Due Date: Friday, October 29th (this reflects a one-week extension)
MLA Format: This is the format you already know. Heading on the left (double spaced), whole paper double spaced (and no extra space between paragraphs). No underline under the title. If we were going to have a bibliography page it would be titled "Works Cited."
Works Cited Page: I've decided not to go there with this project. You may quote facts from your sources without citations. If you quote a whole sentence--and you should use several good quotes--, make sure to a) "put it in quotes" and b) mention the author's name before OR put the author's last name in parenthesis after the quote. Like this:
The zoos in America are filling a vital need, "We are seeing an increasing number of homeless animals--that's a problem that needs to be dealt with!" (Geiger). OR
According to Geiger, of US Zoos and World Report, US zoos are filling a vital need: "We are seeing an increasing number of homeless animals--that's a problem that needs to be dealt with!"
The paper must have an intro paragraph with three-point Thesis statement. The thesis comes at the end of the paragraph and sounds something like this: The thing that I'm arguing for should/should not be . . . because Reason1, Reason2, and Reason3.
Each body paragraph should correspond to the reasons listed in the thesis (and in that order). Body paragraphs should be written to convince a classmate who has the opposite opinion (saying "I think jail populations should be reduced" is not very convincing, is it?).
The conclusion paragraph should mirror the intro. Grabber sentence. Restatement of three reasons. Rousing call to action.
