Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Theme Essay Tools and Resources

Hello ladies and gentlemen,

I hosted my first of two workshops on how to properly format and write your Outside Theme Essays (which are due Friday!).  Please take a look at the resources below and use them to your advantage in order to be successful on our first outside of class essay!

Tips for a Superior Essay - Start here!  It provides the basic formatting rules that I require you to follow for your essay.

Citation Cheat Sheet - Use this to properly format your citations.  You are required to include at least Five (5) Footnotes and Five (5) Bibliographical citations as a minimum.  Only ONE of your Five (5) citations can be your textbook.

Proper Online Academic Source Databases:
Citation Resources

Remember it must be in Chicago/Turabian citation format
Here is a template/sample that I created during the workshop and you can use as a base to get your formatting started:
  • Outside Essay Template 
    • Intro Paragraph
      • Hook & Thesis
    • 3 Body Paragraphs
      • 2 Chunk Format
    • Conclusion
      • Restate thesis
For your body paragraphs be sure to follow the Two Chunk Format!
  • Topic Sentence
  • Concrete Detail/Specific Evidence
  • Analysis/Explanation
  • Concrete Detail/Specific Evidence
  • Analysis/Explanation
  • Conclusion Sentence 
Finally:
Don't forget to review the Outside Essay Rubric
One Note about the source/citation section of the rubric
  • To receive 3 points on that portion of the rubric you need a minimum of 5 sources and 10 footnote citations 

For a collection of these resources go to Essay Writing Tools

Remember that these Outside Theme Essays must be turned in to Turnitin.com

I look forward to reading your essays ladies and gentlemen!

Live long and prosper,

Mr. Marchetti

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