A sample
research paper designed to demonstrate a number of methods of citing and
attributing sources. The subject of the paper is the internment
of the Japanese-Americans during WW II (I wrote it in March 1988, but have
updated the documentation to current MLA standards). It doesn't work
very well to show this paper to your students (that can make for a very
boring lesson), but you might find it helpful to look through for a model
of how to lead into and follow up from a long quotation, how to use
attributive tags (as Ramage and Bean call them), how to use ellipses, how
to bracket information from an outside source with the introduction of the
author at the beginning and a reference at the end (so that the writer can
avoid providing every sentence and every quotation with its own separate
reference), etc. The Works Cited page also demonstrates how to cross
reference a source, such as an anthology, which is very handy when one
needs to cite several articles from the same anthology.
Suggested Syllabus for English 102 for Fall Semester 2001: HTML
format and Word
format.
Grading Standards for English 102 (Word
format). Web (html)
format
Using the Holocaust as a topic in English 102
Using American Studies as a Topic in
English 102
Updating Personal Information -
instructions for students. (Word format)
Materials from Jennie Nelson's 102 Course
Format for Papers in
English 102 - Short Version Word format
Format for Papers in
English 102 - Long Version Word format
Two Ways to Join
Sentences - Student Handout on Sentence Boundary Punctuation.
Click here for
rtf version. For a longer version, click here
(and here for
the rtf version).
The Possessive
Apostrophe Explained in one handout with a short exercise.
Click here for
the rtf version.
Peer Response sheet
for Summary Response Paper (Word format)
Grading Standards in English 102
