Electricity + Water issues in developing countries

ENGL 111
FALL, 2015

Writing Paper #2 (Guided +
Research)
INSTRUCTIONS

Write an 850 – 1000 word Problem –
Solution(s) paper clearly explaining technology-related supporting ideas from
outside sources address one of the following issues:

1)
Electricity + Water issues in developing countries
2)
E-waste
3) Space debris
4) Traditional
(teacher-fronted) education
5) Manned mission to Mars

* Starter sources provided in Moodle
[Paper #2 Starter Texts] (Optional)

EXPECTATIONS:
The focus of Paper #2 is to show that you can properly research and
synthesize related information of one of the selected topics provided and
properly integrate the various researched source information as supporting
ideas (body paragraphs) into one paper, including the use of source
information as quotes.

1) The paper must
integrate supporting information from at least 3 separate
sources to support your thesis. The supporting sources
must come from credible online sources, books or periodicals available in the
library (or other local libraries).
-No more than
6 sources can be included.
– A minimum of
3 of the sources must be text-based (non-video/infographic)
– NO
Wikipedia or Forum-based Blog entries (Yahoo Answers, About.com, etc.) can be
used as supporting sources.

* In
order to be eligible for a ‘B’ paper or higher, a minimum of 4 sources must be
used.

** In order to be eligible for an ‘A’ paper or
higher, at least one of the sources must be
from a company, organization or
university laboratory website.

2) Include two (2)
short pieces of information [within 40 words] from the sources as quotes*.
* The
information CANNOT be quoted in the original source.
– No more than 2
quotes allowed – Paraphrase all other.

3) Have adequate paraphrasing of source information
(Checked through ‘Turnitin’).
– The overall Similarity
Report result must clearly not have any large chunks of similarity from any
individual source.

Paper Format
Use Times New Roman font, 12-point font, 1.5 line spacing, left side
aligned only. Your name and student number must appear on the upper right hand corner
of the first page of your paper. No cover page until Final Draft please. Do not
forget to give your paper an appropriate title.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULED DUE DATES

Draft: 16 November (Monday)
Final Draft: 10
December (Thursday – last day of class)