Career+Research+Paper+Requirements

__Pre-paper reseach requirements__ [|Note cards] (at least 50) Due on April 18th Bibliography cards (at least 6) Due of April 18th Outline Due on April 25th

Career Research Paper Expectations[| Rubric]

Note cards must include:

__Complete Content:__ You must research and include the following topics, but if you find more topics not listed, you may count those as extra credit.

**• Education (****what classes/credits** **must you take to graduate from high school?** **What are the requirements for acceptance to two colleges/universities that offer the major you want?** **What are the costs of each school: books and fees; tuition; housing and food?** **What is necessary to graduate from those two colleges/universities?) NOTE: a description of campus life is NOT extra credit.** •**Licensing and certification requirements** **necessary for the career**

**•On-the-job training (****if any necessary)**

•**Personal and professional skills** necessary for the career

•**Job description (****What are the responsibilities both daily and overall? Hours per week? What is the average salary earned in this career and is the salary dependent on years and/or education? Where would one practice this career? How might one advance in this career? What salary or recognition levels if any would one have available?)**

•**Career Growth Future Projections (****In addition, briefly describe two related careers.** **For instance:** **Teacher is related to social worker and psychologist NOT** **elementary or high school)**

All **note card information** must be from reputable sources (do not use Wikipedia; DO use .edu or .org, or a site you have verified with me) and each source must have a **separate bibliography card** with the source information listed correctly on only **one side of the card**. All note cards should have only information of one topic listed on only one side in bullet points (example: bibliography card title: high school credits necessary to graduate •four years of English, •three years of science and so on) You are required to have **a minimum of six (6) source cards and fifty (50) note cards.** **All note and bibliography cards are due on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.** **Group graded note cards by topic(you should have a rainbow of colors for each topic. You will use these to help you create a sentence outline)** **Alphabetize bibliography cards (you will use this to complete your bibliography page)** **Create a sentence outline based on your note card topics (example)** I An educator’s career offers flexibility and excitement. A. Hours B. Responsibilities C. Work place D. Salary 1. Beginning 2. Top of the salary scale E. advancement opportunities II Educators must have a degree in order to practice their craft. A. University of Illinois 1. Criteria for acceptance a. Credits b. Recommendation c. Extra curricular 2. Costs a. Tuition b. Books and fees c. Housing and food 3. Graduation requirements B. College of William and Mary 1. Criteria for acceptance a. Credits b. Recommendation c. Extra curricular 2. Costs a. Tuition b. Books and fees c. Housing and food 3. Graduation requirements III Though professional skill is mandatory, teachers must have empathy and like students. A. Personal B. Professional IV Educators must continue to learn throughout their careers. A. Licensing B. On the job

AND SO ON

__Word Processed Paper Expectations__: (see below for format) •**Introduction** (explain why you chose the career to research) •**Body** (Using your sentence outline, develop each of the required topics in expository paragraph form. All paragraphs should be indented •**Conclusion** (explain whether after researching this career, you are still interested, why or why not)

•**Parenthetical** **In-text citations** for quotes, statistics, very, specific source-related information.

•**Bibliography (Works Cited) page** (arranged by alphabetical order of first word.)


 * Formatting Requirements: **

**Report cover** front with career title/your name and back

All pages typed using Ariel, Times, or Times New Roman font and double spaced

__On first page of report:__ on the top left margin include the following: your name/ due date/ career research paper/English teacher name and periods. Then drop a space and center the career title

__On all succeeding pages of the report__: on the left margin put your last name and page number (example: Sacks 3)

__Provide the bibliography or Works Cited page__ on a page by itself after your concluding report page, titled: //Bibliography or Works Cited// (centered)

Below the title, list alphabetically your MLA style source citations (indent any second and third lines of a single source but not the first line of a source which should be against the left hand margin.

**Effective Career Research Report Essays** **DO:**

Have a title page and/or cover

Have a title and proper academic identification headings (page number and last name at the top of each page after the first page)

__Have an introduction:__

•Provide a grabber in the introduction:

•Some topic background in the introduction (why you chose this particular career to research)

•A clear topic or thesis focus by the end of the introduction

__Have a well organized by topic and subtopic body:__

•Clearly organized required topics and substopics

•All subtopics/points that are well supported by specific, concrete facts, details, examples, and research.

•Each subtopic is well developed with relevant details (stays on topic or point)

•As appropriate, writer should make relevant personal connections and observations about the research

•Include all subjects required by the assignment (see below)

•As appropriate, define any terms unique to the occupation

•weave into all topics/subtopics real-world examples or reactions from those interviewed.

•describe any contradictory research found and explain why that information seems inconsistent.

__Have a satisfying and evaluative conclusion:__

•In what ways did your research surprise you or change the way you feel about the career?

•Explain whether you still are interested in the career. Why or why not?

Use vivid and colorful vocabulary

Use academic voice and positive tone

Use either first or third person

Use in-text MLA citation format as well as a bibliography page to conclude report

__Effective Career reports and essays__ __do NOT__ __:__

Make the reader wonder what the paper will be about or entail.

Use clichéd expressions and generalizations

Make statements with little to no specific support from research

Skip important or relevant information

Ramble into unnecessary information or repeat

Contradict your points

Use incorrect grammar that detracts from your message

Address the reader

Use contractions or slang

Begin with one type of organization and then switch to another

Make generalizations without detailed support, examples, facts

Lack sufficient research or complete content

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