Welcome to class, today we will be doing 3 things:
1. Please open http://m.socrative.com in another tab. Once you are there, it will ask you to put in a room number. The room number is: 978947. Wait until the teacher starts the assignment and you can begin. When you are finished, you can exit out of the window.- Taking a quiz on Vocabulary List 6.
- Filling out our "Excellence Is" cards.
- Drafting and revising Draft 2.
2. I will give you back your "Excellence Is" draft and the final draft card. Please fill it out and give it back to me by the end of class today.
3. You may now work on your essays. The second draft is due at 5 pm tomorrow (Friday) on turnitin.com.
Draft 2 Requirements (Homework for tomorrow):
- Length:
- Must be at least 1 ½ pages long
- Introduction with thesis statement
- 3 organized and developed body paragraphs
- Conclusion
- APA:
- Properly formatted (title page, font, reference page, etc.) Follow this EXACT format: APA ELC Paper Template
- In-text and Reference page citations, (mostly) properly formatted.
Other Helps:
Example References (paragraphs):
Example paragraph July 4 with citations
Introducing references (signal phrases):
This is a GREAT worksheet that gives examples for signal phrases (e.g. “According to _____”, or “_____ explains…”): http://www.davidglensmith.com/wcjc/PDFs/signal-phrases.pdf
Citation Creator (reference page):
Here is a link to a website that can help you create citations: http://citationmachine.net/index2.php, but BE CAREFUL, they are not always correct, so you have to check them.
Example References (paragraphs):
Example paragraph July 4 with citations
Introducing references (signal phrases):
This is a GREAT worksheet that gives examples for signal phrases (e.g. “According to _____”, or “_____ explains…”): http://www.davidglensmith.com/wcjc/PDFs/signal-phrases.pdf
Citation Creator (reference page):
Here is a link to a website that can help you create citations: http://citationmachine.net/index2.php, but BE CAREFUL, they are not always correct, so you have to check them.
