Research Report Formatting Guidelines

The video tutorial guides students through enhancing their natural resource research reports. It covers peer editing, adding non-fiction text features, creating a cover page, incorporating images with proper citations, and compiling a works cited page. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of making the report polished and informative, with a focus on proper formatting and source acknowledgment.

What should you do after receiving feedback from your partner on your research report?

• Ignore the feedback

• Submit the report immediately

• Make the best writing you’ve ever done

• Start a new project

What should be included on the cover page of your research report?

• Only the title

• Only your full name

• Title, full name, and a related image with source

• Just an image

Where should page numbers be added in the research report?

• Bottom right corner

• Top right corner

• Bottom left corner

• Top left corner

Which of the following is NOT a non-fiction text feature you can add to your research report?

• Glossary

• Fictional stories

• Headings and subheadings

• Table of contents

What should you do if you add an image to your research report?

• Ignore the source

• Place the image at the beginning of the report

• Write the word 'source' with a capital S and provide the source and description

• Just add the image without any text

What should you do after creating your cover page?

• Add images to the rest of the research report

• Start a new project

• Remove the cover page

• Submit the report

What is the purpose of a works cited page?

• To summarize the research report

• To credit the work of authors and provide information for further reading

• To add more content to the report

• To list all the images used

How should the sources be ordered in the works cited page?

• By the length of the article

• By the date of publication

• By the title of the article

• Alphabetically by the author's last name

What should you do if there is no author for a source?

• Use your own name

• Use 'Anonymous' as the author

• Start with the title of the article

• Skip the source

What should be the first thing on the works cited page?

• The title of the research report

• The first source in alphabetical order

• The word 'References'

• The word 'Works Cited' underlined