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Welcome to Class 30: Spring 2021 Important Class Announcements for Final Week of Semester, Works Cited and MLA Review, Student Toulmin Model, and Questions Area

Announcements Since essay 4 is due next and the final week of class will be about submitting rewrites and make-ups and taking the in-class rewrite (voluntary), this class will be focused on helping you be prepared for the final week. Stay tuned for what you need to do to earn credit for participation for this class.

(1) Important Last Week of the Semester Announcements Tuesday, Zoom Class 31 (May 27): Class begins at 3 PM (no quiz), but the entire class will be only for taking an inclass writing make-up for essay 2. Anyone can take this make-up for any grade up to 100%, and if you take it, you will receive the higher of the two grades you earn. If you decide to take it, you must have your camera on and be in sight of the camera during the writing. The in-class writing will be like essay #2, but only the questions will be focused on the readings from unit 4 that you were quizzed on. It is an open-reading in-class writing, with the same protocol of submitting your rough draft at the end of class and your final version on May 28, by 6 PM. Due on May 27, by 11:59 PM in Canvas: (Read syllabus for details on how to do rewrites, make-ups, or extra credit. These end-of-semester submissions will not have instructor comments or corrections; however, positive grades changes will be recorded officially in the original assignment grading area with a notation that the new grade was submitted.) Rewrites for Essays 1 & 3 Due: Submit to “Essay 1 & 3 Rewrites” area as Microsoft or PDF files by May 27, 11:59 PM. In order to have your rewrite graded you must NOT remove your old graded and submitted essays 1 & 3 or any comments by you or the professor at the original submission and grading area. Homework or Quiz Make-Ups Due: Submit to “Homework and Quiz Make-ups” area as Microsoft or PDF files by May 27, 11:59 PM. Extra Credit Due: Submit to “Extra Credit” area as Microsoft or PDF files by May 27, 11:59 PM. You must submit proof or verification of attendance along with your extra credit report.

Canvas Class 32 (Saturday, May 29): Your Essay #4, final version, is due no later than Saturday, May 29, 11:59 PM, to “Essay #4 Info & Submission Area” Please be attentive for any Canvas emails from the instructor if there are citations issues that prevent your work from being graded.

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(2) Student Toulmin Model Essay Since many of you requested to see a model student essay, in this classroom module is a file called “Student Toulmin Model Essay” and it has annotations and commentary as per the Toulmin argument structure and works cited page MLA formatting. If you have any questions about it, you can post them in “Class 30 Questions Area.”

(3) Reviewing the Works Cited Formatting Your final essay will be graded not only on the Toulmin argument structure and content, but also on MLA citations and formatting. All outside ideas, words, and quotes (including all in your own words) have to be cited completely. Uncited sources or inadequately cited sources in your essay are areas of plagiarism, intended or not, so it is really important you cite in text. Equally important is that you cite all the research you used in your essay on the works cited page. We’ll go over the format a bit, so get your Brief Handbook out.

Citing Your Source on the Works Cited Page:

You will need to cite the research sources that you use in your essay on the works cited page, as well as in the text. To avoid, plagiarism, cite within your essay and on the works cited page any sources where you used ideas, words, quotations, paraphrases, or summaries, even if all written in your own words. REMEMBER THAT ANY SUMMARIES OR PARAPHRASES MUST BEGIN WITH AN ATTRIBUTIVE TAG—THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE RESEARCH YOU ARE SUMMARIZING AND PARAPHRASING—TO AVOID PLAGIARISM. AT THE END YOU WILL PLACE THE PAGE NUMBER IN PARENTHESES.IF THERE IS NO PAGE NUMBER, WRITE n. pag.

Formatting of the Works Cited Page: Looking at page 31 of Brief Handbook, you will see a model works cited page. You’ve seen this page before for your other take-home essays so this is not new, but essay 4’s list will be more extensive than your prior ones. Remember that the list of entries is alphabetized, the spacing is all doublespaced, and the second and successive lines of each citation are indented five spaces or one tab. Web addresses are included, as well, if online sources. Your works cited page should visually look like the one on page 31. 2

Creating Individual Citations: When you are ready to do each works cited entry individually, the Works Cited Citation Model Index in Brief Handbook, specifically on pages 39-40, will give you direction on how to cite each of your sources correctly. You may also use the OCC Library’s automatic citation source, usually located on the margins of the article in the database while reading it within the OCC Library system. This should be your first choice (the OCC Library) as it is pretty accurate, although it is your responsibility to review the citation, as well.

To use the Brief Handbook’s works Cited Citation Models Index, let’s say I have an online journal article from OCC’s Library database, JSTOR. According to the index on page 39, section C is the area that deals with articles in a journal. Since mine is an online article from the OCC databases, I’ll use model #19 (on page 44) of Brief Handbook to format my citation: Toles, George. "Auditioning Betty in Mulholland Drive." Film Quarterly, vol. 58, no. 1, 2004, pp. 2-13. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/fq.2004.58.1.2.

Note that the citation is in this order: Author. “Title of Article.” Name of Journal, volume and issue numbers, date, pages. Name of OCC Library database, web address as a live link. Let’s do another example. Let’s say I have a print book from the OCC Library. Going back to the index on page 39, section A is the section for books. Since my book is a print book with one author, I’ll use model #1 (on page 41) of Brief Handbook: Benton, Janetta. Theories of Utopia: Return to Eden, McMillan Press, 1995.

Okay, let’s try one last one. Let’s say I have an online E-Book from the OCC Library, but the book has three authors. The table of contents directs me to model #6, page 41, for an online E-Book from OCC (but for one author): Groenfeldt, David. Water Ethics: A Values Approach to Solving the Water Crisis. Routledge, 2013. eBook Collection (EBSCO Host), https://login.ezproxy.occlib.nocccd.edu/login?url=http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/det ail?vid=2&sid=8adcb75a-9864-480e-b8c3544e6426913c%40sessionmgr103&hid=125&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d# AN=646679&db=nlebk 3

The above model works for a single author, but for three authors I look in the examples for books above model #6 and see that a book with three authors is written with “et al” replacing the second and third authors, as below: McCrum, et al.

Capitalization, Italics, Etcetera for the Works Cited Page: Titles on the works cited page have to be capitalized according to standard written English even if the original printing of the title was not capitalized that way. For example, if the original title was written like the first example below, all in lower case, it must still be capitalized correctly, as in example two: 1. amusing ourselves to death 2. Amusing Ourselves to Death

For capitalization, quotation marks, and italics rules, refer to page 16 of Brief Handbook. Most of you know these rules pretty well since we have been doing them all semester, but you can refer to page 16 for a brush-up on the rules. If You Need Help! Use the index as your guide, but if you are stuck or are not certain which model to follow or just need guidance, you may contact the instructor at any time via Canvas. Shortcuts: If you get your research from OCC Library databases, most of them, as you know, have automatic citation functions in them—you can use them—but make sure you are using the MLA eighth edition. You still need to double check them, as they are not usually 100% correct and you are still responsible for your work quality. There is also a lot of detail to this information, so don’t necessarily memorize, but learn how to use the Brief Handbook’s index to find what you need. Don’t be afraid to ask the instructor—that’s what I’m here for, as well, and you may have a special circumstance.

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To earn participation points for this class, go to “Class 30 Participation Credit MLA Quiz” and take the quiz--make sure you have your Brief Handbook ready as you’ll need it to answer the questions. Also, if you have any other questions about Essay 4, you can submit them in the Class 30 Questions Area. See you online!

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