• Presentations – Thank you to those of you who shared your research with us on Wednesday!  It was great to see how varied your interests are, and I appreciated the supportive and thoughtful feedback you gave one another.  On Monday, Dec. 13th, we will be hearing from numbers #12 – #22.  If you are presenting on Monday, please try to arrive a few minutes early, so we can get your technology organized before we begin.  Don’t forget to bring your Feedback Forms with you to class.  I will be collecting them at the end of our session.

• Analytical Research Paper – DUE BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15TH.   To receive credit for this assignment, your paper must be submitted by the 15th. Scroll down for a list of things to keep in mind as you complete your research paper.

• End of Semester Reflection and Grade Proposal.  Your final assignment for this course is an opportunity to reflect on the semester and consider what grade you have earned in the course.  You can find this assignment HERE.  Please set aside some time to respond to the questions thoroughly and thoughtfully.  You can begin this reflection any time after you’ve submitted your Analytical Research Paper.  Please complete your reflection by Monday, December 20th.  

• Missing Work.. If you are intending to submit any missing work before the end of the semester, please be aware that I will not be accepting anything beyond December 20th.  Additionally, if you submit any late work via the blog, you will also need to email me to let me know exactly what you have submitted, so that I can go back and review your work.   Without that email, it is quite likely that I will not see your work, and you won’t receive credit for its completion.

Analytical Research Paper – Reminders

• Your completed essay must be placed in your personal ENG2100 folder by Wed. Dec. 15th.
• Give your essay a title that reveals something about your topic.
• Your introduction should lay out the question you are exploring and offer a “road map” to the body of the essay.
• Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence that articulates the main idea of that paragraph.
• Don’t forget to anticipate a reader who hears about your research and asks, “So what? Why is this important?”  Build an answer to this “so what” question into your essay.  Your conclusion is a good place to explain what you think the significance of your findings is.
• Each time you use words or ideas that you have encountered through your research, you must include a parenthetical citation identifying the source.  Be very vigilant about this; including words or ideas you’ve found elsewhere and presenting them in your paper without citation is plagiarism.  Papers that present someone else’s ideas or words as their own will receive an F; their authors will receive a failing grade in the course, and they will be referred to the Dean of Students.  If you’re not sure about whether or not you need to cite something, play it safe and include the citation!!!
• Your Works Cited List should be the last page of your paper.  Format your list  according to the MLA Guidelines we reviewed in class.  Use the link at the top of the page for information about these guidelines.  Remember that this list should include only those works that you have actually quoted from or referred to in your paper.