10/25/17- Samantha Russo

Today in class Mr. Rivers started off class, by going over any questions that we had concerning the intertextuality essay that is due Thursday night at 11:59 pm. Mr. Rivers also reminded us that our writing should be in the proper MLA format and the information page should be deleted before the essay is handed in. He told us that he added the citation slide onto the google classroom and recommended that we check all of our citations before handing in the essay. He also mentioned that if we hadn't already, to signup on the turnitin.com site to set it up for when we have to hand in the essay (because it has to be handed in on turnitin and classroom by 11:59). Then we went over how to quote a quote within an essay. What you do is write your words then add the first set of quotes (“), then add a singular quote (‘) to the quoted quote. After all of that we went into our notes for the day. Learning about revision tips, clarity v. specificity, because that is what shows evidence of close reading. With specificity the details that matter are the Who?, What?, When?, Where?, Why?, and How?, questions (really focusing on the why and how). And with clarity you are removing clutter,  having maximum content with minimal words. After we went over this Mr. Rivers showed us a clip of The Office and our table groups had to decipher is Michael was specific and clear. This is also where we will pick up class tomorrow. Learning about proper MLA formatting is important not only for high school, but it extends beyond that. In the business world, and the requirement will be a MLA format paper, and getting comfortable with it is important.