Tuesday, 10/18

Respond to the following quote.....
"Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it."
—André Gide

Possible response prompts:

• Why should you believe seekers and doubt those who find truth?  
• Do you agree?
• How do you decide what is "true"?
• How does this relate to your own perspective on your political issue? How might it influence your research and writing for your op-ed?  How might it influence your approach to our coffee house?

 (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951)  Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947 "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight".
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Today's Goals: 

• Know what my expectations are for accurate MLA formatting and where you can find resources to help you succeed in meeting these expectations!
• Wrap up your research on the YES side and start writing Part 2

Writing Resources Workshop
Ok! It's time to learn some skillz and to acquaint yourself with the myriad of resources I have available for you to be a stellar writer who is ready to blow any college professor or future employer's mind! (Chin up lad/lass! There's hope for all of us!  Just last week, I heard from two Animas Class of 2016 graduates who struggled immensely with writing their junior year and they both received A's on their first college essays and their papers were used as examples for the class!  Wahooooo!)

1. Step 1: Read over the list of resources below
2. Step 2:  Decide which skill you need to work on the most
3. Step 3: Open the link, read the resource, commit it to your memory or at least remember that you can come back to today's blog and find the link again.
4. Step 4: Get into groups of 3 (ideally) with people who read DIFFERENT resources.
5. Step 5: Take turns TEACHING each other the skill you just learned.
6. Step 6: Ask Ashley for any clarifications.

RESOURCES

• MLA Formatting:  complete guide!
• Parenthetical  (In-text) Documentation and Works Cited Page
• Setting up/Introducing quotes 
• Owl at Purdue's Writing Lab on Block Quotes (for quotes that are 4 lines or longer)
• Titles: Quotes or Italics?
• Owl at Purdue on MLA Bibliographies
• Passive Voice 
• How to write concisely (AKA: "Streamlining")
• Example Thesis Statements

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Work Time and Conferences!