MLA Practice and Assessment Essay Reading

1.  I show you the link for the assessment essay reading.  It is in Moodle.  I hand out a  print copy; annotate it for Tuesday of next week.  You will not know what the actual prompt is until the day of the essay.  If you would prefer to hand write your essay, you must bring a bluebook to class Tuesday.

2.  Also in Moodle, there are two student papers that were handed in to me.  After opening them and reading them in Moodle, fill out the questions on the handout I am passing out today.

3.  Do your research, and have at least 3 sources identified for your paper for class on Monday.

4.  Remember to complete the Database handout sheet and also the CRAAP test for Googled sources.


TWFTD:

A word from the essay "Two Years are Better than Four."  Quote from the essay, as well.


Schedule next week:

Monday: Easy Bib your sources
Tuesday: Assessment Essay during class
Wednesday: Problem/Solution with Sources Draft Due
Thursday:  Editing in Turnitin, Last Daybook Check
Friday: Final Problem/Solution with Sources Due // Page Count

Monday:  Final for those who must

Citing Sources

In-text citations vs. bibliography: what's MLA style?

You read "My Friend Michelle."

Please underline every in-text citation.

Please check each in-text citation against her Works Cited list.

Answer these questions in your daybook:

1. Does each in-text citation lead to a source on the Works Cited list? Give details.

2. Does each source that is listed on the Works Cited list get mentioned in the essay? Give details.

3. If you wanted to look up the alcoholism test in the book Getting Them Sober, what page would you go to?

4. Look at the Works Cited list on page 636 in Bedford. Does "My Friend Michelle" use any online sources? Does Juliet Schor use any online sources? Which list indicates this more clearly and how?

Time to research. Remember the TWO daybook tasks related to sources:  Tuesday's 4 CRAAP tested sites and Wednesday's Database Worksheet.

Homework:

1. Research.

2. TWFTD:   no word.

Library Databases

You turn in your short essay on a cliché. I hand out the final long paper's assignment sheet.

Now an example of giving credit where credit is due: Virginia Lee Burton. Who leads us to this story.

We look at the SCC databases. You go to the LRC on The Hub (under Student Services) or click here. Click around on the different collections; the most useful to you will be EBSCOhost and Gale/Cengage. Each one works a little differently, but each inside each one, if you find something useful, find the button that emails it to you. That way you don't have to remember anything about it; it's in your email.

I hand out a worksheet. This must be filled out before this research is done. You may or may not use the sources you list here; this is to practice finding the information. You do NOT have to fill out all the blanks; they don't all apply to every source.

Explore the databases and fill out your worksheet.

Homework:

1. Find three sources through databases and record them on this worksheet. These may or may not be used in your paper. The worksheet will be part of the LAST daybook check.

2. TWFTD: paraphrase in OED.

Finding Information

Thinkwrite: How do you decide to trust someone?

How do you choose a source of information?

Let's think about the C.R.A.A.P. test for souces for your paper. Take notes.

Currency? Relevance? Authority? Accuracy? Purpose?

Pay attention to these factors as you look at sources.

Using Google, find a search term that gives you 4 interesting sources on the first page (that relate to your paper) .  Do the following for each site:

1. Provide name of the site.
2. Describe the site, who created it, how it looks, how big it is, etc.
3. Explain how it either meets or fails the CRAAP test, using specific criteria (C/R/A/A/P).

Hand in your daybooks tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Your short essay - typed - about a cliché is due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD: reliable in OED.