Class today and homework

You should spend your time in the lab today formatting your reference page and adding in-text citations to your classification essay using the feedback that Miss Lutz has given you on turnitin.com.

Read the information here, use the documents, and ask a neighbor BEFORE you ask Miss Lutz for help.

First things first: Here is the APA Format Document that you should model your paper after. Check for margins, font, and justification.

How to cite wikipedia in APA? READ this blog entry:

• http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/10/how-to-cite-wikipedia-in-apa-style.html

For help with in-text citations look at the following sources:

• The APA Quick Reference worksheet
• This document about InTextCitations.
• This website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/ (use the tabs on the left side of the page to find more information)
• This website: http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/apa.php

For help with reference page citations use the following sources:

• The APA Quick Reference worksheet
• This website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/ (use the tabs on the left side of the page to find more information)
• This website (it has a nice chart): http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/apa.php

Still can’t find something? 

• Google: “How do I cite ______ in APA?”

One more thing to remember:

• The MOST important information is the author name, date/year of publication, title, and source (like the website or book you found it in).

If you finish early, you may study Academic A List 7 on Quizlet. Choose the "Scatter" option. The person with the fastest time gets a treat tomorrow.

HOMEWORK:

• Go to a tutor to fix your paper
• Continue revising and editing your paper

Today in class

Welcome to class, today we will be doing 3 things:

• Taking a quiz on Vocabulary List 6.
• Filling out our "Excellence Is" cards.
• Drafting and revising Draft 2.

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.

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.

Lab Day

Here are documents for class today:

• Compare Constrast Final Instructions

Extra help:

• Example APA format: APA Paper Template
• Sample A+ paper: The Most Effective Economic System
• References Sheet (green paper from class): APA Quick Reference

If you finish your revisions early, you may work on your journal, or study academic words on Quizlet for Academic A Vocabulary List 4.

Homework:

• Journal (due Friday by noon)
• Turn in rubric, Peer Review (for your paper), and tutor form to by box in 103 on FRIDAY by 5 pm
• FINAL DRAFT due Friday by 5pm on turnitin.com

Draft 2 Helps & Homework

Today in class, we talked about credibility and how to make what you write more credible. Here is the PowerPoint that we used today in class. We also talked about how to format your papers and I showed you some sample essays.  While you work on your essay for the rest of the class, you can use these to help you.

• Incorrect Essay Format - This is just here so that you don't make the mistakes you can find in this paper. Whatever you do, DON'T do this. :

• Correct Essay Format - This paper shows a perfectly formatted paper except for the references. You will want the cover page and body of your essay to look as close to this paper as possible.

• APA Paper Template - This is a template, which means that you can use it to start the formatting for your own paper. I would suggest downloading this, and then putting your essay into the format that is set up already for you. This has a perfect example of a Reference page.

• Additional Essay Help - Are you still confused about how to organize your paper? This document gives you resources for organizing the paragraphs your paper (in point-by-point or block styles!), making better topic sentences, the requirements for draft 2, as well as page numbers in your book that can give additional help for all the things we've learned!

Homework:

• Draft 2 - uploaded to turnitin.com 
• Journal - 2 pages in Blue Book, or 1 page double-spaced typed.

Instructions for Class Time

Hello students!

Today in class, after instruction, you will have the rest of the time to do the following:

1. Review the PowerPoint slides for Beginning Online Research (slides 1-16 and do the practice activities on slides 11 & 16. Click here to access the slides.
2. Create a reference page for your essay using the sources your brought today. Use resources such as Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) & the handout I gave you today.
3. Revise your essay using the feedback I gave you on turnitin.com. 

Homework:

• Work on finishing your essay Draft 2 for Thursday night.
• Weekly Journal (Due Friday at noon!)

2nd Draft Requirements
Essay Content and Length:
An introduction with a thesis statement, three points of comparison in body paragraphs with support, and a conclusion
2 or more pages, double-spaced
Plagiarism

Any place that you used words directly from another source should have “quotation marks” around those words.

A Reference Page at the end of your paper that lists all of the resources you used for your ideas (with links to the websites). These do not need to be formatted correctly, but the link must be shown.