbook (14, 15, or 16, and read it carefully to follow the directions closely!

You will need a total of 10 sources (or more!) for this paper and at least 7 academic articles.

YOU MAY TURN THIS PAPER AT ANY TIME between the 6th and the 9th of Decembre. The 9th is the LAST DAY to turn in your final project! Even if you turn in your paper early, you must keep coming to class until the last day.

GRADING CRITERIA:

  • The grading criteria for this final project will be based on the "peer review guidelines" that you can find at the end of the chapters you choose: 80 pts.
  • APA format references in the text plus an APA reference list at the end of the paper, correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation, 10 references minimum, correct format and word count, plus the hard copy turned in on time and the electronic copy sent to your teacher before class (10 pts).
  • Creativity, depth of thoughts, strengths of arguments, enthusiasm, ideas, overall feeling that you've learned a lot and worked hard (10 pts).
  • Going to writing lab can earn you 4 extra percents on the paper's final grade.

REMEMBER THAT THIS PAPER COUNTS FOR 25% OF YOUR FINAL GRADE! That's 1/4 of your total grade for this class.