A Few Basic Rules and Words of Advice
A FEW BASIC RULES AND WORDS OF ADVICE
1. Only one person per word per class. Try to have a few choices in mind in case someone else chooses your word first in our class selection process. (If you would really like to research a word that is not on the list, see me.) This is expected to be an individual assignment that you must do on your own, so please do not share your work with students from other classes who may have chosen the same word.
2. Take advantage of this assignment and choose more than just the required options. Push yourself a bit (especially if your grades are suffering).
3. I will give some class time for discussion of problems, research or library time, but a good deal of this project will be completed outside of class time.
4. Take advantage of the resources offered on my website. I have and will continue to upload sample papers, paragraphs, and many other resources you can access at any time. Use them!
5. We’ll be using NoodleTools to aid you in keeping source information organized and in documenting your sources. It will take some practice to become familiar with these tools if you are not already, so be patient. It is imperative that you think ahead to citations as you are doing your research. For each source that you use--whether it’s a thesaurus, song, book title, interview, or whatever--you must identify the source properly and record the place, site, page, person, publisher, movie, etc. Other references for documentation are the MLA Handbook and the Purdue On-line writing lab:
Purdue OWL. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 28 Sep. 2009. Web. 28 Sep. 2009.
Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2003. Print.
1. Only one person per word per class. Try to have a few choices in mind in case someone else chooses your word first in our class selection process. (If you would really like to research a word that is not on the list, see me.) This is expected to be an individual assignment that you must do on your own, so please do not share your work with students from other classes who may have chosen the same word.
2. Take advantage of this assignment and choose more than just the required options. Push yourself a bit (especially if your grades are suffering).
3. I will give some class time for discussion of problems, research or library time, but a good deal of this project will be completed outside of class time.
4. Take advantage of the resources offered on my website. I have and will continue to upload sample papers, paragraphs, and many other resources you can access at any time. Use them!
5. We’ll be using NoodleTools to aid you in keeping source information organized and in documenting your sources. It will take some practice to become familiar with these tools if you are not already, so be patient. It is imperative that you think ahead to citations as you are doing your research. For each source that you use--whether it’s a thesaurus, song, book title, interview, or whatever--you must identify the source properly and record the place, site, page, person, publisher, movie, etc. Other references for documentation are the MLA Handbook and the Purdue On-line writing lab:
Purdue OWL. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 28 Sep. 2009. Web. 28 Sep. 2009.
Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2003. Print.