And ... it's February ... Time to get Rough Drafting

Today's Objective:
Students will continue to gather, analyze, paraphrase, etc. relevant information for their research paper.  (English IV - Argument Paper Over a Controversial Issue ... College Prep English - Literary Analysis of Poetry).  Students will document source information in MLA format and will gather research on both sides of the issue (or, in the case of the college prep class, the literature being compared/contrasted in the analysis).  Students will finish creating a working outline for their paper and will share the document electronically.  Students will begin the initial/rough draft of their paper.


CWoD - DISPOSSESSED


Your target for today is to review information on using MLA Citations in your writing - you MUST document information from your research in your paper using the correct format or it will be deemed plagiarism.  There's no wiggle room on this and no coming back later and saying "I didn't know" or "I didn't understand."

You can use the following sites for a refresh/review of how to document and what to document - if you have questions though, please make a point of visiting with me about it.  Depending on your individual experience with this process (and on how much you took from the initial webquest), all students may be in different phases of understanding the what, how, and why of this - so use the resources (your teacher included) to make sure you are completely comfortable with this because it is a MUST in your paper.

Online Writing Center - Documentation Notes - this is helpful on "what" to document

MLA Info from ACC - gives a good general overview MLA Documentation as well as an "animated" slideshow of the most important components: MLA Tutorial Slideshow

MLA Beginners Guide - Slideshow - another good overview - good place to start if you know "nothing" about this

Bedford/St. Martin's Notes on MLA - a better review for students who are familiar with how to use in-text/parenthetical documentation and need a more advanced review

You can also certainly refer back to the webquest we did on January 7th - either your own webquest notes OR the webquest info itself.


Once you have completed the review AND you have completed the rouigh draft of your outline and shared the Google Doc with me, turn your attention to the rough draft of the paper itself.  I am still working on reviewing notes and source info - expect that back in your hands tomorrow - but work from your electronic copies today as needed.