September 1

In class today:
First we received our Short Write B back.
Second we got in to our respective conference groups. This allowed us to see who we would be working with and so we could exchange our rough drafts. We also gave a copy to Prof. Joyce. On page 163 in the JAC there are six questions that we need to answer for each of the papers we are peer reviewing. You can write the answers to these questions directly on the individuals draft. The questions are about: what the writer needs to work on, what you gathered from the reading, evidence, how well the paper flowed and a summary of what the paper was about. When you start the paragraph to the author be sure to start with something positive.
Third we got a paper that clarified what exactly Prof. Joyce is looking for in the News Analysis.
Finally we discussed MLA format. When to use in text citations include:
1. Direct Quotation
2. Summary (which is condensing more than one paragraph into one sentence)
3. Paraphrase (which is putting the meaning of one paragraph into one sentence)
Some examples are:
Lindsey Joyce states that “….”(1).
On page 1 of (book title) states that…(Joyce).
~Basically what ever you include in the sentence you don’t have to include in the in text citation~
If you have 1 author with multiple works the citation would be: (Name, “Article Title”, page).
From a Database would be (Name, “Article”, Page).
**Prof. Joyce is more worried about the citation being inside the period and that the citations are where they need to be. It is better to over cite that to be accused of plagarism.**
When it comes to works cited:
If your source is a book: Author Last Name, First Name Middle Initial. Book Title. City of Publication: Publisher, year. Print/Web.
Multiple authors: Put authors names in alphabetical order. After first author write first name first.
If there are more than three authors you can write etc.
For an article: Authro. “Article Title.” Journal Name.Issue: edition(year): pages. Database. Web. Date you found.
A helpful place for help with citations is OWL at Purdue. You can use citation machines or Microsoft but you should double check their work.
Homework: 1. JAC p163 Questions 1-6 (Due at Peer Review)
2. Chapter 5 of EA
3. Read p131-137 in JAC