AP Extra Credit Opportunities
Remember: You must have all homework completed before you may submit extra credit.
Option 1:
ASSIGNMENT: Write a research paper in which you take a position on some grammar-related topic that has been approved by me. Support your position by referring to the opinions and research of several scholars who have written on your topic or on related subjects.
AUDIENCE: Your paper should be directed to other aspiring grammar scholars. Do not assume that your readers have a better understanding of grammar, grammatical concepts or grammatical terminology than is normal for non- specialists.
LENGTH: 1000-1300 words of text.
FORMAT: Use the new MLA (Modern Language Association) documentation style instead of footnotes or endnotes. Include a Works Cited sheet at the end of your paper. Details concerning the new MLA style can be found in The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or in recent handbooks of writing style—or online references such as the Purdue Online Writing Lab. (Quick Link on Home Page). In the top left corner staple or paper clip the pages together. Do not put your essay in a folder or plastic cover, and do not include fly sheets (i.e. sheets with nothing on them).
TOPIC SELECTION: Please provide me with your paper's title on or before November 1. Your paper must be submitted before December 17.
LATE PAPERS: Late papers will not be accepted.
DUE DATE: The beginning of class on Friday, December 17.
GRADING: The research paper may EITHER replace a poor Unit Exam or Major Assignment grade, OR may count as an exemption from 1 essay on the final exam.
ASSIGNMENT: Write a research paper in which you take a position on some grammar-related topic that has been approved by me. Support your position by referring to the opinions and research of several scholars who have written on your topic or on related subjects.
AUDIENCE: Your paper should be directed to other aspiring grammar scholars. Do not assume that your readers have a better understanding of grammar, grammatical concepts or grammatical terminology than is normal for non- specialists.
LENGTH: 1000-1300 words of text.
FORMAT: Use the new MLA (Modern Language Association) documentation style instead of footnotes or endnotes. Include a Works Cited sheet at the end of your paper. Details concerning the new MLA style can be found in The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or in recent handbooks of writing style—or online references such as the Purdue Online Writing Lab. (Quick Link on Home Page). In the top left corner staple or paper clip the pages together. Do not put your essay in a folder or plastic cover, and do not include fly sheets (i.e. sheets with nothing on them).
TOPIC SELECTION: Please provide me with your paper's title on or before November 1. Your paper must be submitted before December 17.
LATE PAPERS: Late papers will not be accepted.
DUE DATE: The beginning of class on Friday, December 17.
GRADING: The research paper may EITHER replace a poor Unit Exam or Major Assignment grade, OR may count as an exemption from 1 essay on the final exam.
