Goal 1: The student will read, evaluate, and use written material.

Outcome: The student will demonstrate use of reference materials by locating information from a variety of sources.

Outcome: The student will demonstrate his/her ability to paraphrase and assimilate information from a variety of sources.

Goal 2: The student will write in a grammatical, well-organized manner.

Outcome: The student will write a well-organized paper presenting a thesis statement and supporting it with concrete examples from various sources.

Assignment: Given the prompt in Biology I, you are to write an expository paper of between 550-650 words using a minimum of three different referencematerials. The paper must contain a title page, the body of the paper (typed and double-spaced), and a bibliography. (see keyboarding rubric in appendix)

Time:

Working Bibliography (Use handout for recording bibliographical data)	Due February 22
Rough Draft of Paper	Due February 28
Final Typed Paper	Due March 7

1. The TITLE page must include the name of your paper, author, date, and courses. The exact format will be given in Computer I class. (see rubric in appendix)
2. The format for typing the BODY of the paper will be given in Computer I class.
3. The final BIBLIOGRAPHY must include three sources, arranged in alphabetical order by the author's last name. The arrangement of data for the bibliography page must follow the format given in Computer I class.

Procedure: Prompts will be given in Biology I. Time will be given during both Biology I and English class periods for using the library for the first two days. Time will be given in class for writing the paper. Rough drafts must be turned in for first evaluation on the date indicated. Time will be given in Computer class for keying of data.

Evaluation: This paper will be evaluated be three different teachers, each with their own set of criteria. The rubrics for English I will adhere to the FOSCI method and include the evaluation for the bibliography.

(See appropriate rubrics in appendix)--FOSCI & Keyboarding

The order of the paper:

1. title page
2. body of the paper
3. bibliography

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