Last week - hero paper redone rules

Purdue Owl is overwhelmed right now.

Final exam essay - in case you lose it:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2010/1007/Why-laptops-in-class-are-distracting-America-s-future-workforce

Try the source here
http://library.osu.edu/help/research-strategies/cite-references/mla/
for help.

This is for class this week.

Monday or Tuesday (for 2 day of the week classes): Pushups test (not towards your grade), Hero Redo rules, and grammar questions.
(on Wednesday for M,W,F class).
Wednesday or Thursday: real deal 100 point grammar test. (on Friday for M, W, F class).

Research essay due at the beginning of your first class of the week with pre-writing.

Checklist of the Hero Essay PART 2

How to Go above the Mendoza Line and Be Great

1. Your paper is typed Times New Roman, 12 point type, and everything is double-spaced. There are no gullies (additional spaces beyond double) between your paragraphs. You will also have an MLA header in the header section – not the first line of the paper.

2. There are ABSOUTELY no references made to there being an I, a YOU, or an US in your paper. Any words that imply these things lose points.

3. Your paper is about WHAT MAKES A HERO. It is not about a person who goes from bad to good. It is not about a role model. It is about what makes a person heroic (in this IT IS NOT a paper on any particular hero, but you can use examples of heroes). My ORIGINAL sample paper reflects on the heroic. Your paper must do this as well. I find it very hard to think of more than a handful of people who have done heroic things in my 39 years of existence on this planet. I have seen them on television and read about them, but I rarely encounter them. That said, I have met a great many role models that I can look up to, but let it be said that there is a difference between these 2 terms. Unless, you attended a lecture by a superb example of mankind, I’m almost 100% sure that you haven’t met a true blue hero either. If your concept of a hero is something less, then I will deduct points from that. Any example you use is subject to scrutiny. For this, YOU WILL NOT exemplify ANY FAMILY or FRIENDS in this paper. If you do, you WILL LOSE POINTS. See www.values.com for what it means to be heroic and a role model. For example, just taking care of kids is not heroic. If a person brought life into the world, then he or she has the responsibility to care for life (ALL family must look out for family). This is our most basic responsibility as people – not some extraordinary accomplishment. While I realize that some people don’t give a hoot for family, that doesn’t make those who do heroic. It makes those who don’t care for the people in their lives less. Really. That said, those who take care of us are our role models, and we would do well to learn from them.

4. ON THE FIRST PAPER, many students reflected my words back at me. This was especially evident in their attempts to utilize phrases like “role model.” This paper is supposed to be a culmination of YOUR UNDERSTANDING of a hero. While it must reflect the truly heroic (not just “I like him or her’), it is not a plagiaristic repeating of my words. Doing this will cause you to lose points on the final paper.

5. You will use 3 sources. They will all be from the databases on the RACC Yocum library site. You MAY NOT use the Internet. You MAY NOT use books. http://www.racc.edu/Yocum/onlineDatabases/default.aspx

You can find all of the information you need here. We will go over this in class.

6. How to cite an article from an online database.

Works Cited:

Clark, Zsuzsanna. "From Saturday-Night Poetry to Big Brother." New Statesman 132 (21 July 2003): 32. Academic Search Complete. Web. 15 Sept. 2010.

Parenthetical:

(Clark)

http://library.osu.edu/help/research-strategies/cite-references/mla/mla-style-guide-electronic-resources/

7. This paper is to be 8 paragraphs. It is not to be 7. That would be short. It is not to be 9. That would be long. More is not better. Jump through the hoops and follow my directions, or you will lose points.

8. Follow ALL OF THE RULES in the Issues in Your Paper handout. Not some of them – all of them.

9. Your paper is due the minute that your class’s final exam starts. If you are not at your class’s final exam, you will fail. If you are late, you will lose that time for the final exam. If you want a redo, then you should get help in advance as there is no redo permitted. If you do not hand this assignment in, you will be evaluated to see if you are above passing. If you are not passing, you will fail the class.

10. You must have a rough draft with this essay. It must be SIGNIFICANTLY different than the original draft. In this, you should write ALL OVER it so that I can see your changes. If you do not hand write all over the paper, then you have not done a rough draft. No rough draft = ten points lost out 110 points. A rough draft implies that you wrote THE WHOLE PAPER – not 3 paragraphs and then added 2 more to the final paper later. Effort is everything. If you’re not trying, then you’re probably failing.

11. If you have to send me this document, please do so as a .doc, a .docx, or an .rtf. If you just cut and paste this in the body of the e-mail, I’m not accepting it. No questions asked. If you tell me that you have sent it to me, we will open it up before you take the final to see if it is all there.

12. Do your best. I know that you can win, but if you don’t check your work against my rules, you’re causing yourself to lose points that you shouldn’t be losing. Remember: this isn’t how you or I think papers should be. It’s how the book says papers must be.

13. Spell and grammar check is your friend. Use it.