MLA Style Once More

You hand in Solo Paper #3 with rubric.

We review what will be required for your Problem/ Solution with Sources paper.

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To practice how in-text citations work with your bibliography, you'll read "My Friend Michelle."

Do the following as you read and write the aswers in your daybook when you are done reading.

1. Underline every in-text citation you see as you read. How many are there?

2. When you read an in-text citation, check to see if it clearly leads to a source in the Works Cited list. List any problems you find.

3. Are there items on the Works Cited list that were NOT used in the paper? List them.

4. This paper is old, so it follows MLA 6. Compare the bibliography to one that you created for this class. What major difference can you find between MLA 6 and MLA 7?

5. If you know the page number where information occurred, you should include that in an in-text citation. Please put a star next to each in-text citation in "My Friend Michelle" that SHOULD have included a page number in parentheses. How many are there? [Hint: use the bibliography to help decide if there were page numbers in the source.]

I will return your graded Problem/ Solution papers on Monday. You will need to make any changes that I point out in corrections before the draft that is due Wednesday. Also on Wednesday you should have BOTH a Works Cited page and in-text citations. They may not be complete, but they should be present to get credit for the draft.

Homework:

1. Read and think about the article assigned for the In-Class Assessment Essay.

2. TWFTD: no word

Doing Research

I give you the assignment sheet for the last paper: Problem/ Solution with Sources.

You have time to work on the Google source list, and search in Gale for other sources.

Homework:

1. Solo Paper #3 is Due: Summary/ Evaluation of your choice from Gale. Hand in the rubric with the paper.

2. TWFTD: encyclopedia in OED

CRAAP Testing Google

 

 

 

You hand in your Problem/ Solution papers, with all drafts and comment sheets BY YOU.

 

 

Thinkwrite: What do YOU think? Do you agree with the assessment of Wikipedia above?  When is it okay to use Wikipedia?

Now, you're going to apply the CRAAP test to a Google search.  Use Google to search some terms that relate to your Problem/Solution paper that you handed in today.

You are going to take a screen shot...I show you the way I know to do this. If you can take a screen shot of the first page of your Google search and print it, do so.

Now, number the results on the page. In your daybook under today's title, write down your research question, and then those numbers. Next to each number write the letters CRAAP vertically. You'll need to rate each item pass or fail with a short explanation.

There will be some time tomorrow to work on this in class as well.

Homework:

1. You are working on writing the paper due THIS FRIDAY.

2. TWFTD: bias in the OED.

Finding Information

Tomorrow your Problem/ Solution paper is due. Is it ready to hand in then? How does it look in TurnItIn? Open it on your screen. Get out the grading rubic for this paper, and make sure you are meeting the assignment.

Do you have a Gale article picked out, printed, and ready to write about? That paper will be due on Friday. If you do, get out the article so I can come around and look at it. If you don't, open Gale in another tab on your computer screen.

Homework:

1. Have the final version of your Problem/ Solution paper ready to hand in.

2. Read and annotate your Gale article.

3. No TWFTD.