IE3 Writing: Lesson 2

Hi everyone,

Great work today! I really appreciated how well everyone fully participated in pair and group work. Although it's only the second lesson, we're getting into the nuts-and-bolts (=idiom for details) of essay writing.

Bibliography
We learned how to make a bibliography for a research paper.  A bibliography is an alphabetical list of all the sources you use for your research paper.  When you organize your source information in your bibliography, you need to arrange it using the MLA style (MLA=Modern Language Association).

MLA Referencing:
MLA referencing is one of the ways you can document your sources in your research paper.  This style is used in the humanities, especially for writing about language and literature.  

Introduction Structure:
We also learned about the different parts of an introduction:  
a.    hook
b.    general statements
c.    thesis statement

You can choose from five different hooks: 
a.  quotes
b.  rhetorical questions
c.  statistics
d.  interesting facts
e. similes

Late Submissions:
Please be aware that your writing must be submitted on time if you would like to receive my comments.  If you submit your writing after a deadline, it will not be checked.

Essay Format:
We quickly went through how to format your essay (e.g. spacing, titles, etc.). If you need additional information, please see the "Essay Format" document at the end of today's summary.

Homework:

1. Bibliography:  due April 21 before 12noon by email
2. Introduction:  due April 20 before 12 noon by email
3. Blog posting #2

Please submit your Introduction and Bibliography as Word documents. You will need to attach them to the emails you send to me.

Blog Question #2:

1. What difficulties did you have writing your introduction?
2. What are the benefits of writing your essay step-by-step?
   

*Write 8-10 sentences.
*Use capitalization, punctuation & spelling correctly.
*Submit by Tuesday, April 21 by 6:00pm.