Ms. Rysinski's General English 12
Weekly Newsletter
The Research Paper: Your Future Career
This week, our class is starting the Senior Research Paper about their dream careers. You can help your children get started by thinking of ideas, researching information, and planning to write the paper.
This project will allow your children to show off all of the skills they have learned in the last four years of high school.
It is also a great opportunity to encourage your children to start thinking about their dream jobs. Through their research, students will learn about work hours, salaries, vacation time, necessary secondary education, and other important information.
We are looking forward to this journey together. Let's go!
What does it take to be a doctor?
For students interested in this career, they may research information like: How many years of schooling are necessary to be a doctor? What are the work hours like?
What does it take to be a writer?
For students interested in this career, they may research information like: How can a person get started in this career? Is it smart to go into publishing first?
What does it take to be a teacher?
For students interested in this career, they may research information like: How much vacation time do teachers get? What degrees are needed to be a teacher?
Future Due Dates
The final deadline is: March 5th
Grading
Academic Honesty
Plagiarism is copying another person's writing and not giving credit. Plagiarism is cheating and is taken very seriously. Students who plagiarize will be given one chance to rewrite the paper. If students plagiarize again, they will receive a 0%. Please help your child avoid plagiarism. For more information, visit this link: Avoiding Plagiarism.
More Information
These are some helpful links you might want to look at.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
I know that by working together, our students will be successful!
Sources
Career One Stop: Pathways to Career Success. Retrieved from http://www.careeronestop.org/.
Careers.org. Retrieved from http://www.careers.org/.
Stolly, S., Brizee, A., & Paiz, J.M. (2014). Purdue OWL: Writing a Research Paper. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/.
United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.bls.gov/ooh/.