Complete a graphic organizer relating to your subject/ English
This assignment is designed to prepare you to write the Evaluation Essay (due in Lesson 7).
Think about what the topic you would like to write about for the evaluation essay. Some options include considering a product you have recently purchased, a restaurant you have recently tried, or a piece of media you have recently have seen.
Complete a graphic organizer relating to your subject. Consider using one of the Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers. Include your reasons for selecting the organizer and how you might expand it to fit your subject.
Review the grading criteria below before submitting this assignment to your instructor.
Using Sources Assignment Grading Criteria
Graphic Organizer: The assignment includes a complete graphic organizer.
Submission Instructions
When you are finished with your assignment, upload a copy of your graphic organizer. If you used an Internet tool to complete the organizer, you can paste the link into a document. Also be sure to upload your thesis and evaluation.
To submit the assignment, you will attach your file within the assignment submission window at the following link: Lesson 6 Graphic Organizer.
If you need help attaching your file to the submission window, refer to these instructions.
2. Lesson 6, Sources and the Evaluation (55 points)
This assignment is designed to prepare you to write the Evaluation Essay (due in Lesson 7) and to practice quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing. Complete each of the following steps.
Draft a thesis for your paper based on your organizer.
Using the tips provided in Lesson 5, find a secondary source about your topic that you could use for your essay.
Compose a short 3-4 paragraph review of the secondary source. In your review, you should speak to the effectiveness of the article you selected. What do you agree with? What do you disagree with? What would you do differently? This can be written in the first person. As you write, be sure to include:
One short and one long quotation. Your quotations must be cited. Make sure to avoid dropped quotations!
A summary with a citation.
A paraphrase with a citation.
Offset quotes by adding an additional space between the quote and the paragraph.
MLA formatting throughout, including a works cited page that cites both your primary and secondary source.
Cite your sources using MLA formatting
