4. Audience:

5. Form:

6. FCAs:

• Describe the use of circles in stories and how it used in the story you selected (40)
• Opening gives clear state of thesis and hints at its importance
• Introduction draws reader into the work
• No excess words; write with nouns and verbs
• Use strong verbs and precise words
• No passive voice and no jargon or jawbreakers
• No long, confusing or short monotonous sentences
• Each paragraph has a main point of focus
• All unrelated ideas have been edited out
• Points of reflection, rest, assimilation are marked by a paragraph
• Ending summarizes the discussion using a new example
• No punctuation or spelling errors

7. Procedure:

1. Review your notes to determine if you feel you have enough information to describe, generally, the use of circles in childrenšs stories. If you feel you need more information, you can interview classmates and/or do research in the instructor's website or in the library.
2. Write a Type Three essay, DUE IN UNIT 22 THREADED DISCUSSION.
3. After you have entered your Type Three writing, read the entry immediately before yours and make suggestions for improving the writing, based on the focus correction areas (FCAs). [First person will need to read the last entry.] The Type Four writing is DUE IN UNIT 23 THREADED DISCUSSION. The Type Five writing is DUE IN UNIT 24 THREADED DISCUSSION. Upload your writings to the Peer Editing / Threaded Discussion for the day due. Remember to make comments promptly on classmates' writings so they can be used in rewriting to the Type Four and Type Five assignments. Type Four writings are expected to be a substantial improvement over the Type Three assignment. Type Five writings are expected to be a substantial improvement over the Type Four assignment.

Style and Format for Term Paper

Final (Type Five) Writing Assignment

In order to conform to the Type Five specifications, papers should be entered into Unit 24 Threaded Discussion as attachments. Generally, saving your work as a 'word document' or as a 'rich text file' will allow it to be opened and read by others. When the files are printed, the following specifications should apply.

Papers are to be double-spaced throughout with the exception of the bibliography or references, which is to be single-spaced within each reference and double spaced between references. There is to be a 1-inch margin on all four sides (top, bottom, left, right). The font should be set to Times (or Times Roman) 12 point or Helvetica 12 point.

All papers should have a title page which lists the title of the paper, your name, the course number and section, and the following statement:

The ideas expressed in this paper are my own. All sources are
appropriately acknowledged by quotations marks and or citation.

Your signature
Date signed

Every page of the paper (excluding the title page) should be numbered, starting with page 1, in the upper right-hand corner. Every page of the text should carry a header in the upper left-hand corner which contains your name and the course number and section. The title of the paper should be centered about 2 inches from the top of page one.

It is expected that all papers submitted for grading will be written using a word processing application, such as WordPerfect or Word.

All citations and references are to be in APA style. Examples of APA style and other APA style aids are located on the web at URL: http://www.southernct.edu/apa.html

It is expected that all papers will be spell-checked prior to submission for grading.

UNIT 20 QUIZ ON LECTURE

See WebCT

UNIT 20 WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Read "The Blanket" (Butler, pp. 381-382). Explain the life cycle and the social cycle that are represented in this tale.