1. OIL AND GAS ESSAY: FINAL DRAFT INSTRUCTIONS DUE: APRIL 1, 2013 RUBRIC LOCATED ON NETSCHOOL [LEVEL AND PAP] EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINAL DRAFT BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK!

2. 1.USE 3 OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS ON THE THIRD PAGEPAGE OF YOUR PACKET. (PRE-AP 5 WORDS) 1.USE 3 TRANSITIONS. EXAMPLE: HOWEVER, IN ADDITION, 2.USE THESAURUS AND CHANGE 3 WORDS INTO RICHER LANGUAGE. EXAMPLE: WORD: ROLE MODEL: NEW WORDS: EPITOME, EXEMPLAR, MENTOR (PRE-AP – 5 WORDS) 1.TYPE IN PROPER FORMAT (DOUBLE SPACE, PROPER HEADING AND SUBTITLES (INTRO, 30-20-10, CLOSING) 2.LEVEL MUST CITE FROM “2” DOCUMENTS: (PRE-AP “3” DOCUMENTS) EXAMPLE: According to the chart in Document B, the divorce rate in Texas during the oil boom between 1929 – 1932 was always higher than the national rate. EXAMPLE: In 1958, the Texas legislature set aside about one million acres of land as an endowment for a future university of Texas. (Doc. A) POLISHING OUR ROUGH DRAFT! TASK: MARCH 28, 2013

3.  TITLE OF ESSAY: Texas Oil and Social Change: What Story Should Be Told? BE AWARE OF PROPER CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION ABOVE TITLE OF ESSAY

4.  Double Space  Do not bold titles  Use Arial or Times New Roman Font  Heading at top left: Name Trevino – Period: ___ Date: ____________ FORMAT

5.  DO CHECK SPELLING AND GRAMMAR  DO CHECK YOUR RUBRIC AND THIS POWERPOINT BEFORE SUBMITTING  DO NOT PLAGIARIZE DO’S AND DON’TS

6.  SECOND PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE TITLED: 30 MINUTE SPOT:  THIRD PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE TITLED: 20 MINUTE SPOT:  FOURTH PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE TITLED: 10 MINUTE SPOT: RADIO SHOW FORMAT:

7. What is the publishing stage?  The publishing stage is when you produce a final copy of your essay to hand in. Publishing Steps:  1. Show your work to your teacher, tutor, or parents.  2. Ask them for hints on how to improve your writing. PUBLISHING ESSAYS

8. What is the editing stage?  The editing stage is when you check your essay for mistakes and correct them.  Editing Steps:  Grammar and Spelling  1. Check your spelling.  2. Check your grammar.  3. Read your essay again.  4. Make sure each sentence has a subject.  5. Make sure your subjects and verbs agree with each other.  6. Check the verb tenses of each sentence.  7. Make sure that each sentence makes sense. EDITING ESSAYS

9.  1. Make sure your essay has an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a closing paragraph.  2. Check that you have a thesis statement that identifies the main idea of the essay.  3. Check that all your paragraphs follow the proper paragraph format.  4. See if your essay is interesting. STYLE AND ORGANIZATION

10. Add Information: again besides moreover another for insurance together with and likewise as well furthermore additionally along with also for example equally important further Conclude or Summarize: in short finally in summary in conclusion consequently due to all in all as a result accordingly to sum up thus therefore Contrast two things or show a difference: but otherwise even though conversely even so yet however counter to on the other hand as opposed to in the meantime on the contrary nevertheless still Emphasize a point: again indeed to repeat truly in fact to emphasize for this reason with this in mindmind Show similarities: in the same manner in the same way also likewise like both as similarly Clarify: that is in other words put another way stated differently to clarify for insuranceinsurance Show location: above across against along alongside amid in front of near among around away from back of behind below inside off beneath beside between beyond by down into onto on top of throughout outside to the right over under Show time: about after at first second third prior to subsequently until meanwhile today tomorrow before soon later afterward immediately finally during in conclusion next in the meantime as soon as then TRANSITION WORDS

11.  DUE APRIL 1, 2013 FOR POSSIBLE 100  ONE DAY LATE: POSSIBLE 85 (APRIL 2)  TWO DAYS LATE: (APRIL 3) POSSIBLE 70 TURN IN TO: LTREVINO MOODLE OIL & GAS FINAL DRAFT FINAL DRAFT DUE DATE: MONDAY APRIL 1, 2013