Career Project

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Career Project

• A mini-research paper and presentation for ninth
  grade students.

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Why conduct research?

• The purpose of research is to gather information
  for a topic and/or issue.
• Good research always has a clear purpose, topic,
  and audience(Delaware State Standards).

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Why is research relevant to this project?

• The purpose of this project is to have students
  research a career option.
• Students are not writing a paper based upon
  their own opinions, but rather an objective paper
  that will help form and fulfill their future
  goals.

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4 quick tips for effective research writing

• 1. Research writing has a special format. You
  will use either MLA(Modern Language Association)
  or APA(American Psychological Association)
  formats. It is impossible to remember every
  single detail of MLA or APA however, students
  can access a handbook to help them format the
  paper correctly. (http//owl.english.purdue.edu/ow
  l/resource/557/01/)

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4 quick tips(continued)

• 2. Research papers never contain your opinion.
  You should also refrain from using the following
  pronouns I, me, my, our, we, and us. However,
  since this project centers upon you evaluating
  your skills and weaknesses, you will be allowed
  to use I, my, and me.

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4 quick tips(continued)

• 3. A research paper should always have a works
  cited page. This is the page that documents the
  sources that you quoted.
• 4. Without internal documentation or a works
  cited page, you are guilty of plagiarism.
  Plagiarism is defined as the uncredited use
  (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody
  else's words or ideas(Driscoll 1).

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Getting started

• If you had to choose a career today, then what
  would it be? Why?
• Note You may not choose the following career
  choices professional athlete or a rapper.
• According to an article in Ebony magazine in
  1998, studies found that one out of every 50,000
  high students will ever be a part of a
  professional team(Leavy 1)!
• You may choose to be a singer or an actor, but
  you will go the route of most other actors and
  singers by attending college.

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Works Cited

• Leavy, Walter. The dream to be like Mike and
  the odds of achieving it - the odds of becoming
  a professional athlete. Ebony Nov. 1998.
• Stolley, Karl. Avoiding Plagiarism." The OWL at
  Purdue. 10 May 2006. Purdue University Writing
  Lab. 12 May 2006 lthttp//owl.english.purdue.edu/ o
  wl/resource/557/01/gt.