Today, we went over the expectations for computer usage when writing essays. I have pasted these below. Then we went over the "How to write a critical analytical essay introductory paragraph," which I handed out yesterday. This is also pasted below. You will start working on your essay tomorrow.
Computer Usage Steps
1.
Sign out a computer from the cart, turn it on and sign in (First Name. Last Name… and same password from last year… even if you are in Grade 10). If you are from a different school, see me to get a sign in registered.
2. Click on the magnifying glass at the top right-hand corner of the page and type in: word
3. Select: word 2013
4. Click on: Blank Document (if stuff appears on the screen before this, just “X” it)
5. We now should have a blank page
6. It is important that you save now and then save often!
7. To save, click “file” in the top left of the screen
8. Go to “save as” on the left of the screen
9. Double-click “browse” on the bottom right of screen
10. Double-click on “this P.C.” on the left of the screen
11. Then scroll down on the right for your name. This is your “Y” drive
12. Create a new folder by clicking on “new folder” on the bar at the top left of your screen and give this folder your last name and class name (e.g.; Benoit ELAB10)
13. Save this word page you have opened in this folder as:
(your last name) Introductory Paragraph
(Personality Paragaph)
14. BE SURE TO ALSO SAVE IT IN YOUR USB!!!!
MLA FIRST PAGE SET-UP
15. On that page, go to “insert” and then to “Page Number.”: Then click on “top of the page”
16. Choose “Plain Number 3”
a. Type in your last name BEFORE the number and then put a space between your name and the number.
b. Go to the end of this line. After the number, press ENTER
c. Exit header by clicking on the page (then save).
17. Right click your mouse/pad
a. Scroll down to “paragraph” and click on it.
b. Near the middle bottom of the page, you will see “spacing”. You must make sure that both the “before” and “after” spacing are at 0.
c. Now look at “Line Spacing.”
Make sure it is on double (save in order to ensure you don’t lose this!)
d. Now, go to the bar at the top of the screen above your Microsoft document. Where it has the type, put “Times New Roman” (it probably starts up as “Calibri”. Where is says the font size, put it to 12 (it probably starts up as “10”).
18. Read page 6 of your “MLA Citation Booklet” or page 173 and 188 in the text Fit to Print for further layout details concerning first page introduction information, title layout, and indenting.
19. You must log off at the end of a class. Go to the four boxes on the bottom left of the page and right click on it. You will then click on “shut down or sign out” .
20. Be sure to plug your computer in when you put it in the cart.
How to Write a Critical Analysis Essay Introduction in Seven Sentences (general layout)
Sentence one: SENTENCE ONE INTRODUCES YOUR TOPIC
This should be a general statement that indicates an aspect of human nature and ties to your topic. It is meant to get the reader to understand your topic and to get them interested in reading further.
e.g., Topic: Violence
Example first sentence:
“It is a reality of life that not all people will agree with a major decision or the outcome of an argument.”
Sentence Two:
This sentence must be a continuation of what you stated in sentence one. This sentence should show the result(s) of what you have written in sentence one (still focusing on the topic, yet getting closer to your thesis).
Example second sentence:
“Because opinions differ, and what is good for one person may not be good for another, a solution often cannot be found; therefore, the disagreement may lead to a further outbreak of violence.
Sentence Three:
This sentence must introduce the genre (type of text: essay, short story, poem, play, novel, etc.), the name of the writer, the title of the work, and an overview of the plot. Some ways to do this are presented below (I would memorize these as you will use them repeatedly):
“In the short story, __________, ___________ introduces the main character, ________,
Who _________________.”
OR
“In the novel, _______________, written by _____________, the reader is introduced to
___________________ who ____________________.”
Example third sentence:
“In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William G. Golding, readers are introduced to a group of English Schoolboys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island.
Sentences Four, Five, and Six:
The next three sentences should be summaries concerning the action of the story that supports the details required by the lead question (summaries that will be needed to show the story in a way that will support your thesis). Usually, sentence four will be the beginning, sentence five will be the middle, and sentence six will be the end:
Example sentences four, five and six:
“The plane that the boys were on was originally taking them away from England for their own safety, as there was a war raging there.
When they first discover that they are indeed stranded and without adult supervision, the boys are able to establish a number of rules that aid the boys in maintaining a sense of what they define as civility.
However, as time passes, their system fails and the boys begin to behave like barbarians; they even go so far as to hunt down their own.”
Sentence Seven:
This final sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. This sentence states exactly what the thesis (arguable opinion that you trying to prove) is and what the writer will discuss in the following paragraphs to prove the thesis is a sound one (the main points). The wording of the information in this sentence will also show the reader the order in which the writer will discuss/present the main points needed to prove the thesis.
Sample Sentence Seven:
“ When one examines the adults’ inability to avoid war, the children’s attempts to follow the same ineffectual system that their adult counterparts use, and their eventual inability to maintain control and order amongst their small ranks, it becomes clear that violence, once it exists, is nearly impossible to curb.”
“It is a reality of life that not all people will agree with a major decision or the outcome of an argument. Because opinions differ, and what is good for one person may not be good for another, a solution often cannot be found; therefore, the disagreement may lead to a further outbreak of violence. In the novel, Lord of the Flies, written by William G. Golding, readers are introduced to a group of English schoolboys who find themselves stranded on a tropical island. The plane that the boys were on was originally taking them away from England for their own safety, as there was a war raging there. When they first discover that they are indeed stranded and without adult supervision, the boys are able to establish a number of rules that aid the boys in maintaining a sense of what they define as civility. However, as time passes, their system fails and the boys begin to behave like barbarians; they even go so far as to hunt down their own. When one examines the adults’ inability to avoid war, the children’s attempts to follow the same ineffectual system that their adult counterparts use, and their eventual inability to maintain control and order amongst their small ranks, it becomes clear that violence, once it exists, is nearly impossible to curb.”
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