October 23, 2017 - October 27, 2017 Weekly Agenda for ERWC

Monday, October 23rd:
Continue working on the rough draft of the senior project

On Friday, October 27^th, your completed rough draft of your senior project is due.

Please turn it in to turnitin.com.  The class name is ERWC. The class number is 15952393

I would like to do a test run of a submission of your introductory paragraph.

Tuesday, October 24th:
Continue working on your rough draft:
Before you hit submit, please proof read your rough draft for the following:

Make sure you write out numbers below 100. For example, seven days;  not 7 days.

Pronoun/antecedent issues:

Use plurals.

There are many instances where a young woman can find themselves in dangerous situations. Wrong!
Either consistently use plural pronouns or singular pronouns but don’t mix and match.

There are many instances where young women can find themselves in dangerous situations.

There are many instances where a young woman can find herself in dangerous situations.

Rough draft checklist:

Before you hit that submission button please make sure you have done the following:

Make sure you have capitalized the first words of each sentence.

Make sure you have capitalized names and titles.

Make sure each sentence is a complete sentence: it has a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

Make sure each sentence is not a run-on: After the second or third clause, put a period or a semi-colon, and then start a new sentence with subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought.

Make sure you do not mix plural pronouns with singular pronouns – see above.

Make sure you are citing your sources to support your evidence.

If you are unsure how to do in-text citation, please go to Purdue OWL (On-line Writing Lab).
Read your submission and make sure IT MAKES SENSE! 


Wednesday, October 25th:
Continue working on the rough draft of the senior project
Take a brief moment to take the Level F, Unit Two Vocabulary test on schoology.
The word on #16 is precipitate

One more friendly note:

When writing your research paper, please note that the words (relative pronoun) “who”, “whom”, “whose”, or “whoever”  are used with people:

Example: Sex traffickers prey on young women who are seen as vulnerable.

Young women is the subject of the adjective clause "who are seen as vulnerable." The adjective clause acts just like an adjective except it is a clause, not just one word like vulnerable. 

The young woman is vulnerable. 

The young woman who is vulnerable should learn self defense. 

"Who" is the relative pronoun that connects the subject (young women) with the adjective clause. 

The word (relative pronoun) “that” is used with animals or ideas or things:

The dog that was found last night was returned home.

The idea that one should give up basic rights for security is a specious one. 

Your completed rough draft is due on Friday, October 27th. 

Thursday, October 26th:
Continue working on the rough draft of the senior project

The rough draft is due on Friday, October 27^th at 11:59 p.m.

The concluding paragraph:

The concluding paragraph should have the thesis statement but restated – don’t recycle the thesis statement you used in your introductory paragraph. Change it a bit – same idea but different wording.

Brief reprise the three or four main ideas you developed in your body paragraphs.

Then deliver a killer ending sentence which succinctly wraps up your argument or conclusion.

Do NOT write “In conclusion,…..”

One final point: please have a header on each page.

The header is your last name and the page number in the upper right hand corner.

You do not have to have a header on the first page but you do on all subsequent pages:

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Friday, October 27th:
The rough draft is due today!