Class Notes for November 12, 2013

Peer Editing for the essay on Martin Luther King’s “I Have Been to the Mountaintop”

Pass the paper to the first person sitting to your left.

Introductory Paragraph:

Check to see if the person has her name and date in the upper right corner

Make sure they have a title on the paper

Make sure they have the following:

A thesis statement

Make sure the title of the essay has quotation marks and the name of the speaker

The first time you refer to the author you should use the full name of the writer.

Subsequently, you may use the last name only or the first and last name.  You may use Dr. King.

Briefly discuss what the speech is about and Dr. King’s main ideas.

The Second Paragraph:

Make sure each paragraph has a topic sentence.

Make sure you analyze Dr. King’s position

Agree or disagree with his position: yes, we have made progress or no, we haven’t.

Defend your position with statistics, data, anecdotal evidence.

Make sure you introduce the statistics, data, anecdotal material: state where you got the information from and from whom, and what it pertains to.

After the introduction of the information, please show how it pertains to the thesis statement. Explain, discuss and/or expand upon the information.

Make sure you include quotations

Make sure you discuss and/or explain the quotation

Show how the quotation fulfills the thesis statement.

Make sure you have a good transition statement.

Make sure somewhere in the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th paragraphs you include a counter claim and then show how and why the counter claim is incorrect.

Conclusion:

Make sure you briefly go over the main points in your essay.

Answer the question posed in the thesis statement.

Your final thoughts.