Helpful Links for Writing and Final Due Date for Essay

As you are finishing your rough drafts, please use the following links to help you with word choices and transitions:

Transitions
Powerful and Meaningful Words to Use as Alternatives to "Show"

Just to clarify dates: Final draft of your essay will be due on Wednesday, Sept. 30.  After today, we will not be working on it during class. If you need more time with the computer or help from me, please come early in the morning, right after school, or during PA.

Another helpful hint--your paragraph numbers should be at the end of the sentence that references the text in parenthesis, before the period.

For example:

Unlike Americans, Europeans detest air conditioning and refuse to use it because of its potential hazardous effects on the environment (par. 6).

If you are quoting the text, your citation should be after the quotation marks and before the period:

In Germany, for example, "a recent government website offered sweating citizens the advice of turning on a fan and only 2% of the homes are air-conditioned" (par. 8).

Please look at Purdue University's Online Writing Lab for more examples.