1. The Poetry Test The Deal (If you want to do it)
STAR STUDENTS: Hannah, Molly, Kara (if she did the back)
Planet Students: Ana, David, Duncan
Dwarf Planet Students: Burke, Kogan
The Poetry Test
The Deal (If you want to do it)
85+ = Retake and you get the higher score of the two
75 = Retest and take 85 if 2nd score is higher than 85
70 = Retest and take 80 if 2nd score is higher than 80
62-65 = Retest and take 75 if 2nd score is higher than 80
Lower than a 62 = Retest and get 70 if 2nd score is at least 80

2. The Research Paper
9th Lit/Comp

3. MLA Style Research Essay
APA = American Psychological Association
Chicago = Chicago Manual of Style
Council of Biology Editors
MLA = Modern Language Association

4. MLA Style Research Essay
Header Last name page number ½ inch from the top of the page
Heading—What are the components?
Font and Font size? Spacing?
Parenthetical Documentation—What are the components?
(Schneider 12) What if there is no author? (“A Crazy Article” 12)
Direct quotations (can use sentences or parts of sentences…best to limit # of words)
What do you need to use with direct quotes? (NEVER DROP A QUOTE!!!!)
Paraphrases
Summaries
Common knowledge not necessary (specific or broad?)
Works Cited—What are the components? How is it arranged? What are indentions and hanging indentions? What are mediums of publication?
REVIEW OWL SITE

5. MLA Style Research Essay
Don’t use first person
Don’t use contractions
You can use your opinions, but you must prove it logically, and you can’t use “I think….”
Use only reliable sources. What are reliable sources? What questions can you ask yourself? Could the source be biased? What does that mean? Is the source too old? Would that be good or bad? What credentials does the writer have? What else needs to be considered?

6. MLA Style Research Essay
Visual Organization
Intro (Thesis at the end of this)
At least 2 TIDIDE paragraphs
Conclusion (Thesis restated at the beginning of this)
A Works Cited
Types of Lead ins
Somebody says
Blended
Sentence
Basics of Punctuation
Book
Article
Web site
Journal or magazine?
Poem