Climate change
As with Writing Assignment 1, 10-points extra credit will be given if students write 1000 words with 10 citations instead of 600 words with a minimum of five sources.
To complete this assignment, you must write a short paper with a minimum of 1000 words about a topic as it relates to climate change. You can select any topic that you would like, but please make sure that you have proper citations to support the statements in your paper.
For example, you could write about climate change and food production, climate change and tornados, or climate change and India. Feel free to select a topic that is relevant to your interests and/or major—just make sure you use appropriate citations for your paper. Please contact the teaching assistant if you need help selecting a topic for your paper. You must use at least 10 sources in your document. Your sources must come from news articles published within the last five years (2015 to present) that support your topic. For a list of possible sources see the left-hand column of the Chronicle of Education’s Arts and Letters Daily: www.aldaily.com (can be magazine, newspaper, or reputable website— no “here’s what I think” editorials).
You will be graded on how well you: 1) Sufficiently put together a cohesive paper with a clear topic that stems from those listed above, 2) Cite at least five recent news articles, and 3) Use collegiate writing. Citations All references must be cited!
To cite a statement in your text please include the acronym for the source (ex. National Public Radio would be abbreviated to NPR) and the date of the published article. Here is an example on how to cite in text: In 2018, Washington D.C. recorded the wettest year ever since record keeping began in the 1880s (NPR, 12/15/2018). You must also include a references section at the end of your paper that includes the full name of the source, the date of the article, and the URL link to the article.
Here is an example on how to write the citation in the reference section:
National Public Radio, 12/15/2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/12/15/677063597/2018-is-now-the-wettest-year-onrecord-for-washington-and-other-cities Paper Requirements, Turn In, and Plagiarism Papers must be submitted through Canvas and will be scanned for plagiarism using Turnitin software. Similarity scores (plagiarism) must be less than or equal to 25%. Two points will be deducted for each additional percentage point that similarity scores exceed 25% (ex. A similarity score of 30% will result in 10 percentage points automatically deducted from your grade). Use of block quotes is discouraged and will quickly raise your similarity score, so please paraphrase rather than use direct quotes. Before submitting your paper make sure it contains all the required elements below: A cover page A minimum of 600 words not including the title page and reference section Have a reference section in the format listed above Double spaced Times new roman, 12-point font 1 inch margins all around
