Winter 2019 Writing Project
Check here for information and details on the Winter 2019 Writing Project. Resources particularly related to the project and questions will be available here but you may also use the more general resources on the class website's Writing Guides page.
Writing Project Description
This was handed-out in class on Tues. 4/2 with due dates and the point values for different parts of the project in the hand-out. They are also in the close-up/image from the bottom of the hand-out, which is directly below.
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Writing Skills Resources
Proper Use of Sources/Avoiding Plagiarism
Click through the slides to test your knowledge of how to properly use sources.
SLIDE SHOW SHOULD START WITH THIS SLIDE:
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Evaluating Sources
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After reading the two articles (above) students made a venn diagram on notebook paper. We then discussed and made a class/shared version of that same diagram, and lastly, students made their own 5 item list of what to look for in a source either as a sign of it being legitimate or questionable.
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This worksheet is not one that we used in class, but for those catching up on this assignment it may be a useful guide. You could do the same thing on a regular piece of notebook paper or copier paper.
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ABOUT MLA FORMAT
In terms of MLA format, here is a visual guide for how the Essay should look when typed. This shows the MLA format with regard to margins and page lay-out .
You can also open/download a PDF version of that image below ⬇︎.
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...and MLA FORMAT for BIBLIOGRAPHIES
In terms your BIBLIOGRAPHY, here is a sample version of that in MLA format. Key items to notice:
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Word choice, shades of meaning, and an appropriate tone in formal writing
This writing skill focuses on choosing words carefully: paying attention to shades of meaning between similar words and avoiding casual, or slangy-sounding words. A related aspect of writing, brevity will also be a focus.
To further sample Hemingway's 'style' try his recipe for a 'Wild West Hamburger'. It's a bit more work than a simple, basic burger, and not all of the ingredients are in line with everyone's diet, but oh-my-is-it-delicious!
A slighty easier to use, if now quite as authentic version:
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A resource that will help with brevity:
Hemingway Editor. ABOUT ERNEST HEMINGWAY There are many other styles of writing to explore, different from his, but he is often mentioned as example for writers to emulate. Hemingway set many of his short stories in northern Michigan. He had spent summers in an area near the tip of the lower peninsula as a boy and young man, and married and lived with his first wife there, as well. More on that here. He developed his writing style as a newspaper reporter. It taught him to write short, declarative sentences. A famous story by Hemingway, set in northern Michigan, is Big Two-Hearted River. Here is a copy you can download:
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'QUIZ' re Citing and 'Could It Happen Here?' project.
This was a quiz-like worksheet done in class on Wed. 4/10 (on aqua/green-ish paper). After filling in the worksheet, we went over the answers. This is due on Monday, 4/15, though if the parent/guardian permission slip (on the back of the hand-out, to give permission to watch part of 'Saving Private Ryan') is done, I'm gald to get it early.
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Items to help with outlining or making a graphic organizer, to plan your paper
The charts and examples of planning are meant to guide you in making a plan for your paper. You can follow them very closely or very loosely--whatever works for you is fine, but you should have AT LEAST 12 ideas/facts/quotes in your chart or outline. The more you have in it, the easier your paper will be to write, so try to have more than just the 12 items that are the minimum.
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