Essay Paper

You are required to write a 5 page (minimum) essay paper (not including the title page, abstract or reference
page) over a specific internal parasite (fluke, tapeworm, etc) The parasite must live INSIDE the human body.
(Google some options if one does not come to mind). Your paper should be typed, in APA format (for help with
APA, use link below) https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ or you can also receive help from the
CCC tutoring center. Your essay must include at least 5 reputable sources - primary journals (Wikipedia is not
a reputable source). You are not able to use any quotes in this paper. Everything should be in your own words.
This will be a hard task for some of you, considering the difficulties of changing scientific language if you
have any problems, please use the sources listed above.

Your paper should include the following, in APA format:

Title page
Abstract (150 250 words)
Minimum of 5 pages including:
o The lifecycle of the parasite in its host(s), including how the parasite is contracted
o The pathophysiology of the disease once in the host
o The epidemiology of the disease (where it is prevalent most, who it affects, etc)
o Signs and symptoms of the host
o Medicines required (if any)
Minimum of 5 references

The grading rubric will be as follows:

- 50% of your grade based on APA format and references (this component is important to learn now as
you will be required to write future papers in APA format)
- 50% of your grade based on content and length of paper

You will be required to submit your essay to turnitin.com. Once you have registered with them, you will need
classID and password info.

The ClassID is 12796004 The Password is Micro-Online

The reason you need to use turnitin.com is to prevent plagiarism of your paper. Your plagiarism percentage
MUST BE BELOW 10% before I will grade it. You are allowed to submit your paper to turnitin.com. as many
times as you need to in order to ensure your plagiarism percentage is 9% or below. You must get approval of
your parasite before writing the essay paper. Simply email me with your parasite idea. There will be one
parasite (Genus species) per person, so email me with your ideas as early as possible to ensure you get to write
over the parasite of your choice.

You must get your parasite approved prior to the due date, thus approval of your parasite is needed NO LATER
THAN June 22nd. The due date for your essay paper will be July 6th, before 11:00 p.m. You will not need to
submit your paper to Canvas as I will be able to retrieve all documents off of Turnitin.com. Please remember, it
takes at least 24 hours for turnitin.com to generate a plagiarism report so if you must re-submit your paper,
work on them early as NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!!!

If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to email me.

 Grading Components for Essay Paper

APA format: 5 Points Each

Title Page
Running head
Abstract/ Keywords (required here)
Times New Roman / 12 pt. font
Double Space / Indent Paragraphs/ Pg #s
Introduction, Body, and Conclusion

APA format: 10 Points Each

References
In-text Citation

Paper Details

Length 25 points (5 points per page)

Grammar 10 points
Lifecycle, pathophysiology, epidemiology,
signs and symptoms, meds 15 points