Today’s Goals Complete your conclusion pre-write (get signed) and then type Complete your works cited page Print a completed copy of your paper and WC page With your printed copy, complete the self edit checklist (show changes on draft) Make corrections to essay, print final copy Turn in following items in this order: top- final draft, middle- edited draft, bottom- pre-write packet

Conclusion Note- don’t underestimate the conclusion of a paper. Remember, this is the last thing the reader sees in your paper- LEAVE A POSITIVE IMPRESSION!! RESTATE- not rewrite, the thesis sentence Re-explain topic 1 Elaborate on topic 1 Re-explain topic 2 Elaborate topic 2 Re-explain topic 3 Elaborate on topic 3 Sum up the entire paper- can be more than one sentence long.

Works Cited Electronic database Author. “Title.” Site Title. Date posted or updated. Publisher/Service. Date Accessed <Electronic Address>. Schmidt, M.J. “Strike Three.” ESPN.com. 12 March 2000. ESPN Internet Ventures. 16 September 2000 <www.espn.go.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1960. Print. Print/book

Format Your entries should be double-spaced (between and within) Make sure that the entries are listed in ALPABETICAL order Verify that each line after the first, is tabbed in (called a hanging indent)

Format Example Running header Alphabetical order Double spaced Grady 3 Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Double spaced