The instructor explained MLA citation and how a paper must be formatted in that style. She also discussed other forms of citation, such as APA or AMA. Each student "drew" a model of the paper on their own notebook paper, including how much the margins were, noting point sizes, flush left/ragged right, and other pertinent information. She showed them where the thesis should go.
Then the instructor put up Microsoft Word and showed students how to do page numbers and headers, hanging indents, and how the Word citation system works.
We then went to the text and worked from Ch. 5. We worked with thesis statements first and moved on to how to write focused thesis statements and how to narrow the thesis. We did the first exercise and students should finish the rest in that section on their own for homework for the coming week. Next week we will work with pages 87, topic sentences, in class.
We moved to the section on writing effective introductions. While in class, we read through each type of introduction. The instructor then asked students to take an old paper and write two types of introductions.
After students had written their intros, we worked on direct and indirect quotes.
To do for next week:
Ch. 6, p. 107-23 (read)
Next week in class we will do 124-35 and 87-90 in class.
