Today’s lesson is on APA style format to organize the research paper. The PPT for this lesson can be found here.
Warm-up discussion
In groups, discuss these set of questions; (a)What is a research paper ?(b)What is your general impression on the word “research paper”? (c)Have you ever read one during this semester? What was it about? (d)What types of research paper are there?
Remember that the ultimate purpose of writing a research paper is to incorporate other’s ideas to build up your own thoughts. In order to do so, you have to write the paper in a given format. That is why you need to be familiar with conventions to format your paper. Go over PPT slides 2-5 for detail.
Types of research paper
There are 2 major types of research paper; an analytical paper and an argumentative paper. Bear in mind that your final mini-research paper should be an argumentative paper, which basically is an extended version of their assignment 3. Go over PPT slides 6-7 for detail.
General research paper format
Go over PPT slides 8-12, to learn more about the general research paper format. Make sure you are familiar with major 4 parts; (a)Title page, (b)abstract, (c) content (introduction, body, conclusion),and (d) reference list.
Sample Research Paper
Sample Research Paper
An essay formatting workshop
- Pair up and re-organize the essay by completting. these 6 mini tasks;
- Create a title page with necessary information
- Give titles such as abstract, subheadings, reference list, labels for sources
- Headings and page numbers
- Indent paragraphs
- Insert figures (or attach appendixes)
- Re-arrange reference list
Essay Outlines.
Take a look at the Sample Outlines for the Argumentative Essay and the Research Paper. The former should be very similar to what you have already created for your Argumentative Essay topic, and eventually it will need to be expanded so that you will be able to write a 6-page paper. Compare the two outlines and highlight/underline the differences between the two samples. What’s new in the Research Paper? How are they similar/different? Note: The research paper outline is only a guide to help you to expand your own outline. You can organize your research paper outline to resemble that one, or you can just add more supporting details to each Main Topic, or both. However you decide to do it, be sure to make it as equally detailed and lengthy as the sample in order to reach 5-7 pages. It’s better to have too much, than too little.
