Senior Thesis Information

Important Notes

• A graduation requirement, the Senior Thesis is a 12-15 page argumentative research paper; the 12-15 pages does not include the title page, works cited page and any appendices.
   
• Each senior English class will have a designated Senior Thesis Day every week.
   
• Each segment of the process and the product will be graded; only the product is a graduation requirement.
   
• Each writer will have a second reader: the teacher of another senior class who will be involved in the writing process and who will grade the final product.  Both readers must give the paper a passing grade; the final grade will be the average of the two grades.
   
• If the paper receives a failing grade, the writer must rewrite the paper until both readers assign a passing grade; the highest grade such a paper can receive is a C.  No passing papers can be rewritten for a higher grade.
   
• Failure to submit the required materials/work, or submission of unacceptable materials/work, will result for a week of ineligibility(i.e. failure to submit on 10/2 will place student on the ineligibility list from 10/8-12), or until acceptable materials/work is submitted (if student submits acceptable work on 10/3, he/she is still ineligible for the whole week).