USF Ecological Themes in The Milagro Beanfield War Book Report

read a book from the list below.  Each of these fiction or non-fiction books covers an environmental issue. You will have to write a book report summarizing

the main theme,

the environmental message of the book,

whether you agree with the message of the book, and

• whether or not the environmental issue is still relevant.
• The book report must be 1.5 pages (around 500 words), double-spaced, and 12-point font. The 1.5 pages of written material must be your own personal writing. Figures, tables, quoted text, and other material does not count toward this total. If the project is not at least 1.5 pages long, it will be returned ungraded.
• Your report will be graded on content, organization, and writing (including English, grammar, spelling etc.). If you use references, please follow the citation examples below.  Remember to reference all of your sources (see below) and be careful not to plagiarize (see plagiarism policy (Links to an external site.) for a description of plagiarism and how to avoid it).  https://scai.sdes.ucf.edu/student-rules-of-conduct/Links to an external site.
• Pick one of the following environmental books:

A Sand County Almanac: Aldo Leopold

The Milagro Bean Field War: John Nichols

The Monkey Wrench Gang: Edward Abbey

Silent Spring: Rachel Carson

Planet Walker: John FrancisSubmitting Your Book Report 

Save your report as a Word document (e.g. doc and docx)

When you are ready to submit it, click on “Start Assignment” on the right-hand side of the Canvas web page. 

Next, use the “Choose File” button to browse to your saved document and select the document. If you need more instructions on how to do this, please see “How do I upload a file to my assignment submission?”  (Links to an external site.)

If you wish to add a comment to your instructor, type it into the text box.

When you’re ready to submit your document, use the “Submit Assignment” button to send it to your instructor. It will be nearly impossible to receive a high grade without bringing references into your work. If all of your cited material comes from the web, you will not be likely to receive a high grade either. We do not accept Wikipedia as a source of factual information for this class or accept citations from Wikipedia for your work. Do not use Wikipedia. You must go to the library, newspapers, books, etc. and find reference material to support your written work there. References must be included underneath all figures, tables, graphs, and images. If you copy written material ‘word-for-word’ from a book, website, etc., you must put quotation marks around the text and clearly CITE the author/source of the material.  You must also include a full reference to ALL the sources you use by using in-text citations as well as listing them in proper bibliographic format (in alphabetic order) on a separate reference page.  You may choose to use the APA or MLA styles of citation, but please be consistent in using one or the other throughout your paper and bibliography.The UCF University Writing Center is a good resource for help on any writing assignments:https://www.ucf.edu/services/s/university-writing-center-uwc/Links to an external site.The following websites are great resources for helping you correctly format your in-text and bibliography citations.  There are also examples below of some popular kinds of citations in MLA and APA format.

MLA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
APA: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Online citation creator:  http://citationmachine.net/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Examples of MLA Citation:

In-text citation:     (Author last name, page#)
                            (Smith, 272)
                           (Smith, Jones and McCoy, 272) – up to three authors
                           (Smith et al., 272) – for four or more authors
Book citation:
Stalson, Helen. Intellectual Property Rights and U.S. Competitiveness in Trade. Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association, 1987. 52-67. Print.

Web page citation:
“Global Warming – Climate: Uncertainties.” EPA Yosemite Information Page. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 2002. Web. 13 January 2003. <http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/climateuncertainties .html (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)>.

Newspaper article citation:
Hartocollis, Anemona. “New York State Regulators Toughen Standards for Teachers.” New York Times 18 Sep. 1999, New Enland: A12. Print.

Popular magazine article citation:
Pooley, Eric. “How Conservative is McCain.” Time 14 Feb. 2000: 40-42. Print.

Journal citation:
Susskind, Lawrence E., and Louise Dunlap. “The Importance of Nonobjective Judgments in Environmental Impact Assessments.” Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2.4 (1981): 335-366. Print.

Oral (person’s words) citation:
Stanbrook, Roisin. Personal Communication. 23rd Aug. 2021. Conversation on how to cite references for EVR1001.

Examples of APA Citation:

In-text citation: (Author last name, year published)
                       (Smith, 2002)
                        (Smith, Jones & McCoy, 2002) – up to five authors.For three or more authors, use this format the first time you use an in-text citation in your paper, and for subsequent in-text citations of the SAME SOURCE use (Smith, et al., 2002)
                    (Smith, et al., 2002) – six or more authors

Book citation:
Stalson, H. (1987). Intellectual property rights and U.S. competitiveness in trade. Washington, D.C.: National Planning Association.

Web page citation:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). (2002). Global warming – climate: uncertainties. Retrieved from http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/climateuncertainties.html (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)

Newspaper article citation:
Hartocollis, A. (1999, September 18). New York regulators toughen standards for teachers. New York Times, A12.

Popular magazine article citation:
Pooley, E. (2000, February 14). How conservative is McCain. Time, 40-42.

Journal citation:
Susskind, L.E., & Dunlap, L. (1999). The Importance of nonobjective judgments in environmental impact assessments. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2(4), 355-366.

Oral (person’s words) citation:
Stanbrook, R. (Professor). (2021, Aug 23). Conversation on how to cite references for EVR1001 [Personal Communication].