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Honors Biology: Formatting Your Paper

Learning Targets

  • I can use APA guidelines to format my paper. 
  • I can create a Reference Page containing correct citations of all sources used in my paper. 
  • I can correctly use parenthetical citations so that readers can easily access my sources. 

APA Formatting: Reference Page

Formatting Final Paper Timeline

Visual Representations: Friday, February 16th

1. Talk about visual representations, captions, and citations.

APA Formatting and Abstract: Wednesday, Feb. 28th/Thursday, Feb. 29th

1. Set up your final paper in APA formatting

2. Review APA guidelines for Reference page.

HOMEWORK: Rough draft DUE to Canvas on Friday, March 1st!

Peer Edits: Tuesday, March 19th/Wednesday, March 20th

1. Submit your rough draft to Canvas.

  • Canvas Link
    • Remember: your final paper needs to include your References at the end!

​2. Peer edit your partners' papers by sharing your Google Doc and allow them to be a commenter.  They can then comment on your paper or offer suggestions without editing.

3. To turn in your edited rough drafts, download your Google Doc as a Word Document. (This allows your teacher to see any comments.) Next, upload the Word Document to Canvas and submit with pictures of each page of your peer review rubric.

HOMEWORK: Peer edits DUE to Canvas on Friday, March 22nd.

Submit Your Paper: Friday, March 29th

HOMEWORK: FINAL PAPER DUE TO CANVAS ON MARCH 29TH BY 11:59 PM. SUBMIT ONE COPY TO TURNITIN THROUGH CANVAS AND ONE COPY TO CANVAS UNDER THE REFERENCE ASSIGNMENT!  BOTH COPIES WILL BE PDFs!

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