This writing assignment involves writing the first draft of your Research Paper and Works Cited Page. Once you draft your essay and revise, you may submit it for feedback. The feedback will help you write the final draft; your final draft will be graded.
During Topics 10 and 11 of the course, you will need to revise and edit the final draft of your research paper. Your will learn more about the revision and editing process in Topic 10.
Note: You will not submit the final draft of your research paper until Topic 12.
Additional helpful resources:
Research Paper Rubric | Research Paper Sample
For this assignment, you will need to submit:
You will need a good, comprehensive thesis statement that states your claim (what will you prove? Keep in mind that the purpose of this assignment is to support a claim, which means you must do more than merely inform the reader. You must take a stance on your topic and make/support claims that go beyond mere facts) and at least three supporting details (how will you prove your point?). You might use this as a guideline in crafting your thesis: Example: |
Length: This assignment should be a minimum of 800 words. However, you should aim for a minimum of 1,250 words. All length guidelines are excluding the Works Cited page.
For this research paper I chose the topic of “The Affects of Stress on the Body” and I had the intentions on focusing on the affects of stress on the body both physically and mentally as well as how stress affects health and how our stress affects those around us.