Research Essay Project Due Monday, May 6

For the past two weeks, students have been working on persuasive essays and compare/contrast essays in English class. They have conducted internet research, completed graphic organizers, and written drafts of 4-5 paragraph essays on the school computers. Pretty impressive!


To culminate this work, students have to hand in a final, completed version of one of those essays. Students do not have to hand in both essays. They have to hand in either the compare/contrast essay or the persuasive essay. See below in the "What's Due?" section for more information about what students need to hand-in.

All of the documents students need to complete this assignment are available right here in this blog post in the "What's Due?" section.

Students will be graded on the organization of their paper, the quality of the internet research they completed and included in the paper, and the correctness of their grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Here's the rubric that the essay will be graded on.

This project is due Monday, May 6.

If you have any questions, use this link to let me know.

What's Due?

Students only need to complete ONE of the following essays...

Persuasive Essay

1. Outline
• Here's a blank copy of the outline students need to complete.
• Here's a sample of what a completed outline should look like.
2. Five paragraph research paper
• Here's an example of a completed five-paragraph paper.
• Here's the rubric that will guide Mr. Maxim's grading of this paper.

Compare and Contrast Essay

1. Outline
• Here's a blank copy of the outline students need to complete
• Here's a sample of what a completed outline should look like.
2. Four paragraph research paper
• Here's an example of a completed four-paragraph paper.
• Here's the rubric that will guide Mr. Maxim's grading of this paper. 

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