Transcript ELA with Miss Jordan - Immaculate Conception Catholic

I Intro: Georgia should raise the HS dropout age from 16
to 18
II 1st Body Paragraph: 1st Argument
Reason 1 to raise the age
III 2nd Body Paragraph: 2nd Argument
Reason 2 to raise the age
IV 3rd Body Paragraph: 3rd Argument
Reason 3 to raise the age
V Conclusion

The thesis statement is that sentence or two in your
text that contains the focus of your essay and tells your
reader what the essay is going to be about.

The thesis statement goes at the end of the introduction

http://johnmcgarvey.com/apworld/student/thesiscreator.
html


A works cited list is a list of all the sources you have
used
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
MLA - Citing Internet Sources
I Parenthetical Reference
 To cite an internet source in your text, only include the
author’s last name. You do NOT include a page
number:
 (Jones)  no page number needed
 If your source does not have an author, use an
abbreviated form of the title of the webpage:
 Example: “How to Build a House”
 Parenthetical Reference: (Build a House)
II Reference
Include the following information in your reference:
 Author and/or editor names (if available)
 Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
 Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. Any version
numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes,
or issue numbers.
 Publisher information, including the publisher name and
publishing date.
 Medium of publication.
 Date you accessed the material.
 URL
Example:
"MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources (Web Publications)." Owl
Purdue University. Online Writing Lab. Web. 19 Sept. 2014.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/.
MLA – Citing Books
The following information is necessary in the stated
order:
 Author: Last and first name
 Title of Book: ICCS Rocks!
 Place of Publication: Augusta
 Publishing House: Imaginary Publishing
 Year of Publication: 2014
 Medium: Print
Example: Jordan, Teresa. ICCS
Imaginary Publishing, 2014. Print.
Rocks!
Augusta:
I Parenthetical Reference
 The in-text citation for an article from a periodical
(magazine or newspaper) works the same way as for
books.
 Include the following things for a direct quote:
◦ Author’s last name
◦ Page number
◦ NO PUNCTUATION

Include the following things for a paraphrase:

Example: (Baron 15); (cf. Baron 15)
◦ cf.
◦ author’s last name
◦ page number
II Reference
 Include the following information in your reference:
 Author
 Article name in quotation marks
 Title of the periodical (newspaper or magazine) in
italics.
 Date followed by a colon.
 Page number(s).
 Medium of publication.

Example: Bones, Cara. "Too much TV decreases
children’s IQ.” Education for Parents. November 2014:
201-203. Print.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource
/747/12/




Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the
end of your research paper. It should have the same
format as the rest of your paper.
Label the page Works Cited and center the words
Works Cited at the top of the page.
Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces
between entries.
Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations.

Definition: The act of stealing or passing off
the words or ideas of another as one’s own
without crediting the original source.





Words or ideas presented in a magazine, book, newspaper,
song, TV program, movie, Web page, computer program,
letter, advertisement, or any other medium
Information you gain through interviewing or conversing
with another person, face to face, over the phone, or in
writing
When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase
When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts,
pictures, or other visual materials
When you reuse or repost any electronically-available
media, including images, audio, video, or other media

Paraphrasing
Direct quotes
MLA style citation: in-text or works cited

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EqPkMN5S3g



www.grammarly.com