Writing Week 12 MLA Format - Look at your partner's paper.
- Is it Times New Roman 12 pt font?
- One Inch margins?
- Double-spaced?
- Is there a works cited page with at least TWO sources?
- Does the Works Cited page appear to be done correctly?
Read your partner's paper - As you read your partner's paper
- Is the claim specific?
- Is it supported by facts, statistics, and expert opinion?
- Is there a clear thesis?
- Are there topic sentences?
- Is there a conclusion?
What do you think? - Now that you have finished reading each other's papers, talk about :
- What do you think of the essay?
- Is it enjoyable to read?
- Do you agree or disagree with the claim?
- Is the essay persuasive?
Give the paper back - Look at your own paper
- Read it aloud and look for mistakes in it
- Correct grammar, punctuation, and word choice on your paper.
- Look over your paper with a partner.
- Try to find mistakes together and fix them.
- Look for awkward phrases that should be written more clearly.
Look at the rubric 4 - Look at the Rubric 4.
- If your paper was graded today, how do you think you would do.
- Read over the rubric and give yourself a score.
- Have your partner read your paper again and give it a score.
Open your book p.128 - Let's talk about language usage
- Read pages 128 and 129
- What is offensive language?
- What is pretentious language?
- What slang? What are obsolete expressions?
Read the example on p. 130 - Read this essay and talk about it in groups.
- Essay is biased.
- Over-emotionally charged appeal
- Insulting words and expressions
- Writer calls girl foolish and compares her to an animal
- Is not be persuasive
Look at essays on p. 132 and 135 - Both of these essays use outside sources and evidence to support the claims.
- What type of evidence do they use?
- Is it effect?
- Are the essays convincing?
Homework - Next week is week 13.
- I want you to correct and fix all errors on essay 4 that you discovered and turn it in next week. I want the copy from class today AND a repaired copy with appropriate changes. The two essays should be stapled together with the good one first.
Portfolio - 20% of your grade is a final portfolio.
- Next week, please bring essay 1, 2, and 3 to class to work on repairs.
- Your portfolio should have Essays 1-4 that I wrote editing marks on and a repaired copy. The rubric is on engrade.
- The optional essay 5 is due on week 14, the rubric is also on engrade.
Go to: www.swust.edu.cn click the third tab This takes you to: www.lib.swust.edu.cn - The library website has access to databases, journals, and articles.
- Most of your sources should be academic such as from journals, essays, or articles.
- Very few sources should come from www.baidu.com
Search Engines can find information - However, when searching for valuable sources that provide evidence such as facts, statistics, and expert opinion, some places are better than others.
- http://scholar.google.com.hk/
Sources - By using databases, journals, and scholar.google.com you will find legitimate sources for your paper.
- You should have CLEAR evidence. Sayings or proverbs are not support.
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