In Class Work

Today, you will be doing in-class work that will help you finish your draft. But first, there is a quiz!

1) Please get out a piece of paper, because the questions will be on the slides, and you will write the answers on your own piece of paper.

Vocabulary List 7 Quiz - Powerpoint

2) Now, you need to make sure that your paper has an academic word count. 

1. Download your essay so that you have copy and paste able text.
2. Copy your essay paragraphs (NOT your title page or your reference page).
3. Go to http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/.
4. Erase any text in the large box, and paste your essay there.
5. Click SUBMIT (yellow button).
6. Your AWL count can be found in the yellow text in the "Current profile" box.
7. Write the Academic word count on your essay, below your conclusion like this:  

         AWL 7.6%

If you want to, you may work on increasing the word count in your essay.

3) Next, you should revise and edit your essay, using the rubric that can be found here:

Classification Essay Rubric

4) Use the check mark boxes on the right, they have all of the things that you need to include:

• Does your essay include all of the required elements found on the rubric?
• If not, what are you missing? What can you improve on?

5) Now, you should upload your essay to turnitin.com, and check the plagiarism (originality report). The originality report will take a little while to generate, so you will have to come back to it after you have submitted it.

If you have additional time, you should:

• Check your grades on Micrograde.
• Take this quiz on time management. http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newHTE_88.htm 
• Because writing requires so much time management, it's very important to know your strengths and weaknesses. When you finish the quiz, please read the explanations of the scores and then then raise your hand and tell me what you learned from the explanations.