Today in class we looked at essay Planning Sheet (handout), and the outline, which is as follows:

Thesis
1st Major Point
Evidence (the evidence should include the page numbers from Dreams and/or your articles where the proof is)

2nd Major Point
Evidence

3rd Major Point (and so on)
Evidence

Concluding sentence

The Dreams essay is 4-5 pages. Include a works cited page. State your thesis clearly at the end of your introduction. Begin each paragraph with a topic sentence. Use a block quote (4-5 sentences), an in-text citation, and a free paraphrase, one per page for a total of 3 citations for the entire essay. If you want to include evidence from your article(s), you can cite this source also. Use no more than four (4) citations for the entire essay. The works cited page would be page 5 or 6.

(I hope this is clear. I had to give students their papers back 4/6 because they had too many citations.)

The essay is due Monday, April 6, 2009 in class. Please include your planning sheet and outline. Post the drafts at the link (4/2).

Tomorrow you can bring in an introduction and a conclusion, along with a planning sheet and outline. You can post your introductions here as well for feed back.