For all your bibliography needs:
The trick is to move your indentation markers all the way to the left (make sure your margins are set to 1″!), then, with the cursor on the citation you want to change, move the bottom marker (looks like a little house) over 1/2″.
Note: This assignment called for an annotated bibliography, so there is a sentence or two between the citations explaining how the source was used. Check your assignment instructions (or ask your teacher) if this is necessary for your assignment.
The format for any essay in my class (and the works cited page) can be found here. How to head your paper is over here.
Read through chapter 20 for Monday. (See the reading schedule for the rest of the week here.)
Use the following prompt to guide your first essay over the novel. While we have not finished the book, you should have more than enough information to support your claims.
The following quotation comes from John Donne’s “Meditation #17”:
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were: any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
In your paper, create and support an argument about how theme of About a Boy compares or contrasts with the theme of John Donne’s “Meditation #17.” Remember that the actions and thoughts of the characters contribute to the theme of the book, so your support will primarily come from the characters’ thoughts and actions.
Put another way, you should do the following:
This may seem like an awful lot, but break it down into manageable parts. For example, do #1-4 Saturday morning and #4-5 Sunday afternoon, and edit it as you type it Sunday night.
Follow the format guidelines at the top of this page; bring your rough drafts to class Monday.
As always, email or post questions below.
Found this post at The findingDulcinea Blog (our blogs were meant for one another!). Contains some good links to start your college search. Don’t forget to check out the comments, too. Apparently eNotes has a "Get Answers from Real Students" section.
Happy Spring Break.
…by popular demand:
[This post was WinsomeWiki'd on 4 Jul. 2009.]
We will be discussing DeLillo’s White Noise through chapter 34 on Monday. We will write over this in about a week, so please keep up with your reading journals.
Another great discussion (From the Board below) over the censorship! The debate was heated at times, so we’ll be writing our own argumentative articles this weekend. By now you are all familiar with the basic structure of an argumentative article, but here’s a quick outline to help you with your writing:
Post questions below for the good of all. Legend: Black: from the articles, Blue: From you, Green: From me.
"Apples are all-American" (Appeal to emotion, but not a major point.)
All-American Apple Council (Biased source)