Chapter 3 homework

Intro to MLA

Before

1. Have you used MLA format before?

2. What do you think MLA will include?

3. Is it difficult to follow a format?

Intro to MLA

Task

Please watch the How to set up MLA Format Paper available in your Google Classroom

 

After

1. Do you think MLA format is difficult to apply?

2. Why do you need to follow a format?

3. Name some of the points MLA format uses.

Intro to Thesis Statement

Before

Please answer these questions before you view the presentation. 

1. What makes a good thesis?

2. Why is a good thesis important?

3. Are you comfortable with writing thesis statements?

4. Why is the thesis statement so important?

5. What are the four points to consider when writing a thesis statement?

Intro to Patterns

Before

Please answer these questions before you view the presentation. 

1. What was the topic

2. Was it difficult or easy?

3. Did you plan?

4. Did you follow a pattern?

5. Was it good?

After you view the presentation 

1. What are patterns?

2. How will following a pattern facilitate writing?

Before 

1. What do you think of penguins, dolphins and sea otters?

2. What do you think this article will be about?

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/animals-can-be-giant-jerks/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DiVGxJ307zpXQqsmvItQGbHmWUnHaVzc8Q4oCo_h-30/edit?usp=sharing

During

1. Please stop after each animal and annotate/ take notes of the important points.

2. Write down any words that you are unfamiliar with

After Reading

1. What is this article’s thesis?

2. How does the author support the thesis?

3. Are there citations (links to the research)?

4. Create an outline for this article. 

Hint it should be 

I Animal

a. Jerk behavior

b. Jerk behavior.

So maybe I ruined animals for you this week. I certainly hope that is not the case. Just in case, here is a video about people who are not jerks. Please write a 1 or 2 paragraph response. Please write a response to this video. 

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Connection

Please write a few sentences about this week's assignments and connect them to your life. 

Favorite words of the week.

Pick a quote or sentence that stood out from this week's assignments.