1. Final Tips on your Chua Essay

2. Requirements  Thesis following the argumentative formula: Topic + Claim + Exemplification.  4-6 pages.  Times New Roman, 12 point font, Double- Spaced.  2 or more worlds as subtopics along with definition of “Success.”  Works Cited if 2 or more sources.  Use 5 vocab words to add diction to your essay.  Weave in a theme to connect your hook and So What?  Include In-Text Citations.  Please turn all drafts w/revision sheet EXCEPT draft 1.

3. Avoid “Dead Words:  So-Stuff  Like-Things  Very-’nuff  A lot-Kinda  Some-Sort of  Gonna  ‘Cause

4. Contractions Please spell out contractions, unless they are in a quotation. Won’t = Will not Can’t = Can not Don’t = Do not Shouldn’t = Should not

5. Avoid also the following  1. Slang Words  2. numbers 1 – 1000 should be spelled out.  3. Abbreviations write out, then abbreviate.  4. Repetition of words or phrases.

6. Focus  This is a Persuasive essay, NOT a expository essay. Your job is to persuade, not to explain.  Topic should be unpacking the prompt, not summarizing Chua’s memoir or your worlds,

7. Organization  Introduction: Hook, Thesis, Subtopics  Body Paragraph 1: Definition of Success or other terms.  Other Body Paragraphs: Chua’s memoir + 1-2 worlds.  Conclusion: restate thesis and subtopics with So what?.

8. Works Cited VS Bibliography Works Cited: Sources listed in a Works Cited page must be referenced in your essay. Bibliography: Any source you researched, does not necessarily need to be in your essay.

9. Citations  In-Text Citations: Citations within the essay itself. You should have one – two citations per body paragraph  Works Cited Citations: Entire MLA information listed in the back of your essay with sources alphabetized. ALL sources referenced in your essay must be listed in your Works Cited page.

10. Citations Continued “Quote” (Citation). “Quote?!” (Citation). If you use a citation in a paragraph multiple times you only need to cite it once. However, if you cite the same source multiple times in different paragraphs, you need to cite it once in each paragraph.

11. MLA Format Example Hanging Format in Works Cited Page Communication Assn., 1993. ERIC Document Reproduction Fuss-Reineck, Marilyn. Sibling Communication in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Conflicts between Brothers. Miami: Speech Sample 1 st Page using MLA Format

12. Setting Up Sources (Citation Sandwich)  Step 1: Explain the context for using the source.  Step 2: Cite the source.  Step 3: Analyze how it is significant in your thesis.

13. Direct Quotes in a Citation Sandwich When citing a direct quote from an author, please put the person’s quote in quotation marks (“ “) and set-up who the person is and why there are an expert in the field. Then analyze how this of education, Example: Set – Up: According John Williams, a leading expert from Harvard in the politics of education, school districts that have linked teacher pay to student performance have not seen any significant increases in test scores: Evidence: “ In a 2008 national survey conducted by the US Department of Education, school districts that linked teacher pay to student test performance saw little or no gains in test scores across the district. The survey also indicated in 90% of these districts, teacher morale had hit rock bottom” (Williams, 75). Analysis: Williams supports the argument teacher pay linked to test scores does not positive effect student performance. If anything, the 2008 national survey proves that the only outcome of linking salaries to exam performance causes an increase of stress on teachers and students.

14. Sources and Terms  Make sure to you identify sources. EX: If you are referencing a person/organization as a source, give some context who he/they are: -Expert? –Author? –What gives this person/group ethos?  Please clarify terms for the reader because the reader is “clueless.”  Anytime you cite new information, give credit where credit is due with a citation.

15. Any Questions?

16. If Mr. Sun-K’s gone what are we turning in with the final draft?  Rubric/Brainstorm (-10% if NOT included).  Final Draft  Draft 4 w/revisions  Draft 3 w/revisions  Draft 2 w/revisions