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Font
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Times
New Roman or Courier |
Font Size
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12
point |
Spacing
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Always
double space the entire document Use one space after a period. |
Page Numbering
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In
the upper right hand corner of the Header type your last name, then the page number |
Margins
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1
inch on all four sides |
Indent
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Set
your tab at .5 inches to indent paragraphs |
| In
the upper left hand of the page: Name Teacher's name Date Double space after the date, center the title. Then double space and begin the report. For the title, Do Not:
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| Create a SOURCE CARD. Include publishing information from the TITLE PAGE of the book. Write: AUTHOR. TITLE. WHERE (city published in): WHO (publisher), WHEN (copyright date). See example at right. |  |
| As you READ, write notes on the NOTE CARD. Include SUB-TOPIC (the narrowed topic of one card) on the top left and TITLE of book and PAGE number on the top right. The page number is used in your parenthetical citations! |  |
| An OUTLINE effectively
organizes your paper. At the top, include your THESIS statement. This
one sentence summary of the main purpose of your paper will help you to
organize the rest. |
| The cover page
will usually
include the title of your paper (centered, large
font, size 20 pt.); then near the lower margin, (smaller font size 14
pt.) your name, the class with grade level, the period, the teacher’s
name, and the due date. As a general rule, this formal title page
contains no graphics. |
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| When writing your paper, you must give credit to your sources within the body of the paper. At the end of any paragraph containing information you didn’t know before (not only with quotations), show where you got that information by using a PARENTHETICAL CITATION. The last NAME of the AUTHOR and the PAGE NUMBER is included in parenthesis BEFORE the period. | Example: Newspapers
of the time used nicknames for the Titanic such as |
| At the end of your paper, on a separate page, put a listing of the sources you used. This page is called a WORKS CITED page or bibliography. The words, “Works Cited” should appear on the top of the page. This page is an alphabetical listing, by the author’s last name when known, of the sources you used. If there is no author listed, then alphabetize by the title (ignoring “a” and “the”). Put the first line of every entry flush with the margin and INDENT the second and subsequent lines of each citation. Double space entries. Questions? Use an MLA style guide. |  |
| Keep in mind that the body of your paper will be scored by the FOUR WRITING TRAITS: VOICE, ORGANIZATION, IDEA, and CONVENTIONS. Be sure to include an introductory paragraph as well as a satisfying conclusion. Want to know more? Check out this easy-to-read Web page describing the Writing Traits: Six Traits of Writing |