What Would You Do?
Scholarly Article Publication
Scholarly Article
Your group will write and publish an academic article that examines and develops a solution for your WWYD issue, which will incite a change in perspective at CHS. The following instructions will help guide you in creating this academic article.
Formatting the Article
The Basics
The Publishable Scholarly Article Formatting:
Double Spaced
1 Inch Margins
Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt
Original Title
Proper MLA Heading
Crafting the Article
The Introduction
- Every good article has an introduction that engages the reader. You must remember that this is the place where you will introduce your problem and reasoning behind choosing this question to explore. Try to not make it cheesy by starting with “What would you do?” Make your introduction unique.
- While it is fine to start your article in a universal manner, you must address Coppell High School in your introduction and claim.
Include the claim statement that introduces your overall purpose. Remember, your job is to support this claim in the rest of your article.
Body Paragraphs Section One: The Research
- Create an original subtitle for this section, like the example below. "The Research" is not an original subtitle.
- Research that supports and develops claim.
Research is a mix of direct quotes, paraphrases, and summary from both inside and outside sources.
Parenthetically cite all research.
Body Paragraphs Section Two: The Solution
- Create an original subtitle for this section, like the example below. "The Solution" is not an original subtitle.
- Provide a well thought out, developed, and relevant solution to the problem.
This solution has to be realistic and something that could be put into place at Coppell High School or in the Coppell community.
The solution should utilize research (both inside and outside sources) for support.
Following the example provided on the annotated bibliography Google doc, if we were to draft a solution to the cloning issue, we might explain how we would draft a bill for Congress to pass banning research and experimentation on cloning. This solution would be in paragraph form and a lot more detailed than the above sentence.
The Conclusion
Group reflection must thread all the points of the paper to show the following:
Lessons learned
Impact made
Goals reached
Leave the reader with a thought-provoking idea that is not simply “What would you do?”
This should flow with your paper. It should not be disconnected.
Citing Your Sources
Works Cited Page
- List of sources in MLA citation format in alphabetical order used to create final article. You can copy and paste from your annotated bibliography, but change the color to black.
- Be sure to make any corrections to your citations so that you don’t lose more points for the same mistakes!
- This should begin on a new page at the end of your article. Title this page Works Cited. The title should be centered. Do not bold, italicize, underline, or enlarge the title.
Avoid Plagiarism! (And All the Yucky Stuff that Goes with It)
All Evidence (direct quote, paraphrase, summary) must have parenthetical citations when referenced or used in the article. Remember that parenthetical citations go at the end of the sentence, not simply following the quote. If your quote is in the middle of the sentence your parenthetical citation still goes at the end of the sentence. Punctuation will follow the parenthetical citation.