​The end of the semester is fast approaching, and I wanted to let you know about the deadline for submitting work.
 
Any assignments that you want to have considered in your final grade MUST BE submitted by MIDNIGHT on TUESDAY, MAY 12.
 
I am trying to help you as much as I can. To do so, I am entering each grade individually to see the effect it has on your overall class average (this takes FOREVER). Once I enter a grade, I check its effect on your average. If it lowers your class average, I TAKE IT BACK OUT. This is why you may see no grade for something you have handed in. With this process, your grades can only get BETTER. If you have a question about a specific grade, email me.

It has come to my attention that many of you are reading faster than I anticipated, and I want you to be able to proceed through the text at a pace that makes sense for you. Because of this, I am posting here the assignments for the entire text. I have included the dates the assignments are actually for and I encourage you to DO NOT GET BEHIND!
 
All of the assignments have been created in Turnitin, so you can complete the assignments as you get to them, at your own pace. I will grade the assignments and post the grades in the gradebook as they are due.
 
Text Access
If you don’t have your own copy of the text, you can download “Brave New World text Landscape format.pdf” from the Brave New World folder on the Google drive.
 
If you would like to listen to Brave New World, go to the “On the Web” page of our class web site (https://www.kmcauthor.com/on-the-web.html) and scroll down to “Brave New World Audio Book.” You will see there a link to an audio version of the text and a list of the start time in the audio version for each chapter.
 
Preparing for the Summative Assessment
On the last day in the classroom, you were provided with two resources that will be helpful to you as you read Brave New World: a study guide and a lens tracking sheet. If you did not receive the printed copy, you can download the electronic copy from the Brave New World folder of the Google drive: “Brave New World Lens Tracking Sheet.pdf” and “LP_Brave_New_WorldFinal-pp 13-14 Study Guide.pdf.” I will not be taking these up; however, if you complete them as you read, you will do MUCH better on the final assessment over this book. In the final assessment, you will be asked to write an essay explaining the messages that are revealed when the book is viewed through one of the lenses we studied this semester: cultural, feminist, or Marxist – your choice. AS YOU READ, record on your chart quotations that are relevant to the lens you have chosen. You may want to begin by recording notes for all lenses and then move to recording notes only for the lens you consider most relevant.
 
Daily Assignments for the Unit Are as Follows:
 
Monday, April 27, 2020
Today we begin our final unit: the satirical novel. The first thing you need to do is familiarize yourself with the difference between satire and parody. To access all documents and videos, go to the Satire folder on the Google drive.
Follow these steps:

1. Look at the presentation titled “Satire and Parody SP20” and complete the tasks described in the presentation.
2. Submit your paragraph on Turnitin.

 
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Today we begin the satirical novel Brave New World. You will view a presentation with background information on the novel and read Chapter 1 of the novel. Chapter 1 is very complex with LOTS of details. This sets the foundation for much of the book, so it is important that you truly understand what is going on.
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Look at the presentation titled “BNW Intro SP20.”
2. Read (or listen to) Chapter 1 of Brave New World and look at the presentation “BNW Ch 1 Notes” on the Google drive in the Brave New World folder. You might find it helpful to look at the presentation with the notes before you read the chapter. This is a very complex chapter with LOTS of details about the World State. It might help you to have some idea what is going on before you read the chapter, but it’s up to you, really, which you do first.

 
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Today we will read Chapter 2 of Brave New World. This continues the information about how the World State operates.
For today’s assignment, do the following:

1. Read (or listen to) Chapter 2 of Brave New World and look at the presentation “BNW Ch 2 Notes” on the Google drive in the Brave New World folder. You might find it helpful to look at the presentation with the notes before you read the chapter. This is a very complex chapter with LOTS of details about the World State. It might help you to have some idea what is going on before you read the chapter, but it’s up to you, really, which you do first.

 
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Today we will read Chapter 3 of Brave New World. This could be a very confusing chapter because of the way it is written, but I’ve created a method of reading that should make it clearer what is going on. If you flip through the chapter in the book, you will see LOTS of scene changes (the blank lines between paragraphs). In a movie or TV show, this is very easy to understand because you have the visuals of the scene to help you. In a book, it can be very confusing. In fact, if you look at chapter 3, around page 50, you will see that the book flips from scene to scene, sometimes with only a sentence or a few words in a scene before it flips to the next scene. Wow! Confusing!
 
There are actually FOUR scenes taking place simultaneously in Chapter 3: Mond is in the garden talking to the children, Lenina and Fanny are having a discussion after work as they get ready for their evening, Bernard and others are leaving work, and snippets of hynopaedia are interspersed between the other three scenes. On a TV or movie screen, these scenes might either flip back and forth from one to the other, or they might be presented in four boxes on the same screen to show you they are all happening at the same time. In a text, only one scene can appear at a time, and there are no visual clues to tell you which scene you are dealing with. Because of this, you must figure out which scene you are dealing with before you can actually figure out how the action of the scene fits in with what happened previously in the same scene.
 
To help you with this, I have broken chapter 3 into four separate files. Each file deals with only ONE of the four scenes. In each file, I have embedded questions and notes to help you understand what is really important about each scene. You will read all four files (together, they make up chapter 3). You will answer the numbered questions in each file (you do not need to do anything with the Notes except read them). You will submit your answers to the questions on Turnitin.
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Download the four files that detail the four scenes taking place in chapter 3 from the Google drive in the Brave New World folder: BNW Ch 3 Mond in the Garden, BNW Ch 3 Lenina and Fanny, BNW Ch 3 Bernard, and BNW Ch 3 Hypnopedic Messages.
2. Read each scene, reading the notes and answering the questions as you read.
3. Submit the answers to the questions to the four assignments in Turnitin.

 
Monday, May 4, 2020
Today we will read Chapters 4, 5, and 6 (Part I) of Brave New World and consider the different castes in the World State. In Chapter 4, Part I, you see an Epsilon-Minus (the lowest caste) and the effect that the oxygen deprivation and alcohol treatment of the embryo has on the adult. He simply reacts to the world around him and has no memory retention at all. In Bernard and Lenina, you see evidence that not all things are as “perfect” about the World State’s conditioning. In Bernard, Benito Hoover, and Helmholtz Watson, you see the individuality that occurs within the Alpha class since they are conditioned less than any other caste.
 
Chapter 5, Part I and Chapter 6, Part I points out the vast differences between the Alphas and the Betas when Lenina goes on dates with Henry and Bernard.
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Read (or listen to) Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Part I of Chapter 6.
2. Answer the following questions on the “BNW Ch 4-6” discussion board.
   1. How are Bernard and Helmholtz similar?
   2. How are Bernard and Helmholtz different?
   3. Note these quotes from Chapter 4, Part II: “Bernard gave his order in the sharp, rather arrogant and even offensive tone of one who does not feel himself too secure in his superiority” (64). “The mockery made him feel an outsider; and feeling an outsider he behaved like one” (65). “Slackly, it seemed to him, and with reluctance, the twin attendants wheeled his plane out on the roof” (65). “Was that a kind bestial derision that he detected in those blank grey eyes?” (65). Think about what Bernard intellectually knows and recognizes about the lower caste attendants. Where does Bernard’s problem with the world actually exist?
   4. From Chapter 5, Part I, what does Henry (an Alpha) understand about conditioning that Lenina (a Beta) cannot grasp?
   5. In Chapter 5, Part II, what does the Solidarity Service in the World State take the place of from the real world?
   6. In Chapter 6, Part I, Why is Bernard frustrated with Lenina?
   7. Why is Lenina frustrated with Bernard?
   8. How do you explain the differences in their points of view?
   9. Who is behaving irrationally?

 
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Today we will read Chapter 6 (Parts II and III) and Chapter 7 of Brave New World and consider how it fits into the idea of a satire. You may want to review the “Satire and Parody SP20” presentation you looked at last Monday in order to complete the assignment.
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Read (or listen to) Chapter 6 (Parts II and III) and Chapter 7 of Brave New World.
2. Get the “Comparing Worlds” worksheet from the Brave New World folder on the Google drive.
3. Answer the worksheet questions and submit your answers to the “Comparing Worlds” assignment.

 
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Today we will read Chapters 8-11 of Brave New World and consider John’s shifting perception of the World State.
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Read (or listen to) Chapters 8-11 of Brave New World.
2. Respond to the following prompt in a complete paragraph: At the end of Chapter 8, when Bernard has invited John to go back to “civilization” with himself and Lenina, John says, “O brave new world that has such people in it. Let’s start at once.” (This is a quote from The Tempest btw.) When he says this, what is his tone, his attitude? In the middle of Chapter 11 (160), John repeats those same words. How is his tone different the second time he says them? What has caused the change?
3. Submit your answer to the “O brave new world” assignment.

 
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Today we will read Chapters 12-15. There are some Laugh Out Loud moments in these chapters! Enjoy!
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Read (or listen to) Chapters 12-15 of Brave New World.
2. Watch the video in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive: Pill Nation_Are Americans Overprescribed.mp4-2011.
3. Read the first couple of paragraphs of each of these articles that are in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive, paying attention to the article dates (there’s no need to read the entire article unless you just want to):
   1. A Glut of Antidepressants - The New York Times
   2. One in 6 Americans Take Antidepressants, Other Psychiatric Drugs_ Study - NBC News
   3. 2018 UK Antidepressant Statistics - Chemist 4 U _ Guides & Advice
4. Answer the following questions:
   1. What do you notice about the trend in how many people are taking antidepressants?
   2. In Chapter 12, John comments, “I’d rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here” (179). What are your thoughts on this?
   3. In Chapter 13, Lenina says about John, “he’s the one I want” (187). What does this indicate about Lenina?
   4. What causes the gap in communication between John and Lenina? Why can’t they understand one another? Do they want the same thing or not?
   5. In Chapter 14, why is John’s reaction to Linda’s death considered strange? How important is the individual person in the World State?
   6. In Chapter 15, when John incites a riot, the police are called out in full riot gear to stop the riot. What is your opinion of their weapons?
5. Submit your answers to the BNW Ch 12-15 assignment.

 
Monday, May 11, 2020
Today we will read Chapters 16-18.
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Read (or listen to) Chapters 16-17 of Brave New World.
2. Answer the questions on the Ch 16-17 Wkst (in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive).
3. Submit your answers to the Ch 16-17 Worksheet assignment.
4. Look at the “Symbolism in the Novel” presentation (in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive).
5. On the Warnings discussion board, submit your thoughts on this prompt: Of the many messages that Huxley weaves into Brave New World, what do you think is the most powerful warning he gives the reader? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

 
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 FINAL EXAM
This is the final assignment for Brave New World, and it will be used as your final exam grade if you choose to complete it. This assignment represents a culmination of all the Reading, Writing, and Language standards in this course. If you choose to complete this assignment, you MUST HAND IT IN BY MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY, MAY 12 for the grade to be entered into the gradebook.
 
The directions for the essay are in the “Final Exam Essay SP20” document in the Brave New World folder on the Google drive.
 

Today we begin the satirical novel Brave New World. You will view a presentation with background information on the novel and read Chapter 1 of the novel. Chapter 1 is very complex with LOTS of details. This sets the foundation for much of the book, so it is important that you truly understand what is going on.
 
Text Access
If you don’t have your own copy of the text, you can download “Brave New World text Landscape format.pdf” from the Brave New World folder on the Google drive.
 
If you would like to listen to Brave New World, go to the “On the Web” page of our class web site (https://www.kmcauthor.com/on-the-web.html) and scroll down to “Brave New World Audio Book.” You will see there a link to an audio version of the text and a list of the start time in the audio version for each chapter.
 
Preparing for the Summative Assessment
On the last day in the classroom, you were provided with two resources that will be helpful to you as you read Brave New World: a study guide and a lens tracking sheet. If you did not receive the printed copy, you can download the electronic copy from the Brave New World folder of the Google drive: “Brave New World Lens Tracking Sheet.pdf” and “LP_Brave_New_WorldFinal-pp 13-14 Study Guide.pdf.” I will not be taking these up; however, if you complete them as you read, you will do MUCH better on the final assessment over this book. In the final assessment, you will be asked to write an essay explaining the messages that are revealed when the book is viewed through one of the lenses we studied this semester: cultural, feminist, or Marxist – your choice.
 
Today’s Assignment
For today’s assignment, follow these steps:

1. Look at the presentation titled “BNW Intro SP20.”
2. Read (or listen to) Chapter 1 of Brave New World and look at the presentation “BNW Ch 1 Notes” on the Google drive in the Brave New World folder. You might find it helpful to look at the presentation with the notes before you read the chapter. This is a very complex chapter with LOTS of details about the World State. It might help you to have some idea what is going on before you read the chapter, but it’s up to you, really, which you do first.

 
Notes
Contact: My normal online “office hours” will are from 10:30 until noon, Monday thru Thursday. If you have a question or concern, you may email me and I will get right back to you. If you email me outside of office hours, I WILL respond, but there might be a delay in the response since I do occasionally have to get out of this desk chair! 😊 If you need to speak with me, email me and we can set up a time to talk via phone or Zoom. You will need a password to access the Zoom meeting. I will give you the password when you set up the appointment.
 
Email: I have been corresponding with many of you via email, and I would like to make a request. When you email me, please sign your email (or at least make sure your first AND last name are both in your email address). I have received several unsigned emails that I wasn’t really sure who the sender was (Email doesn’t work like a text message – you need to tell me who you are rather than assuming I will know.). Who knows? I might have been answering questions for students who aren’t even mine! (I hope their teacher doesn’t mind! :-D).
 
Assignments: I will post the day’s assignments by 9:30 every morning.
 
Have a great day! Stay safe and healthy!
 

From the assignment list, you have to click the View button to see the feedback. There are text comments in a panel on the right as well as comments within the paper.

Today we begin our final unit: the satirical novel. The first thing you need to do is familiarize yourself with the difference between satire and parody. To access all documents and videos, go to the Satire folder on the Google drive.
 
Follow these steps:

1. Look at the presentation titled “Satire and Parody SP20” and complete the tasks described in the presentation.
2. Submit your paragraph on Turnitin.

 
Notes
Contact: My normal online “office hours” will are from 10:30 until noon, Monday thru Thursday. If you have a question or concern, you may email me and I will get right back to you. If you email me outside of office hours, I WILL respond, but there might be a delay in the response since I do occasionally have to get out of this desk chair! 😊 If you need to speak with me, email me and we can set up a time to talk via phone or Zoom. You will need a password to access the Zoom meeting. I will give you the password when you set up the appointment.
 
Email: I have been corresponding with many of you via email, and I would like to make a request. When you email me, please sign your email (or at least make sure your first AND last name are both in your email address). I have received several unsigned emails that I wasn’t really sure who the sender was (Email doesn’t work like a text message – you need to tell me who you are rather than assuming I will know.). Who knows? I might have been answering questions for students who aren’t even mine! (I hope their teacher doesn’t mind! :-D).
 
Assignments: I will post the day’s assignments by 9:30 every morning.
 
Have a great day! Stay safe and healthy!
 

Today is the LAST day of the research paper! Please remember that to receive the best results (and the highest grade!) you should complete the steps in order.
 
Research, Day 23
Today you will finalize your paper by revising and proofreading. Today, you will make your writing shine! This is the day that you add the “glitter” that will make your paper exceptional and fix all the little errors and typos that you accidently made while you were writing the paper.
 
Once you get your paper finished, I would STRONGLY advise you to have someone else read it (if possible) and have them let you know if something doesn’t seem to be clear or make sense BEFORE you hand it in.
 
Follow these steps:

1. Open your research paper file.
2. Underline your claim statement (it should be the LAST sentence of your introduction).
3. Underline EACH topic sentence (topic sentences should be the FIRST sentence of each body paragraph, should link directly to the claim, and should identify the subject of the body paragraph).
4. Add the required vocabulary words (if you haven’t already added them as you’ve written the paper). Remember, if you add EXTRA words, you are then somewhat protected if you’ve used a few incorrectly. Underline and Bold each vocabulary word.
5. Consider revising the way you’ve said things to add rhetorical devices (see pages 98-102 of the Essay Guide).
6. Make sure every quotation has a lead-in and a lead-out (NO sentence may begin with a quotation; NO paragraph may end with a quotation).
7. Consider each body paragraph – do you have enough scholarly evidence in each paragraph to really make your point? (EVERY point must be thoroughly supported by scholarly evidence. If it isn’t, consider adding more paraphrases and quotations – and cite them!!).
8. READ your paper and make sure every idea is clear (reading it aloud will help you find errors).
9. Make sure your Works Cited page includes a bibliographic citation for every source that appears in a parenthetical citation within your paper.  Double-check the feedback you received on the citation portion of the Annotated Bibliography and make sure you haven’t made the same errors on the citations on the Works Cited page. Also, make sure you’ve used the required number of scholarly sources in your paper (check the rubric if you don’t remember how many you were required to use).
10. Submit your final research paper to “Research Paper: Revision 3” and enjoy your weekend! We start Brave New World on Monday.

 
Vocabulary
You have no vocabulary assignment other than adding vocabulary words to your essay.
 
Notes
Contact: My normal online “office hours” will are from 10:30 until noon, Monday thru Thursday. If you have a question or concern, you may email me and I will get right back to you. If you email me outside of office hours, I WILL respond, but there might be a delay in the response since I do occasionally have to get out of this desk chair! 😊 If you need to speak with me, email me and we can set up a time to talk via phone or Zoom. You will need a password to access the Zoom meeting. I will give you the password when you set up the appointment.
 
Email: I have been corresponding with many of you via email, and I would like to make a request. When you email me, please sign your email (or at least make sure your first AND last name are both in your email address). I have received several unsigned emails that I wasn’t really sure who the sender was (Email doesn’t work like a text message – you need to tell me who you are rather than assuming I will know.). Who knows? I might have been answering questions for students who aren’t even mine! (I hope their teacher doesn’t mind! :-D).
 
Assignments: I will post the day’s assignments by 9:30 every morning.
 
Have a great day! Stay safe and healthy!
 

Today is the day we begin finalizing your paper – you are getting really close to finished! Please remember that to receive the best results (and the highest grade!) you should complete the steps in order.
 
Research, Day 22
Today you will add your Works Cited page to your paper. As you have written your paper, you have inserted the parenthetical citations for the sources you have quoted and paraphrased. Now you need to add the last page of the paper – the Works Cited page. The Works Cited page includes the bibliographic citation for each of the sources you have actually used in your paper.
 
The bibliographic citation is the citation that includes the author, title, and all publication information for the source you have used. You have already created one of these citations when you created your Annotated Bibliography (it is ONLY the first part of the Annotated Bibliography, NOT the summary and assessment). See pages 25-38 for the details of creating the Works Cited page (there are sample Works Cited pages on pages 26, 120-121, and 133 of the Essay Guide. The example on pages 120-121 is the Works Cited page for the final sample essay which is given on pages 113-119 (so you can see how all of it fits together in ONE file). The Works Cited page is simply the last page(s) of your essay file.
 
Follow these steps:

1. Watch the video titled “Works Cited page” in the Writing – Videos folder on the Google drive.
2. Read pages 25-26 in the Essay Guide.
3. Look at the sample Works Cited pages on pages 26, 120-121, and 133 of the Essay Guide.
4. Open your research paper file and navigate to the LAST PAGE. The Works Cited page must be on the next page after your conclusion, titled Works Cited.
5. Create the bibliographic citations for each source you have cited in your paper (in alphabetical order with a hanging indent).
6. You will NOT submit this to Turnitin. You will continue with the next step in this same file.

 
Vocabulary
You have no vocabulary assignment other than adding vocabulary words to your essay.
 
Notes
Contact: My normal online “office hours” will are from 10:30 until noon, Monday thru Thursday. TODAY, I have an appointment and will not be here until around 11:00. If you have a question or concern, you may email me and I will get right back to you. If you email me outside of office hours, I WILL respond, but there might be a delay in the response since I do occasionally have to get out of this desk chair! 😊 If you need to speak with me, email me and we can set up a time to talk via phone or Zoom. You will need a password to access the Zoom meeting. I will give you the password when you set up the appointment.
 
Email: I have been corresponding with many of you via email, and I would like to make a request. When you email me, please sign your email (or at least make sure your first AND last name are both in your email address). I have received several unsigned emails that I wasn’t really sure who the sender was (Email doesn’t work like a text message – you need to tell me who you are rather than assuming I will know.). Who knows? I might have been answering questions for students who aren’t even mine! (I hope their teacher doesn’t mind! :-D).
 
Assignments: I will post the day’s assignments by 9:30 every morning.
 
Have a great day! Stay safe and healthy!
 

Our final demonstration of reading comprehension and analysis will come through our study of a novel, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (order your copy from Amazon now! https://smile.amazon.com/Brave-World-Revisited-Aldous-Huxley-ebook/dp/B00JTYQIYK/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=978-0-06-085052-4&qid=1585841541&sr=8-2 ISBN: 978-0-06-085052-4).

​I will provide access to an electronic version of the text, but it might be easier for you if you have an actual copy of the book. The tasks you will be asked to complete match up most closely with the Reading Formative tasks you completed earlier in the semester, so your performance on the Brave New World tasks can be used to replace the Reading Formative tasks earlier in the semester.

Today we will continue work on your research paper – you are getting really close to finished! Please remember that to receive the best results (and the highest grade!) you should complete the steps in order. Today is the last day you will actually be adding new information to your essay. After today, we will simply be refining what you have already written.
 
Research, Day 21
Today you will blend in the quotations you inserted into your paper using lead-ins and lead-outs (commentary). Look at the model essays on pages 83-86 and 95-98, paying attention to how the quoted snippets that were inserted in the previous step have now been blended into the text of the paper. Quotes that were fragments have often been blended in using Blended lead-ins or Sentence lead-ins, while quotes that were complete thoughts have been blended in using Sentence lead-ins or Somebody Said lead-ins.
 
Flip back and forth between the two essays, comparing how EACH inserted quote now connects to the overall message in the writer’s own voice. NO QUOTE may start a sentence – each quote MUST have a substantive lead-ins, even Somebody Said lead-ins. Read carefully the guidelines for the different types of lead-ins on pages 87-93 of the Essay Guide and apply the guidelines as you add lead-ins to your own paper.
 
Read, also, the guidelines for lead-outs (commentary), page 94, and look at the models in the model essays on pages 95-98 and page 127. Note that lead-outs do NOT simply tell what the quote means (your reader should be able to read and comprehend what the quote says). The commentary should explain WHY the message of the quote is important to the point you are making in that paragraph. Tell HOW the message proves what you are trying to say in the paragraph.
 
Follow these steps:

1. Read pages 87-94 in the Essay Guide.
2. Open your research paper file.
3. Add lead-ins and lead-outs to your quotations.
4. You will NOT submit this to Turnitin. You will continue with the next step in this same file.

 
Vocabulary
You have no vocabulary assignment other than adding vocabulary words to your essay.
 
Notes
Contact: My normal online “office hours” will are from 10:30 until noon, Monday thru Thursday. If you have a question or concern, you may email me and I will get right back to you. If you email me outside of office hours, I WILL respond, but there might be a delay in the response since I do occasionally have to get out of this desk chair! 😊 If you need to speak with me, email me and we can set up a time to talk via phone or Zoom. You will need a password to access the Zoom meeting. I will give you the password when you set up the appointment.
 
Email: I have been corresponding with many of you via email, and I would like to make a request. When you email me, please sign your email (or at least make sure your first AND last name are both in your email address). I have received several unsigned emails that I wasn’t really sure who the sender was (Email doesn’t work like a text message – you need to tell me who you are rather than assuming I will know.). Who knows? I might have been answering questions for students who aren’t even mine! (I hope their teacher doesn’t mind! :-D).
 
Assignments: I will post the day’s assignments by 9:30 every morning.
 
Have a great day! Stay safe and healthy!
 

Today we will continue work on your research paper – you are getting really close to finished! Please remember that to receive the best results (and the highest grade!) you should complete the steps in order. I will give you feedback on each step that is submitted. I recommend that you read the feedback before you complete the next step.
 
Research, Day 20
Today you will select the phrases and snippets from your scholarly sources that you will actually quote (not paraphrase) in your paper. While most of your scholarly sources should be paraphrased in order to maintain your voice throughout your paper, you SHOULD quote particularly vivid or important elements to lend ethos to your text. Today, you will NOT worry about lead-ins or blending. All you need to do is insert the scholarly quotes you have chosen into your paper where you think they will best support the point you are trying to make.
 
Here are some important guidelines for this task:

• You MUST put quoted material in quotation marks AND every quote MUST be followed by a citation – go ahead and add the citation when you insert the quote so you don’t have to track it down again later.
• QUOTE PURPOSEFULLY! Only quote information that REALLY supports the points you make, and don’t quote words you don’t need. You DO NOT need to quote complete sentences – see the Essay Guide for information about shortening quotations (pages 74-75).
• You MUST quote your sources EXACTLY. Changing a quote without indicating that you’ve changed it is just as bad as plagiarism. See the Essay Guide for directions and models for modifying quotations if they need to be adjusted for blending (pages 74-75).
• Make sure you get the punctuation and the citations in the correct order. See the guidelines and examples on pages 78-79 of the Essay Guide.
• Look at the model essay on pages 83-86 of the Essay Guide. You can see that quoted fragments and phrases are inserted with their appropriate citations. Compare this to the model essay at the previous step in order to see the difference (pages 69-72).

 
Follow these steps:

1. Read pages 72-73 in the Essay Guide.
2. Open your research paper file.
3. Add the information you wish to quote, along with an appropriate citations, to your paper.
4. You will NOT submit this to Turnitin. You will continue with the next step in this same file.

 
Vocabulary
You have no vocabulary assignment other than adding vocabulary words to your essay.
 
Notes
Contact: My normal online “office hours” will are from 10:30 until noon, Monday thru Thursday. If you have a question or concern, you may email me and I will get right back to you. If you email me outside of office hours, I WILL respond, but there might be a delay in the response since I do occasionally have to get out of this desk chair! 😊 If you need to speak with me, email me and we can set up a time to talk via phone or Zoom. You will need a password to access the Zoom meeting. I will give you the password when you set up the appointment.
 
Email: I have been corresponding with many of you via email, and I would like to make a request. When you email me, please sign your email (or at least make sure your first AND last name are both in your email address). I have received several unsigned emails that I wasn’t really sure who the sender was (Email doesn’t work like a text message – you need to tell me who you are rather than assuming I will know.). Who knows? I might have been answering questions for students who aren’t even mine! (I hope their teacher doesn’t mind! :-D).
 
Assignments: I will post the day’s assignments by 9:30 every morning.
 
Have a great day! Stay safe and healthy!