Handling Quotations, Integrating Them

Here's the handout from class today on integrating sources in a variety of ways. There's an example of a block quote from a play that you could use as a model for handling long exchanges between characters, should you need to include one. You can look up "block quotes MLA" on Google, too, for other formatting details.

Here's a set of slides on emphasis, too, from our editing work today.

Slideshow: Interpretation Helpers

Here's the slideshow walking you through getting started on the last essay!

MLA for the Reading Process Piece

Don't forget the final draft is due Thursday, 11:59 PM. Here are the slides from today re: how to do the Work Cited and how to work with poem quotations.

Slideshow from Today

Here's the one with the process tips and strategy we're using for our current project about the poem by Pat Mora. I'm also sharing a start of a draft for the project of my own, which is about the Kooser poem we read today. It will give you a sense of how to talk about the poem and your process—and how to quote yourself :)

MLA Refreshers . . . and Revision Tips for Project #1

Here are links to our slideshows from today:

• the one on revision, with examples from your drafts,
• the one with the wrong/right versions of WC entries, and
• the one with examples of in-text citations.

Slideshows as We Develop the Draft

Here are slideshows from class today, including the one we saw on entering conversations, the one we did on analyzing your paragraphs and the structure of your piece, and the one on improving clarity in your writing.

On Finding a Topic and Asking Questions

Here are two slideshows from today, one on researching as a way of exploring topics as well as loopwriting as a means of exploring your thoughts, and one on formulating a good question to drive your project.