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APRIL IS ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS MONTH

WITH EARTH DAY BEING RECOGNIZED FROM APRIL 20TH TO APRIL 22ND

IT’S TIME FOR AN

ENVIRONMENTAL ESSAY

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Read every slide, but you can jump to the slide for that day’s assignment by clicking on the date below:

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_FRAMING OF THE WORK_

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?

HOW TO USE MULTIPLE FORMAT SOURCES FROM A DATABASE TO WRITE AN ESSAY USING DIRECT QUOTES, PARAPHRASING, BLOCK QUOTES, IN-TEXT CITATIONS AND WORKS CITED

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HOW WILL WE LEARN IT?

YOU HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PLAGIARISM PRESENTATION (HERE IS A PDF THAT SUMMARIZES THE PRESENTATION AND INCLUDES THE VIDEOS) AND HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAUSD DIGITAL LIBRARY DATABASES,

THIS LESSON PUTS BOTH THOSE INTO PRACTICE

HOW WILL I DEMONSTRATE IT?

YOU WILL BE EXPLORING AN ENVIRONMENTAL TOPIC USING THE PROQUEST ELIBRARY FROM LAUSD DIGITAL LIBRARY, USING THREE SOURCES IN DIFFERENT FORMATS YOU WILL BE WRITING A THREE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON YOUR TOPIC USING DIRECT QUOTES, PARAPHRASING, BLOCK QUOTES, IN-TEXT CITATIONS AND WORKS CITED

WHY AM I LEARNING IT?

BESIDES BEING EXPECTED TO HAVE THESE SKILLS IN COLLEGE THEY ARE PART OF THE FOLLOWING LIBRARY STANDARDS:

1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 3.1

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  • Create a folder in your LAUSD Google Drive for this assignment.
  • Title it with “Environmental Essay” and your name
  • Share this folder with me, giving me editing rights.
  • Video instructions
  • Go to LAUSD Digital Library.
  • Click on ProQuest eLibrary
  • Scroll down to “Common Assignments”
  • Click on “Environmental Issues”
  • Pick one of the topics.
  • Put the name of your topic in the annotated bibliography where indicated.
  • Video instructions.
  • Make a copy of this rubric and put it in your folder for this assignment.
  • Make a copy of this annotated bibliography and put it in the folder for this assignment.
  • Create a works cited page and put it in the folder for this assignment. This page should only have a title at this point, no entries.

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A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION ON THIS ASSIGNMENT:

  • For the topic you have picked, you will be choosing three different sources of information from ProQuest eLibrary.
  • Each source should be a different format, for example, one newspaper, one reference, one video. It doesn’t matter what the format is, you can only use one of each.
  • You will be using one source in each paragraph of your three-paragraph essay.
  • You will be incorporating the information from the sources, in three different ways: direct quoting, paraphrasing and block quotes, one in each paragraph, one way in each paragraph.
  • Review the notes and videos in the plagiarism PDF.

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  • Choose your first source of information.
  • Save to your LAUSD Google Drive or as a PDF and put it into folder for this assignment
  • Complete an entry for it in your annotated bibliography, remember to take good notes from which you will be writing your essay
  • Start thinking about which paragraph of your essay you’re going to use this information in and whether you’re going to use this source as a direct quote, paraphrase or block quote, make a note of this in your annotated bibliography.
  • Video instructions.

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  • Choose your second source of_ information, make sure it’s a different_ format than your first source (if possible).
  • Save to your LAUSD Google Drive or as a PDF and put it into folder for this assignment.
  • Complete an entry for it in your annotated bibliography, remember to take good notes from which you will be writing your essay.
  • Start thinking about which paragraph of your essay you’re going to use this iinformation in and whether you’re going to use this source as a direct quote,_paraphrase or block quote, make a note of this in your annotated bibliography.
  • Video instructions.

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  • Choose your third source of information, make sure it’s a different format than your first and second sources (if possible).
  • Save to your LAUSD Google Drive or as a PDF and put it into folder for this assignment.
  • Complete an entry for it in your annotated bibliography, remember to take good notes from which you will be writing your essay.
  • Start thinking about which paragraph of your essay you’re going to use this information in and whether you’re going to use this source as a direct quote, paraphrase or block quote, make a note of this in your annotated bibliography.
  • Video instructions.

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  • Start a Google Doc for your paper and put it in the folder for this assignment.
  • Write your first paragraph in your own words.
  • Use one of your sources for the information in this paragraph.
  • Use a direct quote or paraphrasing or block quote from your source in this paragraph.
  • Make sure to create an in-text citation.
  • Match up your in-text citation with an entry in your works cited page which should be correctly formatted and in alphabetical order by the first word of each entry.
  • Here’s a reminder video of how to create and format your works cited page..
  • Take a look at this exemplar so you know how your final product should look and read.

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  • Write your second paragraph in your own words.
  • Use a different source from your three sources than your first paragraph for the information in this paragraph.
  • Use a direct quote or paraphrasing or block quote from your source in this paragraph.
  • Whichever you choose, make sure it’s different from what you did for the first paragraph.
  • Make sure to create an in-text citation.
  • Match up your in-text citation with an entry in your works cited page, which should be in alphabetical order by the first word of your entries.

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  • Write your third paragraph in your own words.
  • Use a different source from our three sources than your first and second paragraphs for the information in this paragraph.
  • Use a direct quote or paraphrasing or block quote from your source in this paragraph.
  • Whichever you choose, make sure it’s different from what you did for the first and second paragraphs.
  • Make sure to create an in-text citation.
  • Match up your in-text citation with an entry in your works cited page which should be in alphabetical order by the first word of the entries.