Outline and Rubric for Science Article essays

Class, follow these steps to get a 100! 
Here are some tips/hints to help you when writing your Science Article essay:

- Use Microsoft Word/Google Docs to type your essay. Print it out or share it with me.
- Have a cover sheet (staple it to the essay), it can include a picture. 
- Type or write your class heading at the top of your essay.
- Include a full heading on the top of the page, with an original Title below, in the center.
- Organize your paper properly and include an introduction with a topic sentence, 2-3 supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion.
- Indent your paragraphs; each paragraph should be around 5-6 sentences long; use transition words between paragraphs.
- The font should be 12-14 size (if typed).
- Double or single space your essay.
- Write about current topics only (within the last month)
- Type or write it in your own words neatly (no plagiarism!) 
- Encourage the use of science Vocabulary that we have learned.
- If necessary (i.e. refuting a misconception), include evidence from a lab experiment, topics from class discussions and/or examples you've learned about to clear up this misconception. 
- The title of the article should be in "quotation marks" no matter where you find it (online, magazine, or newspaper).
- The name of a magazine, newspaper company, or website should be underlined or italicized.

- Extra Info- the title of a book, T.V. show, or movie should also be in italics; the name of a song should be in "quotation marks."

- Follow all the steps of the outline! Make sure to answer all the questions shown, in an essay format, including the picture.
- *Tip: Explain one or two main ideas in detail instead of writing a long list of everything you read about in the article. Clarify your key points, elaborate, include quotes (if you'd like).
- The picture can be drawn, printed from online (can be black & white), or inserted using Google images.
- Check for correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors before writing your final draft.
- Staple all your pages together! (or submit them as a Google doc).

Here is a copy of the outline I showed you in class for your science article essays:
For classes 701 and 703, click on here- Outline for Science Article essays. 
For classes 715, 721, and 727, click on here- Outline for Science Article essays
I gave you all a copy in class, but in case you lost it, just click on the link above. 

Also, here is the Rubric for your Science Article assignment. Click here on New Science Article Rubric to see it. It will be out of 15 points.

Finally, here are the slides I used in class to help you with your science article writing. There's more details in these slides. 
Classes 715, 721, 727 click here --> SLIDES ON WRITING A SCIENCE ARTICLE INFORMATIONAL ESSAY   

Classes 701, 703 click here --> SLIDES ON WRITING A SCIENCE ARTICLE INFORMATIONAL ESSAY
Hope this helps!

Models of Student Essays for Science Articles

Students, below are the links to model essays you can follow when doing your essays for the science articles. Notice how they are organized properly:

Student Model Essay, Ebola

Student Model Essay, Robots

Student Model Essay, Internet use

Reading and Writing help

Class, I'm attaching some documents that can help you write your essay that is due on Friday. One is a graphic organizer, which you can see if you click on Organizer for Writing. This is another graphic organizer that's a little more detailed --> Writing Argument Essay structure.


The following sites provide help with specific parts of writing- this one provides Sentence frames to help you get started; and for ideas on what transitions to use, click on Transitional Words and Phrases.

Here is a guideline for writing a paper. It has a lot of tips for writing a paper and I think it will really help you, not just in my class, but in any class that you need to write a paper. Click on Guidelines for Writing a Paper

I also found another website that shows you how to write an effective essay by discussing what goes in each paragraph. Click here on Writing a 5-paragraph essay.

Finally, this site has a lot of links for Words/Writing help, in simple language --> Fact Monster- Words/Writing help

Hope these resources help! Let me know if you have any questions.