10-2 Position Paper

Question:

Are sports a positive force for high school students? Do sports help or hinder students?

In this paper you are writing your opinion, but also supporting your opinion with examples from Stotan, Hoop Dreams, Brian’s Song, and/or the articles we have read.

Requirements:

• Paper must be at least five paragraphs.

(introduction, three paragraphs in body, conclusion)

• You must defend your stance by using examples from at least two sources.

Rubric for final draft:

Introduction 5 points

Must contain an attention grabber (quote, story, question, definition, etc.)

Body of Paper

Your opinion 6 points

Support from sources 10 points

Conclusion 4 points

Works Cited Page— 10 points—all points or none

Sentence Structure, correct grammar 10 points

Correct Spelling 5 points

Correct Form 3 points—all points or none

Rough draft handed in with final draft 2 points

Total: 55 points

Form for paper:

• Typed
• Double spaced
• Times New Roman, size 12
• Title

Schedule for Papers:

If you are absent, you are still expected to stick to this schedule.

• Tuesday, March 30 type rough draft in computer lab
• Rough draft papers due end of class on Tuesday or first thing Wednesday!
• Rough draft is worth 25 points (graded on same things as final rubric)

• Papers returned Wednesday, March 31.
• Make final corrections, changes in computer lab on Friday, April 2.
• Final Papers due Friday, April 2 or Monday, April 5.

No late papers will be accepted! No exceptions!

Do not ask! Come to class prepared!

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Works Cited Page—separate page

Title of page—Works Cited (centered)

Entries are put in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.

Newspaper Article:

Fowler, Jennifer Jill.  "Hilly Hundred Tour Called 'the best ever.'"  
	Bloomington Herald-Times 12 Oct. 1992: A1.

1. author name: last name first;
2. full title of the work: newspaper and periodical titles are underlined or italicized; article titles are put in quotation marks; and
3. publication information: this will vary according to the amount of information available--follow the examples.

4. Each of these sections is followed by a period and two spaces.

   Book by a Single Author:

   Light, Paul C. Forging Legislation. New York: Norton, 1992.

1. author name: last name first;
2. full title of the work: book and journal titles are underlined or italicized; article titles are put in quotation marks; and
3. publication information: city of publication, name of publisher, and date.

Each of these sections is followed by a period and two spaces.