Make sure your essay is in MLA format: header, double-spaced, Times New Roman 10 or 12 point font, parenthetical citations, Works Cited page.
Here is a document with the ACES format: ACES format -- What goes in each paragraph?
Make sure to use this to help you structure your essay!
You must use parenthetical citations to give credit to your sources in the text of your paper. For the citations, please just put the author's name and the page number you found the evidence on: (Steinberg 7). If you are using either of Angela Libal's works, you will need to include an abbreviated version of the title to differentiate between the two texts: (Libal, "Identifying" 38). If you reference the author in the sentence, you can just use the page number in the parenthetical citation (unless you are using one of Libal's text--then, you must give the abbreviated title before the page number).
Here are the warm-ups in case you weren't here:
Monday: Choose a reading goal for our daily silent reading. Explain why you chose this goal. Examples of possible goals
○ Increase reading grade level.
○ Learn new words
○ Increase reading stamina - read for longer time periods without interruption
○ Improve comprehension of reading○ Improve recognition of figurative
language
Tuesday: Write your reaction to what you read today. Did anything exciting occur? Is your story dull? Did a character do something obnoxious or suprising?
Write at least 5 sentences with specific details from the text. Use parenthetical citations when citing evidence. Ex: (Rowling 5).
Wednesday: Briefly (1 sentence) describe something thoughtful you have done for another person. Then, reflect on the protagonist in your book. Would/he or she ever show the same type of kindness to someone? Why or why not? Use textual evidence from the book. Make sure to include parenthetical citations. Ex: (Grinnell 14-15) or Grinnell writes, "Blah, blah, blah, and so on and so forth" (44-45).
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