Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

Final Paper and Presentation Guidelines

Final Paper

The final paper (3–5 pp.; MLA format) is a way for you to engage thoughtfully with the issues and questions we have read about and discussed this semester and to bring together skills in reading, critical and analytical thinking, and writing that we have worked on these past few months. Hand in your work in class on Thursday, February 27, 2014 and submit a digital copy on Turnitin.com.

Information for initial login to Turnitin.com: (If you don't already have an account on Turnitin.com, follow the directions below to set up one.)

• On the Turnitin.com homepage, click "Create Account" at the top right hand corner
• On the Create a User Profile page, at the Create a New Account heading, click "student"
• On the Create a New Student Account page, type in the following class ID and password, then provide the user information (Chula recommends using your chula e-mail account) and set up your account password, check that you are over 13 years old, and click "I agree--create profile"
  
• Class ID: 7738923
• Class Enrollment Password: barbarians1
• You are now ready to submit your paper.
  

Revision

Consider comments from the final paper forum as you revise your work for submission. Rewrite to fix problems regarding the argument, support, prose, organization, mechanics, and style to  make your paper more effective. Some things to keep in mind as you proofread and edit your work:

• Does my title show that I have a point to make?

• Is my thesis sound, clear, and interesting?

• Have I supported my thesis with compelling evidence?

• Is the organization of my paper logical and appropriate to the arguments I am making?

• Is my language clear, consistent, and suited to the subject matter?

• Do each of my paragraphs have a clear point and coherence?

• Are my sentences varied, interesting, and effective?

• Do my verbs agree with their subjects? Pronouns with their nouns?

• Is my paper free of spelling mistakes?

• Have I cited my sources properly?

Final Presentation

Presentations of your final paper is on week 17 of class: Monday, February 17, 2014 and Thursday, February 20, 2014. Each panel of three papers will have fifteen minutes to present their study of literary text(s) on the syllabus. This will be followed by a ten-minute question and answer session. A moderator will be presiding over the presentations and discussion session of each panel, introducing the speakers, mediating the questions and responses, and making sure things stay on schedule.

A program of the final presentation schedule will be posted on our detailed schedule page once panel and paper titles, speakers and moderators are finalized. You are responsible for e-mailing me your working response and panel titles and any revisions to them by Friday, February 14, 2014.

Please inform me of any special equipment needs such as speakers if you are planning to play a video or audio clip. Otherwise our usual computer (which uses Microsoft Office 2007) and LCD projector will be provided.

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Last updated February 25, 2014