Class today: October 19th

WORD FOR THE YEAR: MEMORIZE. LIVE.
Fortitude~ the strength of mind that enables one encounter adversity or difficulty with courage and grace. 

Today you will be proofing the first annotation for your annotated bibliography. To do so, you will be learning how to proof efficiently and effectively. Proofreading is a critical exercise in becoming a skilled writer. As you are examining and assessing a partners work, you are forced to apply skills you have learned in this class in a high level of critical thinking. Not only does this practice reinforce these skills, it develops a sense of mastery. Writing essentially has three periods: Development, execution, proofing/editing. They are all three equal in significance. Take this practice very seriously.

1. With a partner, you will need to switch annotations.
2. Open up the following document. COPY it to your own drive. Close my copy.
Annotated Bibliography Checklist
3. Read through the annotation, utilizing the checklist for techniques, etc. to examine/spot. Identify ON THEIR PAPER the error. DO NOT CORRECT IT. For example, if they have an error in the date format. Write "MLA error" and circle date. Do not, I repeat, fix it. If there are grammatical errors, identify the error such as "comma error", "sentence fragment". Take your time with this process.
4. When it comes to checking MLA, you are not expected to have it memorized. You have access to the OWL. You ARE expected to check it against the OWL. Do not ASSUME that it is correct. CHECK it!!!
5. When you have read through the first time, go through the check list. Highlight with each question, "yes" or "no". If you are not sure, you should be referencing the paper, again, as you go through the checklist.
6. When you feel that you have exhausted the entire work, share the document with your partner so they have the copy of their own checklist.

7. When you get your own paper back, review carefully the notes and the checklist. You will be using this to perfect the first annotation and to also build the subsequent 2nd and 3rd annotations.

THE FULL ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS DUE: OCTOBER 26TH (Google Classroom)