Today you need to finish your Works Cited page and, hopefully, begin writing your rough draft. Before you begin drafting, take a look at at least one of the MLA Sample Argument Papers at the link here: MLA Sample Argument Papers
You may also want to look at the standard outline for an argument paper as you consider how to structure your paper: Argument Paper - Sample Outline
WORKS CITED INFO ... ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE IN WORD ONLINE, BE SURE TO SHARE IT WITH ME - richard.davis@sfisd.org
- Works Cited Page
- 8 QUICK RULES FOR YOUR WC PAGE
- Start a new page for your Works Cited list (e.g., if your paper is 4 pages long, start your Works Cited list on page 5).
- Center the title, Works Cited, at the top of the page and do not bold or underline it. Use 12 point Times New Roman in both the title and the entries.
- Double-space the list.
- Start the first line of each citation at the left margin; indent each subsequent line five spaces (also known as a "hanging indent").
- Put your list in alphabetical order. Alphabetize the list by the first word in the citation. In most cases, the first word will be the author’s last name. Where the author is unknown, alphabetize by the first word in the title, ignoring the words a, an, the.
- For each author, give the last name followed by a comma and the first name followed by a period.
- Italicize the titles of full works: books, audiovisual material,websites.
- Do not italicize titles of parts of works, such as: articles from newspapers, magazines, or journals / essays, poems, short stories or chapter titles from a book / chapters or sections of an Internet document. Instead, use quotation marks.
- Sample of what a Works Cited page should look like - https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
- The information you need for each citation is at the end of each source from the Gale database. You can copy and paste the MLA Citation from there - but you may have to adjust the formatting (size, font, etc.) to make sure it is within MLA rules.
ARGUMENT THESIS STATEMENT INFO ...
- As you work, it is time to begin considering what your thesis statement will be. Read over the following website if you need some assistance developing your thesis statement.
REMINDERS ABOUT DUE DATES ...
Keep our updated dates in mind as you work ... it seems like a LOT of time ... but if wasted, it won't be. Also, keep in mind that I am here to help you in this process ... but I am not a mind reader. I can't tell the difference between someone who is working on something else because they are finished from someone who is working on something else because they aren't planning to do this assignment from someone who is working on something else because they "don't know what to do." You're all adults (or close) ... so I expect that you will communicate questions or issues clearly.
2/12 - 2/16 ... Analyze Sources and Highlight Notes
2/19 ... STUDENT HOLIDAY
- 2/20 ... Sources and Highlighted Notes DUE (MAJOR) - all work must be in your envelope and turned in to the crates in the classroom.
- Works Cited Page - In Class (QUIZ) ***Papers MUST have a Works Cited page or they will be penalized as plagiarism*** and review parenthetical documentation
- 2/21 ... Review options for paper organization - begin working on Rough Draft.
- 2/21 - 2/27 ... Work on Rough Drafts (I will be out for a teacher workshop on 2/21)
- 2/27 ... Rough Draft DUE / Submit an electronic copy of your Rough Draft (QUIZ)
- 2/28 ... Peer Editing Activities (DAILY)
- 3/1 ... Self-Editing and Revisions Activity (DAILY)
- 3/2 - 3/6 ... Work on your Final Draft (Class in lab A202 on 3/6 to begin printing Final Drafts)
- 3/7 ... FINAL DRAFTS DUE (Classes will meet in Library Lab A202 to print) / Students MUST turn in a printed copy AND submit or share an online copy as well (2x MAJOR GRADE FOR FINAL DRAFT)
***Any date that does not have a grade specifically attached to it may have a participation grade assessed. Students are expected to use class time on the assignments as noted to stay on schedule - students who are wasting time, talking, sleeping, daydreaming, playing on their phones, etc. will lose points on participation grades.***
***Students who have not completed a major phase of the paper will not be allowed to continue to the next step until the previous major step is completed. You cannot write a rough draft without research. You cannot produce a final draft without first writing a rough draft.***
***Late assignments will be penalized per the grading policy regardless of the type of grade attached. Assignments will be accepted up to three days late with a 30 point penalty. Assignments will be accepted beyond that at the teacher's discretion and will be penalized 50 points.***
