Before completing this progress report, you must consult with me about Progress Report 3.
This progress report must contain the following items stapled to this sheet. As always, make a copy for your own use because I will be keeping my copy.
I. Statement of your topic.
II. Statement of side A (½ page)
III. Statement of side B (½ page)
IV. Annotated bibliography.
V. Outline of ideas
An annotated bibliography is a listing of sources with a short description of the contents of each source. The idea is to summarize the reason why each source is useful for your project so that a reader can better understand the contents and value of your references. (The CIS volumes are an example of an annotated bibliography.) You will be submitting an annotated bibliography with your final paper so you can view this progress report as a draft.
Your annotated bibliography must contain at least 3 sources for each side with a ¼-½ page summary for each source. Your citations must satisfy the following requirments. (i) Each must include a call number so that I can get it from the library without looking anything up. (ii) Each must include the author, the title, the date, and the pages. If it is in a volume with other material, you must also specify the author and title of that volume.
The best way to handle a volume containing multiple sources is to make just one listing for the volume and then reference it by number in your other citations. For example,
1. "How to make money in international banking," BCCI President, contained in [2].
2. "Hearings on sleazy practices in international banking," Senate ..., Jan. 1991.
I give low grades to term papers without section titles. You will have (at the very least) an introduction, a section for each side, a section for your analysis, and a conclusion. The main point of the body of your report will be to present the evidence and arguments for the two sides. The most effective presentation is generally a fairly simple point by point discussion. Furthermore, it is easiest to tackle a project in smaller pieces. So you need to subdivide your topic. In the outline you submit with this progress report give the section title and list the major points within each section.
Unless you are a successful novelist with a publishing contract, you must follow these rules: Every paragraph must have a topic sentence. Unless there is an extremely good reason for a deviation from good form, the topic sentence must come first. Every paragraph should make sense when viewed in isolation. Sentence should be written in passive voice only when absolutely necessary.
Plagiarism violates our honor code. The most irritating form of plagiarism is borrowing a paragraph and then "footnoting" the expropriation. (Imagine how distressing it could be to read exams that barely meet the standards for a C in this class and term papers that meet the standards for Newsweek and Time.) Resolve to succeed or fail on your own merits because that is what will happen in the real world.