February+18,+2010

Bell Ringer: 1.) Hand in outline to Ms. Wolfe 2.) Number your note cards and put your name on at least one and hand them in to Ms. Wolfe

In class today: In Text Citation: ex: "Anne Tyler B" "Anne Tyler A" We got a paper in class today, called Avoiding Plagiarism.
 * Today we learned about internal citations
 * information can be found on page 7 of the research packet
 * How do I internally document my sources?
 * Documentation
 * Proof
 * Credit to source
 * If you don't give credit in your essay, you won't pass.**
 * Author's name and the page number in parenthesis
 * If there is no author, use the title.
 * If titles of sources are the same, label them A and B.
 * May also use authors name in paragraph but need to include page number.
 * ex: Smith wrote that Anne Tyler loved blueberries (24)

We made up our own thesis statement about Shel Silverstein. -Childhood -When writing -Style -Education -Alive -Achievements -Career Example: good thesis -Throughout Shel Silverstein's life, career and education, his style progressed along with his achievements. okay thesis - Shel Silverstein wrote many pieces of literature and had many great achievements throughout his life Writing a thesis statement about analysis part of essay - "title" - Theme - Conflict - Comparison of author to story - Affect on Readers/Tone Examples: "The Yellow Wall Paper" creates a conflict between two friends, and shows a theme of friendship. Tomorrow **TWO** thesis statements are due. One about your author and the other about your story analysis.
 * Writing a thesis statement about the author.**