• Choose and limit a research topic

• Formulate a thesis statement

• Create correctly formatted source cards based on MLA style, which demonstrates responsible use of sources

• Create correctly formatted Works Cited page based on MLA style, which demonstrates responsible use of sources

• Create note cards and outline

U.S. Literary Map Project
Students research local/regional writers, present research findings, compile a bibliography, and post results to the NCTE literary map website

What’s the Problem?
This is a complete unit in which students write persuasively to solve a teenage problem

A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Author's Lives
Develop research and inquiry skills by researching an author's life, examining the impact of culture on the author's life, and evaluating biographical material for bias, embellishments, or deletions

Communicating on Local Issues: Exploring Audience in Persuasive Letter Writing
This unit will ask students to identify and then research a local issue that concerns them, using Internet and print sources. They will then argue a position on this issue in letters to two different audiences, addressing their own purpose and considering the needs of the audience in each letter.

Get to Know Your Favorite Author
Students will learn to use the internet to research. Students will gather information about an author they like. Students will learn how to put researched material into a well organized, detailed essay. Students will learn how to use Powerpoint and other technology to assemble and present a multimedia presentation of an author and his/her work. 

The Year I Was Born: An Autobiographical Research Project
In this autobiography with a twist, students conduct interviews and research online and at the library to find details on what was going on internationally, nationally, locally, in sports, music, arts, commercial, TV, and publishing during the year that they were born. After they've gathered their research, students weave the detail into a paper that they publish as a newspaper or booklet. 

Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation A guide to gathering, interpreting, and documenting information, developing and organizing ideas and conclusions, and communicating them clearly through a research paper

Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers  Strategies used to combat plagiarism on research papers

American Heritage Book of English Usage  A detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms

Voice of the Shuttle  Humanities resources

Norton Web Source to American Literature  A springboard to help students extend their exploration of American literature  

American Writing Gateway  Resources about American writers
 

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