Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Ugh. It's not about length. Concentrating on word count or length will get you nowhere. If you know what you're writing about and can find an angle that interests you, you just let it run free from your mind.
5 pages is nothing.
I don't think that last comment was very helpful to the Op. It really depends on what you are writing about and the magnitude of how well you need to write the paper, not to mention the resources available to you according to certain rules.
For example, your professor may say that you need to write about the discovery of possible use of batteries in Iraq, many thousands of years ago. And he may also include that half of your paper need to be from sources that involve newspaper articles and encycopedias, thus excluding the Internet and perhaps interviews with people who's studied it. Then he may ask you to write in a format from a political point of view.
When you say that 5 pages is nothing, you demonstrate that all 5 page papers are easy to you and that you know exactly what the understanding is to just about anything a 5 page can go for. If that's the case, so be it.
Anyway,
-brainstorm
-research, refer to brainstorm assesment to stay focused
-gather materials and perform a more controlled and guided research, at the same time keep in mind that you need to write a paper
-draft 1 - write what you can and try to make sense
-draft 2 - have someone look a it and perform more research if necessary, then write it again
-evaluate your thoughts and see if you are where you need to be with your paper before you put more effort into polishing it the way you want it
-draft 3 - write your paper more seriously, strong points of views and grammer counts also!
-final draft 4 - have someone (people) proof read your paper and look it over once more
-final paper - you're set! look things over, make your final corrections, and turn this one in!
=intro, body and conclusion=
intro - what you're going to write about
body - say what you want to say, and support it with quotes and back up, suggest alternatives and stay focused on the main topic
-you are trying to reinforce your intro, and this is where you get to talk about the core
conclusion - yeah, sum everything up in one or two paragraphs, this time you suggest the intro in a more conclusive and decisive way.
=paper type=
you have to write it a certain way. examples include not using the words "I." you normally never use slang and make sure you have zero grammical errors.
usually your instructor will tell you at the beginning of the course or before he gives the assignment to you _ may also be in syllabus.
So good luck with your paper!!!!
I always encourage college level classes in high school. that way you learn early what college may be like, and become more well rounded to matters around you. you never know if you're going to get slammed with 5 hours of homework when most of the homework you've done in high school was at most, 50 minutes.
p.s. don't focus entirely on your grade or trying to get the word count minimum (though there may also be a maximum), try to learn as much as possible and remember resources and hardwork. you don't need to use complicated words to make your paper look good unless you for sure know what they mean. stay awake for the worse, not turning in a paper is telling everyone else that you are incapable of performing on your own and that the language you are writing in is too hard for you to understand.
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