Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Essay Assignment

Today students received 5 handouts. Bring in a completed Initial Planning Sheet and an outline to share.

We will look at writing the introduction tomorrow. The completed 3-4 page essay is due Thursday, Feb. 23 for a peer review. Final draft is due Feb. 27. We will meet in A-232. Bring the essay electronically.

Your notes from the book are also due with the paper. This and the paper are due Tuesday, Feb. 28.

You will submit the essay electronically as a portfolio which will include: the final draft, the peer review and draft, the IPS and outline, reading logs. The paper will be attached and pasted. We will practice this on Monday, Feb. 27. We will meet in A-232 on Feb. 28 as well to submit the essays. Bring everything electronically.

The essay is 3-4 pages, not including a works cited page. It is to be double spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins on all sides. Include a header justified left with the student's last name and page number, beginning on page 1.

There will be three (3) citations in the essay, 1 per page: a free paraphrase, shorter citation and a block quote.

The essay should be at least 90 percent original writing. The bibliography and/works cited should include: a book review, the film, and the memoir. Students do not have to find anymore sources, this is enough to write a great essay.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

In the 4th paragraph you mentioned what is to be expected in the portfolio.
"You will submit the essay electronically as a portfolio which will include: the final draft, the peer review and draft, the IPS and outline, reading logs."

Can you specify exactly what the "IPS" the "outline" and the "reading logs" are?

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