Writing+and+Research

= Banned Book Research Project = We are finished with our dystopian unit and moving forward to persuasion and argument. Students need to choose their banned book by Monday, October 15th, and finish reading the book by Monday, October 22nd. They will spend Monday-Wednesday next week half of the class (45 minutes) in the media center labs researching why their books have been banned and/or challenged. Students will need to have three sources of information for their project. Their cumulative assignment (100 points) will be to create a book trailer for their novel that either promotes the reading or banning of the book.
 * October 12, 2012 **

As a precursor, we will spend three days discussing plagiarism, fair use, and copyright policies.

ALA's [|What is Fair Use]?
= Student Research Information: = In class research information: In class works cited information:

[|FHS Media Center]-To access the online databases Database Passwords can be found here:

Please use [|dropbox] to transfer any files in lieu of emailing them! Username: Katherine.Winafeld@fcps.org Password: Winafeld (make sure the first letter is capitalized)

Make sure that you're using MLA format.
[|The OWL at Purdue] - For the most up-to-date MLA rules [|Diana Hacker MLA Manual] - Another source for MLA-related questions. [|EasyBib]-Another citation machine (helpful with websites) [|Son of Citation Machine] - Use this to format your citations