3-5 page college level essay
Carefully proofread
Add a works cited page
Use headers
Look at the rubrics
Use MLA format for parenthetical citations
Look at your previous returned essay to avoid making the same errors over again
Create your own interesting question about class, gender, marriage, and social power
Narrow your topic
Pick one or two characters to illustrate your thesis
Pick a scene to investigate your claim
Blogs due (which will help you meet the essay deadline)
by Mon Oct 15 blog your first introductory paragraph and thesis statement
by Tue or Wed Oct 16 or 17 blog you first body paragraph
by Thu Oct 18 blog your conclusion
by Sun. Oct. 21 before midnight upload your essay to Turnitin.com
Monday Oct. 22 bring a paper copy of your essay and load it into dropbox
Reading greatly reduced while you write
by Mon Oct 15 p.196 ch48 (only 8 pages)
by Tue Oct 16 p.201 ch49 (only 7 pages)
by Wed. Oct 17 p.206 ch50 (only 5 pages)
No reading due for Mon. Oct. 22 (so you can write your essay)
by Tue. Oct. 23 p.226 ch54 (20 pages)
How to use Turnitin.com
Go to www.turnitin.com
2012-2013 Senior English
For students to enroll themselves in this class, they will need both the enrollment password you have chosen and the unique class ID generated by Turnitin:
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Essay title: ____________________________________
√ (check mark) “Done well.” or “Improving.” O (circle the item) “Need to keep working on this.”
integrate quotes
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MLA headers
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thesis
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use 2-part title
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interpret quotes
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punctuate MLA
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overgeneral thesis
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say more in title
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comma splice
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comma inside quote
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unclear thesis
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italicize novel titles
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fused sentence
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period inside quote
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t.s. overgeneral
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concluding sent of ¶
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MLA headers
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period after parens.
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t.s. with example
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direct opening sent.
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Fragment
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wordy sentences
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t.s. without claim
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topic sentences
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Slang
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confusing sent.
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t.s. disconnect thesis
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proofread
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colloquial words
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spell-check
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cueing the reader
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late papers
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overly informal
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subj-verb agreement
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passive voice
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other
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pronoun agreement
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pronoun referent
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split infinitive
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other
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Suggested areas to work on:
title opening line introduction thesis sentence
organization clarity of syntax more precise word choices
development of main idea clarification, explanation of main idea
narrower main idea topic sentences closing sentences conclusion
Rate thesis claim sentence
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vague, unclear fairly clear, points to topic well-written, specific
A or A-
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B+ or B
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C, C+, or B-
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-outstanding
-clear and consistent mastery
-a few minor errors
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-effective; demonstrates reasonably consistent mastery
-occasional errors or lapses in quality
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-competent
-demonstrates adequate mastery
-lapses in quality
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-effectively, insightfully develops
a point of view on the issue
-demonstrates outstanding critical
thinking
-uses clearly appropriate
examples, reasons, quotes, &
reasons
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-effectively develops a point of
view on the issue
-demonstrates strong critical
thinking
-uses appropriate examples,
reasons quotes, & evidence to
support its position
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-develops a point of view on the
issue
-demonstrates competent critical
thinking
-uses adequate examples, reasons,
quotes, & evidence to support its
position
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-well organized
-clearly focused
-demonstrates clear coherence
-smooth progression of ideas
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-well organized and focused
-demonstrates coherence and
progression of ideas
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-generally organized and focused
-demonstrates some coherence
and progression of ideas
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-exhibits skillful use of language
-uses varied, accurate, apt
Vocabulary
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-exhibits facility in the use of
language
-uses appropriate vocabulary
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-exhibits adequate but inconsis-
tent facility in the use of languag
-uses generally appropriate vocab
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-demonstrates meaningful variety
in sentence structure
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-demonstrates variety in sentence
structure
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-demonstrates some variety in
sentence structure
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-free of most errors in grammar,
usage, & mechanics
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-generally free of most errors in
grammar, usage, & mechanics
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-has some errors in grammar,
usage, & mechanics
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Forman #
(header: insert, header, tab twice, last name, space, insert page #)
WRONG: Forman, p.1
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Teacher
Date
Class
Pin the Tail: Entailment in Pride and Prejudice
(title should be clever, should fit only your essay, and give away your main idea in very few words)
WRONG: Austen essay
Pride and Prejudice begins with satire: “It is a truth universally acknowledged” (Austen 1).
(MLA parenthetical citation no “p” no period, page number, period after parentheses.)
Wrong: “universally acknowledged. (Austen, p. 1)”
THESIS: Austen satirizes marrying up by contrasting Mrs Bennet’s and Elizabeth’s views of a proper marriage partner.
(thesis should be specific, controversial
Comma splice: I went to the store, I bought candy.
