Key Documents
- The Assignment Instructions: Download Artpaperinstructions
- The Sample Essay: Download Essay1sample
- The Rubric: Download Artessayrubric
Resources for Finding Art
Finding Art for Paper #1
you will need to use a user name (california) and password (dreamer) to access this page
Resources for Writing Your Paper
A Video Lecture on Composing Focus Sentences
Walks through the structure of the topic/focus sentence and some sample sentences
A Video Lecture on Developing Support for Your Paragraphs
A guide on how to develop detail and interpretation to support the argument in your focus/topic sentence.
A Video Lecture on Insourcing
A guide to how to set up, integrate, and apply quotes that support your interpretations
A Video Lecture on Writing Clincher Sentences
Briefly presents the purpose of clincher sentences and some strategies for constructing them
Drafting Your Works Cited Page
includes some mla guidelines from Jim and a library handout--also other useful MLA sites
Writing an Intro
A video from a previous semester that reviews a sample introduction and gives advice on how to write one (disregard references to the calendar or other aspects of the assignment--they do not apply to this semester).
Resources for Revising for Style
Concision
Strategies for writing without extra, unnecessary, and/or confusing language
Coordination
Strategies for using coordinating conjunctions, semicolons, and transitional phrases to connect indepdendent clauses
Subordination
Strategies for using subordinating conjunctions and dependent claues to clarify your logic, transiton between ideas, and add variety to your prose.
Resources for Proofreading and Editing
Web Lecture on Proofreading and Editing Paper #1
The Rubric (especially page 2): Download Artessayrubric
