DECA Idea Challenge Report Alternative

Use the attached document to prepare a 2 page research paper on the topic of "Repurposing Plastic Bottles."

This report should be typed and submitted to me by 3:00 pm Wednesday, November 18.

The attached checklist is using MLA formatting which you will use in future classes and college.

You may use my thesis statement and supporting paragraph topics.  It must be about "Recycling or Repurposing Plastic Bottles."

Sample Research paper

Instructions/Checklist




Section 1 - Introduction paragraph with thesis statement as LAST sentence in the introductory paragraph. (start with a hook introducing the topic of the need to recycle or repurpose cardboard.)
Section 2 - Transition into supporting paragraph1 (possibly talking about one idea for repurposing)
Section 3 - Transition into second supporting topic (possibly paragraphs about another use for cardboard)
Section 4 - Transition into third supporting topic (possibly paragraphs about a third use for cardboard)
Section 5 - conclusion - sum up your information in a closing paragraph
 

1. Reread each paragraph to make sure that each sentence makes sense and adds valuable information that is not repeated.  
2. Check grammar and spelling
3. Check punctuation 
4. Now cut all of your sources and put them in order on a last page titled "Works Cited" (see the sample research paper link to see what your final product should look like... including heading, title and page numbers)
5. When you have checked your work, share and send to me in an email to julie6davis@gmail.com