Coach Davis' English IV Blog: February 2017

Monday, February 27, 2017

TODAY ...

To keep things simple for this paper - ALL sources you use in the paper OR printed for your notes WILL be included in the Works Cited Page.
Rules for a Works Cited Page ... https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/05/
Sample Works Cites Page .... https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/

Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page number header as the rest of your paper.
Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page.
Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.
List page numbers of sources efficiently, when needed. If you refer to a journal article that appeared on pages 225 through 250, list the page numbers on your Works Cited page as 225-50. Note that MLA style uses a hyphen in a span of pages.
If you're citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database, you should type the online database name in italics. You do not need to provide subscription information in addition to the database name.

The source info for any article from the Gale Database is at the end of the article. You can copy and paste from there - remember that sources go in ALPHABETICAL ORDER based on the first word(s) of the entry in MLA format.
If you have used other sources, you will have to use the Citation Machine (see the link below)

http://www.citationmachine.net/mla/cite-a-website
You will need to click through as indicated on the website until you have a final MLA citation .. see me if you have problems.

TODAY ...

If you have turned in an outline, you are ready to move forward to the next phase of the paper - the rough draft. Your rough draft will:

Be typed in MLA Format
Contain Parenthetical Citations where necessary - for review on how-to or when to, review the links below:

http://www.easybib.com/guides/citation-guides/mla-format/how-to-cite-a-parenthetical-citations-mla/
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/

"This is an example of what a direct quote might look like with an in-text MLA citation" (Davis).
This is an example of what it might look like if you didn't directly quote a source - but instead paraphrased it in your own words (Davis).

Be of (or very close to) the required length for your intended grading level (1000-1300 words for an "A" level paper)
Again, unless what you are writing is your orignial words or thoughts, you MUST document it - simply rewriting or paraphrasing another writer's words is plagiarism unless you provide them credit.

Document your source anytime you quote, paraphrase, or summarize information specific to a source.
You do not have to document general information.
You will not document your own thoughts or words.

Today ...

First, read the information on these webpages about how to create the outline for your paper. The outline creates the framework for the rough draft - YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE ROUGH DRAFT PHASE OF YOUR PAPER UNTIL THE OUTLINE IS COMPLETE AND APPROVED

Once you have read these, begin putting your outline together. The outline should include a working thesis statement/sentence .. but the remainder of your Info can be more bullet point style if you wish. If you open an outline template in Word, Word will help with the Roman numerals and letters ... however, you may find it easier to just type it. That's fine too.

Refer to the online/saved versions of your articles if you need them - research has not been graded yet, so DO NOT TOUCH THE ENVELOPES.

Research envelopes being turned in should be stacked neatly on my desk. Be sure to make a not of the day you are turning it in and the reason it is late (absences, late work, etc).