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 * November 7th**-

Quiz In class work (wordy sentences). Turn in: worksheet and paragraph

Read to page 323 for tomorrow


 * November 8th**-

Quiz 1. Wordiness activity: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova8.htm 2. Is Craig getting better or worse? Your thesis should be one or the other (better or worse; not both). I want you to construct a paragraph supporting your thesis with examples from the text of why you think Craig is getting better or worse. USE YOUR NOTES ON PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE, YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WORDINESS, AND YOUR NOTES ON MLA IN TEXT CITATIONS TO WRITE YOUR PARAGRAPHS.

When using examples or quoting use Author-Page MLA rules

MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author's name may appear either in the sentence itself or in parentheses following the quotation or paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your sentence. For example: Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).

Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).

Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).

Both citations in the examples above, (263) and (Wordsworth 263), tell readers that the information in the sentence can be located on page 263 of a work by an author named Wordsworth. If readers want more information about this source, they can turn to the Works Cited page, where, under the name of Wordsworth, they would find the following information:

START YOUR PARAGRAPH LIKE THUS:

In the book, "Its Kind of a Funny Story", Craig's clinical depression is getting better/worse.

Read to page 336


 * November 9th**-

Quiz Peer editing Read to page 370

A sub will be taking over the class. Paragraphs due. Read to page 398
 * November 10th**-


 * November 11th**-

A sub will be taking over the class.