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=Welcome to Wikispaces!= ====‍A wikispace is a website that allows you to edit, modify, and collaborate on your essay through an online webpage. Your login and password will track the work you are doing. Please do not interfere with any one else's webpage or modify any of the settings on this site. If you are collaborating with another student, please schedule your online work times as only one person can edit your webpage at a time. The website saves every ten minutes. __Save more often than that! Your work doesn't disappear without your consent. The website doesn't mysteriously delete your work. You have to do something to make it happen. If something deletes, redo it.__==== = Daily Instructions 12/9/11 =
 * Read the teacher comments on your wiki page. They are posted in green. Do not delete the comments.
 * Fix the issues with your outline BEFORE you begin writing.
 * Once you are confident the issues have been fixed, you may being drafting your essay.
 * The handout provided to you will guide you through basic paragraph structure. It is VERY important that you include your own commentary to explain the connection of your concrete detail to the topic sentence.
 * 3rd person. Only. Period. That's it. The only "I, we, our" etc. should occur in direct quotes that you are using to support your claims. Do not refer to yourself or your audience.
 * Parenthetical Citations are not optional. In order for your work to be considered for a grade, you must have accurate MLA parenthetical citations. The Purdue Library has a great website for help with in-text citations. Use it! [|Click here!]
 * Rough Draft must be finished by the end of the class period on Tuesday.

‍Getting Started and Daily Instructions 12/7/11 and 12/8/11

 * The first thing you will need to do is read all of the instructions that follow.
 * Create your own webpage on this site.
 * At the top of this page you will see a **New Page** link. Click on this link.
 * Give your webpage a catchy title associated with your topic. Do not enter tags. The title should be appropriately capitalized and all words should be spelled correctly.
 * Ex. __Topic:__ Obsession with Beauty = __Webpage Title__: Beauty and the Beasts
 * Next, click the "edit" button on YOUR newly created webpage.
 * Do NOT change colors, etc. Save that for MUCH later (preferably //after// your essay is written).
 * Using your notecards, type in the information that follows EXACTLY as it looks below. Everything should be labeled as follows with your information underneath. If may help you to copy/paste this information directly onto your webpage.
 * The completed outline should be done by the __**END OF CLASS on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8th**__. It will be graded and Mrs. Altman will write comments on your page regarding corrections or modifications that need to be made before you begin drafting your essay this Friday.

‍‍‍Outline:
I. Introduction: (include general ideas that will introduce your topic)
 * Thesis Statement (your premise - the point of your essay)

II. Body Paragraph #1 - Topic Sentence (subject + opinion) This should be your first main idea or claim.
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research) - include citation (author p#). Use your MLA handouts or download a new one from my website or look at the MLA files at the bottom of this page. Your notecards should have a source attached- use this to write your parenthetical citation.
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research) - follow same instructions as above for all concrete details
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)

III. Body Paragraph #2 - Topic Sentence (subject + opinion) This should be your second main idea or claim.
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)

IV. Body Paragraph #3 - Topic Sentence (subject + opinion) This should be yoru third main idea or claim.
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)
 * Concrete Detail (supporting evidence from research)

V. Conclusion - Don't write anything here yet. = =

=MLA Parenthetical Citation Guides:= ==