April 22nd: On campus. Question and answer period about research papers. Small group brainstorming.
*April 24: Online: Submit a draft of your entire research paper and Works Cited to Turnitin under “Assignments” in Blackboard by April 24th@ midnight. Your paper should be less than 20% direct quotations. When you view the Turnitin report, click on “exclude bibliography” to get the percentage of quotations. Then click on “exclude quoted” to see if you have any direct quotes that are not acknowledged. Remember that indented quotes in MLA format (quotations longer than 4 lines) should not have quotation marks. The same is true for indented quotations in CMS format, except those should be indented when they are longer than three lines. Indented quotes will be highlighted, so correct only those quotations that are improperly referenced.
By April 24d @midnight, also, email your draft to your peer review partner. You cannot receive a peer review or get peer review credit if your draft is late to your peer review partner. By April 26th @ Noon, email back a thorough peer review that includes a critique of content, spelling/grammar/typos, MLA/CMS format, as well as both the sources and format of the Works Cited.
Estimated time: additional research: 5 hrs; writing- 15 hrs; peer review- 2hrs. Total: (22 hrs.)
Please stick to these deadlines so you and your classmates can complete your papers after receiving a peer review. Late drafts and late peer reviews cannot receive credit.