American Author Biographical Study

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American Author Biographical Study

• How to Complete the Research Paper Information

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Important Dates to Remember

• November 13-16, 19-20 Library
• November 16 Check Bib Cards
• November 19 Outline due
• No later than November 21 Rough draft due
• November 26-27 Computer Lab to type final
• Friday, November 30 Last day I will accept the
  research paper at ALL. Strongly encourage you to
  turn it in before that.

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Materials Needed

• Index cards.all small size
• Big yellow envelopeto keep materials in
• Paper clips
• Writing utensils
• Jump drive
• to print information off in the computer lab
  and Library .10 a page

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Resources

• Must have 4 (four) resources total and at least 1
  (one) book.
• Sources from Internet must be legitimate sites.
• Use your Public Library

• If you check something out, return it.
• Use your time wisely

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Resources

• American Authors Anthology (2 sets)
• Biographies
• Librarys Site on the schools web site

• Internet Some helpful sites
• Distinguished Women of Past and Present
• American Collection American Writing Gateway
• Biography.com
• Brain-Juice.com
• Lives, the Biography Resource

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Requirements

• Note cards (opt.) I will not take a grade on
  these, however I will be taking a grade on
  progress, and this is a good way to determine if
  you have been working
• 4 Resources (one has to be a book) Bib. Cards
• Outline
• Rough draft
• Final draft

• Final Paper should include
• Title Page
• Outline
• Final Paper
• Works cited

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Requirements

• Final Draft
• Must be typed
• 12 pt. Times New Roman Font
• 1 inch margins all the way around
• Double spaced
• Use (document) all 4 sources at least once within
  the paper
• Works Cited page at end alphabetized

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Formatting

• Italicize names of Books when you are typing.
• Underline them when you are writing.
• But DO NOT do both!
• Nothing should be underlined in the final draft

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Magills Survey of American Literature
(Bibliography/Source Card)

• Rosefield, Paul and R. Baird Shuman. Arthur
  Miller. Magills Survey of American
  Literature. Vol. 4. Steven G. Kellman, Ed.
  New Jersey Salem Press, Inc. 2007.
  1740-1750.
• (Rosefield 1741).
• Authors name located at the end or beginning of
  article.

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American WritersAnthology(Bibliography Card)

• Gray, James. "John Steinbeck." American Writers.
  Vol. IV. Leonard Unger. Ed., New York Charles
  Scribner's Sons. 1974. 49- 72.
• .. (Gray 53).

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Notable Latino Writers (Bib Card)

• Shuman, R. Baird. Julia Alvarez. Notable
  Latino Writers. Vol. 1. New Jersey Salem
  Press, Inc. 2006. 40-47.

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Ninteenth-Century Literature Critisism

• Harris, Lauri Lanzen, Ed. Edgar Allan Poe.
  Nineteenth-Century Literature Critcism. Vol. 1.
  Detroit, Michigan Gale Research Company. 1981.
  491.
• Internal Citation .(Harris 491).

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Twentieth Century Literary Criticism

• Byfoski, Dedria and Sharon K. Hall, Ed. Paul
  Laurence Dunbar. Twentieth Century Literature
  Criticism. Vol. 2. Detrotit, Michigan Gale
  Research Company, 1979. 127.
• Internal Citation (Bryonski 127).

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Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors

• Lewis, Leon. Sylvia Plath. Cyclopedia of
  Young Adult Authors. Vol. 3. Han Nolan and
  Paul Zindel, Eds. Pasadena, CA Salem Press.
  2005. 553-555.
• ..(Lewis 553)
• Authors name located at the end or beginning of
  article

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Cyclopedia of World Authors

• Condon, William. James Baldwin. Cyclopedia
  of World Authors. Vol. 1. Frank Magill, Ed.
  Pasadena, CA Salem Press. 2004. 188-189.
• Throughout many novels, Baldwin probes the basic
  theme of isolation (Condon 189).
• Authors name located at the end or beginning of
  article.

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

• Powers, Ron. "Mark Twain." The
• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. Jay
  Parini, Ed. Vol. 4. New York Oxford University
  Press, 2004. 213-223.
• (Powers 220).
• Authors name located at the end or beginning of
  article.

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Any Book

• Spencer, Samuel R., Jr. Booker T. Washington
  and the Negro's Place In American Life. Oscar
  Handlin,
• Ed. New York Harper Collins Publishers, 1955.
  
• (Spencer 43).

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Gale DatabasesBiography Resource Center

• F. Scot Fitzgerald. American Decades.
• Nov. 3, 2007. Biography Resource Center.
  Thomson Gale. 4 Apr. 2007.
• http//galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC.
• (Just use the citation located at the bottom of
  the article.)
• (F. Scott Fitzgerald American Decades).

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A Page on a Web Site

• For an individual page on a Web site, list the
  author or alias if known, followed by the
  information covered above for entire Web sites.
  Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is
  available and n.d. if no publishing date is
  given.
• "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand
  Media,
• Inc., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.
• .. (How to Make Vegetarian Chili Online).

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Citing an Entire Web Site

• It is necessary to list your date of access
  because web postings are often updated, and
  information available on one date may no longer
  be available later. If a URL is required or you
  chose to include one, be sure to include the
  complete address for the site. (Note The
  following examples do not include a URL because
  MLA no longer requires a URL to be included.)
• Editor, author, or compiler name (if available).
  Name of Site. Version number. Name of
  institution/organization affiliated with the site
  (sponsor or publisher), date of resource
  creation (if available). Medium of publication.
  Date of access.
• Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical
  Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006.
• . (Felluga Online).

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Presentation Requirements

• You will present your discoveries about the
  authors using first person point of view
  however, the paper is in 3rd person.
• Must utilize at least one prop. One of the
  following
• Dress choices 1)Sunday dress OR 2) time period
  of author
• PowerPoint Presentation which includes pictures
  and supplemental information
• Create a compelling poster to explain all the
  important aspects of your authors life.

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Presentations

• Presentations are important because they will be
  given before the SOL test, further instructing
  and educating you regarding different authors.
• Count as ONE UNIT TEST GRADE

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GRADES

• Research Paper will count as 1 UNIT TEST GRADE
  and 1 WRITING GRADE
• You will be graded on the following
• Structure and appearance or format
• Grammatical structure
• Correct use of documentation
• Using all 4 resources
• Content and composure

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GRADES

• Composing
• Be sure to put things into your own words.
• Even if you paraphrase something, you still must
  document it.
• The entire paper SHOULD NOT be documented. Use
  your own thoughts to create the paper.

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Whats this paper about?

• The author you chose and his/her life.
• Early Years.. Before they become great writers
• What period do they belong to and why? What was
  their writing style? Romanist,
  Transcendentalist, Realist
• Great Accomplishments novels, themes, time
  periods
• Why they are considered great American Authors

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Thanks for your attention.Good Luck