Parent Letter for the Fourth Quarter

March 25, 2013

RE: Fourth Quarter Research Paper

Dear Parents and Students,

This is the Fourth Quarter—WOOHOO!!! You have almost made it through 9^th grade! This quarter in the Socratic class, we will be writing a Research Paper using the MLA format. Your student has already been given many hand-outs on the MLA format. I will have some additional materials on the classroom blogsite. We will be writing this research paper in stages. The following is a list of the pieces of the research project and when each part is due.

Pick a Research Question (50 points)                                       Due: April 10

Research note cards and Works Cited page (50 points)   Due: April 18

Notes and Outline with in-text citations (50 points)          Due: May 1

First Draft (50 points)                                                                     Due: May 15

Final Paper (100 points)                                                                 Due: May 22

I will be trying to review the steps for writing a research paper. Each step is worth 50 points with the final paper worth 100 points. It is important for the students to accomplish each step in order to have a completed research paper which is acceptable and well-done for this class. It will be necessary for your student to spend some time at a local library or to visit the BYU Library in order to do research for this paper. Please let me know if this is a problem for your student.

We will also be reading and studying Beowulf this quarter. We will begin the reading on April 11^th and continue until the final test on Beowulf which will be on May 14^th and the Epic Poem Project which will be due on May 9^th.

The test dates for this quarter will be:

Test on China and Islam                                                T, April 16

Test on Charlemagne                                     Th, May 2

Test on Beowulf                                               T. May 14

Test on Medieval History                              T, May 21

FINALS                                                                  May 24-29

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you for your support!

Marianna Richardson

9^th Grade Socratic Teacher

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