Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Homestretch for Essay

R Crumb's work
3-minute PRESENTATIONS:
  1. Your BEST idea about conformity then and now.
  2. How interviewing your grandparent shaped your conclusions
  3. How the literature (Austen? Kafka? Freud?) fit with your point
  4. How the survey helped
  5. Difference between your essay and your website
Countdown to Turnitin.com on Sunday, March 4
  • Finish two paragraphs by today: post body paragraph to blog (today or tonight)
  • integrate inteview quotes or ideas
  • weave in any literature we've studied: graphic novels, Freud, Austen, Kafka, even Scarlet Letter
  • Have people take your survey
  • Works Cited should include Personal Interview
  • click this OWL Purdue link to see how to cite interview
  • By Saturday, print your essay and proofread it for errors
  • Don't forget: MLA Header, Works Cited, fix fragments, 's, two part title, no vague thesis
  • Add MLA Header now, Works Cited now (with interview), proofread soon for fragments, 's, etc.
Kardoushian, Granny. Personal Interview. February 29, 2012.
Smith, Chip. Conformity Survey. February 28, 2012.
Last name, First name. "Name of survey." Survey. DD Month YYYY
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