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Research Writing Assignment Guide English 1302 Immersed in an academic writing situation, a problem solver begins from a point-of-view, relies on inductive analysis, and communicates findings through descriptive writing skills that develop a viable theory. Objectives • Utilize inductive reasoning and analytical writing forms • Ensure well-developed paragraphs and coherence in MLA research style •  Required Sources You are required to cite at least five sources, one from each of the following categories: One observation source: Observe the setting and participants involved in your research project, create notes of your observations, and quote these notes in your paper. One interview source: Interview an expert related to your research project, transcribe your questions and your interviewee’s answers into an interview transcript, and quote your interviewee in your paper. One book source: Find and cite one book from a library (college, personal, city) or bookstore. One peer-reviewed article source: Find and cite one peer-reviewed journal article from the college library’s database. NOTE: Newspapers, magazines, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and websites are not peer-reviewed. One photo, artistic representation, graph, table, or similar visual source: Embed and cite a visual image as a source. Capture a photograph or personally create an illustration, table, or graph. Do not copy images from the internet. You must create and own any image you embed in your paper. All other images will be rejected. Artifacts and Source Verification Process You are required to share your artifacts and verify your sources by attaching your Observation Notes, Interview Transcript, and photographs of your book and journal article passages in the following manner: 1. Create a set of Observation Notes and at least one Interview Transcript and attach them behind your Works Cited page. 2. Photograph the cover, title page, and all pages you are citing from your book source. 3. Photograph the title page and pages you are citing from your journal article. 4. Highlight the text you are citing from your book and journal article using your favorite software. 5. Paste your photographed sources behind your Observation Notes and Interview Transcript. WARNING: If I cannot match your sources to your in-text citations, then I will assume you are plagiarizing and/or refusing to meet the objectives of the assignment, and I will reject your paper. Format Write a minimum of 1200 words and a maximum of 1500 words according to MLA guidelines for research papers. Include a Works Cited page, but do not include a cover page. Final Submission and Extra-credit 1. If you worked with the Writing Center and wish to receive extra-credit, attach a photograph of your Writing Center stamp or OWL report at the end of your digital copy. 2. Click the Submit Compositions button, click the submission link, and upload your digital copy before the deadline. WARNING: Do not upload multiple files to eCampus. Do not email me photos of your sources. I will accept, open, and grade one file only. Penalties or Rejection Compositions will be penalized or rejected in the following cases: • Plagiarized paper • Does not address one of the required topics and/or the objectives • Late or missing submission to eCampus • Incorrectly formatted in MLA (incorrect file format and/or rhetorical form) • Missing documentation (missing sources, missing Works Cited page, missing in-text citations) • Missing source verification (missing transcripts and/or missing photographed sources) • Unverifiable sources (no highlighting to match sources and/or I cannot match sources) • Missing one or more of the required sources Research Topics.  You are required to choose one of the following research topics. If the following descriptions do not meet your needs, please ask for clarification or propose an adjustment before proceeding with your project.  1:Research an Interesting Person Research aspects of a person’s life experience either in the past or the present. This should be something unique, extraordinary, or impressive. Focus on discovering and understanding how this person experienced or is experiencing life. For example, you may ask the question, “How does Jenny experience cancer, and what does survival mean for her?” Include a photo or artistic representation of Jenny living through her health challenge. Do not tell Jenny’s life story; rather, focus on how and why her experience with cancer shapes her life, creates an identity for her, and helps her know herself. Other ideas include researching a person who volunteers at a prison, a food pantry, or an animal sanctuary. You may research a person with an exceptionally dangerous job, a former inmate who now helps convicts assimilate into society, a person who lobbies politicians, or a person who fights climate change. Maybe you would like to research a person with a very interesting hobby such as skydiving (unless you are too chicken to try it). Capture photos or create artistic interpretations of the experience. You must have access to this person. Do not research a famous person such as the president of the United States, a movie star, or war hero unless you personally know this person and you can interview him or her for this research project.  2:Research an Interesting Space, Place, or Environment Go to a park, a wildlife sanctuary, the Apple Store, a building, a bus depot, a homeless shelter, or any interesting place. Observe the environment and begin to discover and understand this place. Observe your relationship or another person’s relationship to this space and interview that person interacting and living in this space. For example, you may ask, “How do North Lake students experience the college’s landscape?” Search your own perceptions and discover how other students see the landscape. Or, you may ask, “How does the city council view the downtown park?” The park may be a potential source of income (the city can charge visitors a fee), but a homeless person sees the park as shelter. You may see the park as a second home, a place where you play basketball with your friends. What do these various perspectives mean? Research the meaning of this space by creating and capturing images.  3:Research an Interesting Event Reflect on an interesting event you experienced in the past or you are currently experiencing now. This may include a concert, a Quinceanera, an awkward wedding, a shocking funeral, immigration to America, a political rally, a protest, a near death experience. Please do not research your summer vacation; rather, research how and why an interesting event is shaping your life now, provides meaning to you, and helps fashion your identity. You may ask, “How do I experience Beyoncé concerts?” Consider who you go with, when and why you go with particular people, and how you might think or feel both at the concert and after the concert. You may use old photos or capture new ones as artifacts.