General Instructions

• Choose one of the activities you have done in the course. ( I WILL ATTACH THE ACTIVITY FILE )
• Expand on it by elaborating and clarifying it further (you can refer to some extra sources, books and journals)
• Relate your chosen activity/topic with the overall course theme (you can mention in the ‘purpose’ and/or ‘conclusion’ of your paper how the chosen activity topic is significant for the course (see below)
• Write the minimum of 36 lines (roughly 1.5 pages) and not exceed the maximum of 125 lines (roughly 5 pages)

Rubrics: Total Possible Score: 13

Format of the Paper – 3 marks

• Your term paper should appear as a formal submission with consistency in style and format
• Please visit this link for an example of APA style formatting (you do not need to follow APA, just be consistent as in the example). http://www.thewritesource.com/apa/apa.pdf

Rubrics

• Cover Page: .5 mark
• Font size (12 Times New Royal with 1.5 spacing): .5 mark
• Consistency (in subheadings, numberings and/or writing style) 1 mark
• Language (not more than 3 errors in spelling/grammar): 1 marks

Essential Elements of the Paper

• Abstract (5 lines minimum – could be one line for each of the following) – 2.5 marks
  • Introduce the paper/topic (what does the paper talk about?): .5 mark
  • Mention the purpose (how it is related to the course theme?): .5 mark
  • State the procedure/style (how have you written it?): .5 mark
  • Summary of the paper (no details required.): .5 mark
  • Significance of the paper (how can studying the selected activity topic benefit you in this course?): .5 mark

Note:

• Introduction (8 lines minimum) – 3 marks
• Discussion (15 lines minimum) – 4 marks
  • Discuss others’ opinions you have found on your chosen subject: 1 mark
  • Offer yours opinions (agreement or disagreement with the above): 1 marks
  • Give analysis (justify your opinions. Why do you agree or disagree with others’ opinions and how is that related to what you have learnt in the course? Do you have any different opinions altogether?): 2 mark
• Conclusion (8 lines minimum) – 3 marks
  • Rephrase the full abstract (including the purpose): 1 mark
  • Provide summary of the discussion (including your opinion and its justification): 1 mark
  • Mention some possible research topics that come out of your paper (what kind of topics you or someone else can derive from your paper and do another research.): 1 marks

Note:

• You are allowed to have or not to have sub-headings. For instance you can do the above four things under sub-headings, Introduction, Purpose, etc. Otherwise you can do everything as separate lines/paragraphs without any sub-headings
• You can change the sequence of the above elements. For instance you can state the style first and then the purpose

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