How to present your essay Title page

How to present your essay

Title page • Here you present your name, your title, your school, and the date. • Imagine that essay is about How do students comply with deadlines, so my title page would look like this • It should take a complete page! Letters should be Times New Roman or Arial size 11 or 12. Academic Research and Writing How do students comply with deadlines? (My title) Liliana Ferro-Isaza (My name) Teacher: Liliana Ferro-Isaza (the name of the teacher) Word count: 950 words (the number of words in your essay) December 7 th, 2012 Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Astana

Contents page • Here you detail to your reader the parts of your essay and the pages they are in. • See an example • It should also take one complete page. Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Page Introduction ……………. 3 Why are deadlines important 4 Techniques for complying with deadlines ……………… 5 Conclusion ……………. 6 Bibliography ……………. 7

Introduction page • Here you place your introduction. Introduction Deadlines are often missed by 8 th grade students, though some of them are really punctual. I am interested in learning how to encourage students to reach and meet the deadlines. That’s why my research question is How do students comply with dedlines?

Main body of your essay • Here is where you write the components of your outline. • Example • Remember to write the references for your quotations, paraphrasing and summaries. Use footnotes. Why are deadlines important Deadlines are the “final dates of submission of papers and pieces of work” 1. They are important because they help students to organize their time, and they provide the same opportunities for all of them 2. _____ 1 ‘Deadline’, , November 27 2012 2 ‘Fairness in schools’, , November 27 2012

Conclusion page • Here you finish with your own ideas. You don’t use quotations, references or summaries. • You explain to your reader the new things you learned about your famous person. • Example: Conclusion After learning about deadlines, I can see that it is extremely important that all students submit their work on time. Only students who comply with deadlines tend to be successful in life.

Bibliography • This is the last page of your essay. • Here you write all the places where you found information, in alphabetical order. • Example: Bibliography 1. Shakira, ‘Biography’, http: //shakirabio. tumblr. com/, November 27 2012. 2. ‘Shakira Biography’, http: //www. biography. com/pe ople/shakira-189151, November 27 2012.