Link for the October mid-term quiz

Click this link to take the mid-term quiz.

Be sure to let me see your score when you're done.

http://www.classmarker.com/online-test/start/?quiz=hap4ea938bd8be46

THIRD period in the computer lab

This is time reserved for you to finish up your research paper. Remember that the paper should be:
FIVE PAGES DOUBLE SPACED (minimum)

HAVE A "WORKS CITED" PAGE AT THE END.

FOLLOW THE MLA FORMAT

INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE LONG QUOTE that is indented and single spaced.

THE DETAILS OF MLA FORMAT CAN EASILY BE FOUND ON-LINE (just google MLA), but here are a few pointers about the Works Cited page:

Writing The Works Cited Page

Your works cited page is an essential part of the process. The works cited page is the last page of your paper and it tells the reader where he or she may find the sources cited within your paper. It is essential you use the correct form. Remember a few thing when organizing the works cited page:

• The works cited page must be labeled Works Cited Page. The label should be at the top center of the page.
• The sources on the page must be listed IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY THE AUTHORS LAST NAME.
• The first line of each entry is place all the way to the left margin, all lines after the first line which are part of the same entry must be indented five spaces.
• Entries in the works cited page should be single spaced. Double space in between entries.

Books and Reference Books

One Author

Frye, Northrup. Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. New York: Harper Collins, 1957.

Two or Three Authors

Gesell, Arnold, and Frances L. Wilson. Child Development: An Introduction to the Study of

Human Growth. New York: Macmillan, 1960.

Four or More Authors

Spiller, Robert, et al. Literary History of the United States. New York:

Macmillan, 1960.

No Author Named

Encyclopedia of Photography. New York: Crown, 1984.

A Work With More Than One Volume

Smith, Page. A New Age Now Begins. 2 vols. New York: McGraw, 1976.

A Work With An Editor

Swisher, Cleary, ed. The Spread of Islam. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999.

Two Or More Books By The Same Person

Boroff, Marie. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. New York: Norton, 1967.

---. Wallace Stevens: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:

Prentice Hall, 1963.

Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, and Other Sources

A journal or magazine whose page numbers continue to the next issue (continuous pagination)

Deluch, Max. "Mind from Matter." American Scholar July 1978: 339-53.

A journal whose pages start anew with each issue

Barthe, Frederick, and Joseph Murphy. "Alcoholism in Fiction." Kansas Quarterly

August 1981: 30-37.

A weekly, biweekly, or monthly magazine

Miller, Tyler. "The Vietnam War: The Executioner." Newsweek 13 Nov 1978: 70.

An article in a newspaper

Strout, Richard L. "Another Bicentennial." Christian Science Monitor 10 Nov. 1978: 27.

An anonymous article

"Drunkproofing Automobiles." Time 6 Apr. 1987: 37.

An article from a reference book

"Mandarin." Encyclopedia Americana. 1980 ed.

A signed article from a reference book

Coble, Parks M., Jr. "Chiang Kai Shek." Encyclopedia of Asian History.

Ed. Ainslee T. Embree. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988.

A government publication

United States Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Statistics. "Dictionary of Occupational

Titles." 4th ed. Washington: GPO, 1977.

A radio or television program

"The First American." Narr. Hugh Downs. Writ. and prod. Craig Fisher.

NBC News Special. KNBC, Los Angeles. 21 Mar. 1968.

Electronic Sources

Periodical information on CD-ROM

A source from NEWSBANK

McCullough, Peggy. "Juvenile Drug Use Prompts Test Push." (Memphis, TN)

The Commercial Appeal. 15 Jan. 1987. Newsbank: Health (1987):

fiche 3, grid G2.

A source from NY Times Ondisc

Angier, Natalie. "Chemists Learn Why Vegetables Are Good for You."

New York Times 13 Apr. 1993, late ed.: C1. New York Times Ondisc.

CD-ROM. UMI-Proquest Oct. 1993.

A source from Information Access

Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc. "Reebok: Company Report." 29 July 1993.

General Business File. CD-ROM. Information Access. Dec. 1993.

A Source from InfoTrac

Anderson, George M. "Organizing Against the Death Penalty." America 3 Jan. 1988: 10+.

InfoTrac: Student Edition. CD-ROM. Gale Group. Nov. 2000

A Source from SIRS

Paliokas, Kathleen. "Trying Uniforms on for Size." American School Board Journal

May 1996: 33-35. School. Vol. 2. Art. 46. SIRS Researcher. CD-ROM.

SIRS. Inc., 1999

Other Electronic Sources

E-mail

Danford, Tom. "Monday Greetings." E-mail to Terry Craig. 13 Sept. 1993.

Newsgroup Posting

Shaumann, Thomas Michael. "Re: Technical German." 5 Aug. 1994.

Online posting. Newsgroup comp.edu.languages.natural.natural. 7 Sept. 1994.

Material accessed through a computer service

Guidelines for Family Television Viewing. Urbana: ERIC Clearinghouse

on Elementary and Early Childhood Educ., 1990.

ERIC. Online. BRS. 22 Nov. 1993.

"Foreign Weather: European Cities." Accu-Data. Online. Dow Jones

News Retrieval. 20 Aug. 1993.

Web site - Article in an Online Newspaper, Magazine or Newswire

"Endangered Species Act Upheld." AP Online. 22 June 1998. 5 Dec. 1999

Note: the first date in an online entry, if it is available, is the "date published" and the second date is the date accessed. If there is only one date listed it is assumed it is the date accessed.

Web site - Information directly from a home page

The Hemlock Society. 14 Dec. 1999

Web site - Information on a section of a site with a link from the home page

Miller, David. "Abolition of Slavery." Social Studies Help Center. 26 Jan. 2001. 29 Jan. 2001.

"NYCLU Opposes Internet Censorship in the Schools." NYCLU, New York Civil

Liberties Union. 9 Nov. 1999. 21 Dec. 1999

For SECOND Period in the computer lab

You are working on your final project for Creative Writing - It is a very flexible assignment, but some basic things are required of you in this assignment. Let me copy and paste the instruction sheet:

The Final Project

– things you need.

A Title Page – this should include: a primary title followed by a colon and a secondary explanation title in smaller letters. It should also be centered. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE:

A Clean Toilet Bowl:

Some cleansers work better than others.

2,500 word short story, essay, play, or 1,500 word collection of poetry (at a MINIMUM). I will judge the work for things such as spelling, grammar, punctuation.

You may combine types of literature, but remember this general rule – two words of prose (that means non-poetry) counts as one word of poetry. If you combine literature types I will look for a unifying theme that you expressed in your title page.

Decorations – I expect you to draw them yourself or use computer graphics.

I recommend the use of a flash drive. You may work on it at home or after school in one of the computer labs on campus. You are being given three days in the computer lab.

This project is worth 35% of the total grade. It can bring your grade up or it can knock you down.