Editing reminder for Draft #2

Just a reminder of the things we asked for in your edit of your Research paper:

REMEMBER TO DO THESE STEPS THEN WRITE "I HAVE EDITED MY PAPER" AND SIGN YOUR NAME, AT THE TOP OF THE FIRST PAGE!!!!

Steps for editing:

CONTENT: Does your paper focus on your Hero and what they did?  Does it cover enough information to fully examine your Hero? Does it use facts correctly?

ORGANIZATION: Make an outline from your paper to see if you have organized it the way you like, and that it makes sense.

SMOOTH TRANSITION: Check to see if there are transitions between paragraphs, so your reader can follow your train of thought

CLARITY:  Have someone else read it out loud to you.  Are you sentences smooth, or choppy?  Does the reader get confused by long sentences? Are quotes and research smoothly integrated?

GRAMMAR:  Proof-read for grammar and spelling errors--if you are weak in this area, ask a parent to help you

AVOIDING PLAGARISM:  Be sure that all words that are not is quotes and are not cited are your own words.  If you use a quote that is more than 4 lines long, it is a "block quote" and each line should be indented, with the source cited.

CITATIONS:  Lets use MLA format--that means when you use a quote, or someone else's research in your paper, at the end of the last sentence it is used in cite the source (before the period) like this:

Sister Hardin and Sister Sampson are so awesome. Leading experts have shouted their praise over and over again (Carter 1). {meaning ( Author pg#)}

WWII Survivor, Kitty Werthmann, Warns of Socialism and Gun Control:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgwepu_V4Pc&app=desktop

This is the link to the speech that Avery read part of way back in January.  I said I would post it, but haven't gotten around to it.  Here it is.  Remember, she is a republican, and is very vocal about her political views...this is not an unbiased speech.  She has an agenda.  See where you agree or disagree with her solution to our countries problems.

Touring Auschwitz

Please fast forward to 9:12 and begin watching this clip from there.  This is an appropriate clip to have a family discussion about the feelings and impressions generated from the footage.  In my opinion, it’s is tactfully narrated and not overly heavy.