English 10 CP, Period
Mrs Baijnauth
3rd Qtr IR
28-Feb-2011
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DON’T FORGET THAT THIS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO www.turnitin.com BEFORE YOUR CLASS PERIOD ON FEB 28.
Please take your AR test prior to class as well.
Please take your AR test prior to class as well.
Examples of references:
Book title: (do not type the labels - they are just here for your information)
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Capricorn Books, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1954.
Newspaper: (do not type the labels - they are just here for your information)
Sanoff, Alvin P. "Did They Admit Me?" U.S. News and World Report 14 Apr. 1997: 48-58.
Electronic source: You must include the URL! - remember that you are not to use google as your source. Your URL should be the actual publication’s URL.
Coates, Steve. "A Dead Language Comes to Life on the Internet." New York Times
on the Web 28 Oct. 1996. 20 Apr. 1997<http://www.nytimes.com/
web/docsroot/library/cyber/week/1028Latin.html>.
Newspaper from a database:
Liswood, Laura A. "Gender Politics and the Oval Office: Why Women Don't Run for
President." Baltimore Sun 31 Mar. 1999: 23A. Scholastic Universe.
Lexis-Nexis. 30 Nov. 2000 <http://www.lexis-nexis.com/
scholastic>.
Magazine from a database:
Potts, Michael and Matt Scanlon. "The Future of Solar is Now." Mother Earth News
18 Aug. 1995. Electric Lib. 30 Nov. 2000 <http://www.elibrary.com/
s/edumark/>.
A place to go to look for news:
http://eedition.nytimes.com
And entering the following to log on:
Classroom username: 200297745
Classroom password: 200297745
Example of project:
The character of Bartholmew McGraw in Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, is a young man who showed that even though he though he was a hunter he really did not know much about GPS systems. It is important to look at the growth of his character through the book. When the boat crashed into the iceberg, the boys and girls were so excited that their teacher Mr. Jack Johnson was no longer the stern disciplinarian. They were excited that have Miss Emma Schuster in charge of their hunting expeditions and their hikes back to civilization. And so on for a few more sentences.
In “Boys will be Boys” in the June issue of South Atlantic Quarterly, James Baker was able to introduce to a modern day hero who could not find his way out of a 15 foot room. Keep going for 5 more sentences about the article.
The challenge of finding a current event to tie in with a book that was written in the 1930’s is not a simple task. …......
Be sure to include:
•Title of book and author’s name in the first paragraph. (Italicize the title of the book)
•Title of “article”, author and publication in second paragraph.
•Provide specific details as support from each reading
•The final paragraph needs to provide specific details to support your opinion and a conclusion for the entire three paragraphs
•A date of publication for your current event
•Citation for your book and a citation with accurate URL for your current event ( please place on left margin, does not need to be double spaced, below heading and above your three paragraphs)
•Heading for paper like example listed above
•Double spaced (three paragraphs only)
•12 point, times new roman font
•Be sure to proofread and spell check
AVOID:
•Vague language
•General details
•Contractions
•The following pronouns: I, me, my, you, your, yours (only use if in quotes)
•Tired words: things, stuff, a lot, very, seem - these are vague
•Write in present tense - The character shows, grows, etc
•Missing your deadline
