Integrating Sources and Composing a Body Paragraph

Students complete an open-book quiz over pp. 108-116 of Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers' A Pocket Style Manual.

Mr. Stone highlighted aspects of Section 33a: MLA in-text citations (122-130)and distributed the grading rubric for the research report and began reviewing the requirements.

The body paragraphs for the research report have a different ratio of concrete detail to commentary than the earlier essays students have written for the course. Instead of a ratio of one sentence of concrete detail to two or more sentences of commentary (1 CD:2+ CM), the research report will have a ratio of two sentences of concrete to one or more sentences of commentary (2CD:1+ CM).

Each body paragraph will generally have the following pattern:

Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail
Concrete Detail
Commentary
Concrete Detail
Concrete Detail
Commentary
Concrete Detail
Concrete Detail
Commentary
Closing/Transitional Sentence

Homework: Read pp. 122-130 of Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers' A Pocket Style Manual.