Homework for Wednesday, April 11th

Discussion of Evidence

1. Select several sources that you are using for your inquiry paper.

2. Write a descriptive summary of one source, boiling down the essence of the ideas expressed in the source. Keep it brief. Use your own words.

3. Write a paraphrase of a key sentence in one of your sources. Begin with a formal attribution and end with an in-text citation. Use your own words.

4. Write a sentence that includes a spot quotation of a particularly apt or original phrase from one of your sources. Set it off with quotation marks. Use formal attribution. End with an in-text citation.

5. Write a paragraph for your inquiry paper that includes a quotation from one of your sources. Set it off with quotation marks. Use formal attribution. End with an in-text citation.

6. Write a paragraph for your inquiry paper that includes a block quotation from one of your sources. Set the quotation off from the rest of the text by indenting it (no quotation marks). Use formal attribution. End with an in-text citation.

7. Read what you’ve written. Revise as needed. Proofread your writing. Make corrections as needed.

8. Save a copy your paper on your computer, and print a copy to bring to class. (Your paper should be double-spaced, with one-inch margins. At the top of the page, please include your name, the date, “Seattle Arts Ecology,” and “Discussion of Evidence.”)