Checklist for Essay 2

STILL NEED A HERO? How about this guy?

1. Do you have all of the pre-writing?

What do you know? What do you want to know (questions)? A sufficient amount of notes (if your paper isn't 4 pages, you don't have a sufficient amount of notes). A TYPED rough draft. Printed URLs (all that you use in your paper).

2. Do you have 6 total sources to include 1 print, 2 Internet, and 1 primary source for each person and heroic trait site? These must MATCH for in text citations and works cited citations.

3. Have you followed the rules from Purdue OWL? If it's on there, I'll let it go. Be careful with changes from the book!

4. Did you make sure you didn't write a bio (instead explaining how the heroic trait is exhibited by an action or event from said person's life)?

5. Is your paper at least 4 pages (not including works cited page)?

6. Did you make sure that there are no quotes over 1 sentence long and if there are quotes, they need to be there in that person's voice?
7. Are you sure that you're paraphrasing in your own words?

8. Did you spell and grammar check?
9. Is there 1 idea fully explained per paragraph? FACT / DETAILS / AND SO... (please don't use those words - vary transition).

10. Transition is your friend. Use it!

11. Does your MLA heading look like my sample essay MLA heading?

12. If you're using the header information, is it in the header and not on the first line of the essay? If you don't know how to do this, don't have a header - just have the heading (your name, my name, class, date THEN a title centered (all double spaced).

13. Are you being extra obsessive with MLA format? That's why I gave you my ppt. Trust me; I just finished a 12+ page paper, and I was overly meticulous and I STILL went back to fix more. This isn't easy - even when you do this for a living.

14. Did you ask the ol' man any questions that you might have (that's what I get paid for)?

Library time Monday 11-2
Time after class in the library on Tuesday 930-11

You should all have the handouts for the rest of the way through. If not, please e-mail and I'll bring them. Otherwise, I'll be filing them away until next semester.

I'll explain all of the Friedman / Internet assignments during class 1 this week. Don't sweat it until then.

Presidential scavenger hunt is due the last day of clas with the final essay, which is your ticket to the final exam.

Have a great weekend.