Twenty-Third Class Period: Peer Edit of Political Cartoon Description

Using a peer-editing check sheet, students edited a classmate's description of a political cartoon.

NOTE: Mr. Stone has changed his mind. He does NOT want to receive the final draft of the political cartoon description as an actual e-mail. He DOES WANT the political cartoon description submitted in MLA format. Students should take what would have been the subject line of their e-mail and make it the paper's title. (Remember a good title typically includes the subject and the viewpoint.)

Students should keep the salutation, body, and closing as would be done in a letter/e-mail. They should be careful to make sure that the entire paper is double-spaced.

MLA Bibliographic Form for a Cartoon

Cartoonist's last name, First name. "Title of Cartoon If Present." Cartoon. Name of Newspaper. Day of Month Month Year: Section and Page Number. Print.

Sample:

Sutton, Ward. "Why Wait 'til November?" Cartoon. Village Voice. 7 July 2009: A6. Print.

Students were to pick up the three research handouts from the round table at the back of the classroom and read them.

Homework: Complete final draft of the description of a poltical cartoon and bring all drafts and peer critiques with you to class.