Author Archives: Jennifer Sears

Here is the PowerPoint we used today using a student sample to better integrate sources and use in-text citations: The Fix: Integrating Sources and In-Text Citations

Here is more work for proofreading for in-text citations and language clarity. THE FIX: In-Text Citations and Language Clarity

Here are materials that have been distributed in class for our Research Essay. Please remember, your brainstorming and planning sheets are due with your typed essay. We will discuss the Works Cited page and in-text citations this week. Research Essay … Continue reading →

This is the handout I distributed in class. This offers tips for formatting your first page and sequential pages in MLA format, the proper header/page number format, a preliminary introduction to citing sources, and references to the Purdue OWL website … Continue reading →

OVERVIEW: In class we have recently read two essays that discuss ways to develop skills through education and through personal growth. Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe’s “How to Bring Our Schools into the 21st Century” discusses how educational institutions should … Continue reading →

What is strong about this summary? What could be better? In the film 127 Hours, Aron Ralston, an overconfident, prideful adventurer that was traveling alone in the mountains in a desert, and after meeting some people and showing them around, … Continue reading →