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.

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

Classwork and Homework

Today in class we learned about strategies for responding to TOEFL prompts (30-minute essays and integrated writing). Specifically, we learned about the ABCDE pattern to follow, and then did group work to apply what we had just learned. The PowerPoint I used in class can be found here. In addition, the requirements for the final draft and the papers you will need to turn in on Friday are listed below:

• Essay Requirements:
• Full essay turned in to turnitin.com by 5pm on July 11th 
• Title Page (1 page)
• Main essay (at least 2 pages)
• References page (1 page)
• % AWL (highlighted) after the essay paragraphs (http://www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/)
• Correctly APA formatted 
• Free of plagiarism
• Required Papers to turn in:
• Tutor form (green paper)
• Essay Rubric (green paper)
• Peer Review (green paper)

Homework:

• Review the comments I gave you for Draft 2 
• Spend no more than 30 minutes revising/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.

Classwork and Homework

Today in class we did a peer review, and reviewed writing good paragraphs as well as in-text citations. The PowerPoint for today can be found here. I am also posting the requirements for the 2nd draft of your classification essays, so you can access them:

• 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.)
• In-text and Reference page citations, (mostly) properly formatted. 
• Submitted to Turnitin.com by 5pm on Friday

Homework:

• Study for your quiz on Vocabulary List 6 tomorrow
• Continue drafting and revising your essay 
• Use the feedback from our conferences and the peer review

Homework for today

I apologize for posting this so late, I just got done with writing conferences. But here is the homework anyways. 

Homework:

• Bring a printed copy of your essay  because we will be doing a peer review.
• Bring a draft of your “Excellence Is” quote 
• Spend time drafting and revising your essay

Classwork and Homework

Today we learned about the "Excellence Is" competition and we started brainstorming for our own "Excellence Is" quotes that we will turn in on Thursday in class. The examples are in the PowerPoint for today, if you need a reminder/refresher. The next part of class we reviewed APA References, In-text citations, and signal phrases, and played a game to keep the energy high with some competition. :) Lastly, we reviewed the importance of the revising stage of an essay, which is what we will be doing this week.

Homework:

• Spend at least 40 minutes total working on: 
• Your reference page (If you need help, here is an APA handout)
• Developing other body paragraphs in your essay 
• Your conclusion 
• Drafting your “Excellence Is” quote 
• Go to a tutor and get feedback on your essay (You can do it this week or next week, just go!).
• Bring a printed copy of your essay on Wednesday, because we will be doing a peer review.

THERE IS NO JOURNAL THIS WEEK! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!