Final Product

Your final product will consist of the following items:

Individual Report

This will be the result of your 3 topic investigation. It will be an MS Word document from 3 to 5 pages in length following the MLA format where you will rewrite your findings. and it should be . You will print this on your own for revision.

Timeline Handout

To do this handout you should use the TimeLiner software. You should cover 12 to 15 items based on his life and works. It will be 1 page in length and will be printed in Technology class. Make 1 copy for each of your classmates. These copies will be handed out during your presentation.

Synopsis Handout

This will be an MS Word document that should include the summary of your investigations. Name, and a photo of the author, should be prominent and easy to read. It will be 1 page in length and will be printed in Technology class. Make a copy for each of your classmates. These copies will be handed out during your presentation.

Documentary presentation

This documentary will be a MS Power Point presentation and it must include:

For the Team:

A general Title slide:

Author's Name

Author's Picture

Team members

Date

Table of Contents slide:

The list of roles to cover

A Conclusion slide at the end.

Appropriate Music playing during the whole presentation.

For each student:

A personal Title slide

A personal Table of contents

One to two slides per topic

One picture per slide

A Bibliography slide following the Bibliography guide.

MLA format for Reports

Paper:

Use white letter sized paper (81/2 by 11 inch).

Margins:

One-inch margins all around the text of your paper -- left side, right side, and top and bottom.

Paragraphs should be indented half an inch.

All paragraphs should be justified.

Spacing:

All the work must be double-spaced.

Heading and Title:

Your research paper does not need a title page.

At the top of the first page, at the left-hand margin, type your name, your teacher's name (Mr. Dennis Spencer), the subject name (Language Arts), and the date -- all on separate, double-spaced lines.

Then double-space again and center the title above your text.

Double-space again before beginning your text.

The title should be neither underlined nor written in all capital letters.

Capitalize only the first, last, and principal words of the title.

Titles might end with a question mark or an exclamation mark if that is appropriate, but not in a period.

Page Numbers:

Number your pages consecutively (including the first page) in the upper right-hand corner of each page, one-half inch from the top.

Type your last name before the page number.

Use Header and Footer for this.

Make sure the page-number is always an inch from the right-hand edge of the paper (flush with the right-hand margin of your text) and that there is a double-space between the page number and the top line of text.

Do not use the abbreviation p. or any other mark before the page number.

Example:

"MLA Format." Graphic. Capital Community College. 15 Oct. 2003. <http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/format.shtml>

The pictures used in this WebQuest come from: Microsoft. [JPG Pictures & Animated Gif's]. Pen & Paper. Retrieved October 10,2004, from Microsoft ClipArt Gallery.