Essay Checklist

1. Essay Checklist

2. Format Your Essay • Times New Roman 12 pt • Double space entire essay • Header – Last name Page # • Header – use same formatting • Creative Title 1 2 3

3. Format Your Outline • Times New Roman 12 pt • Double space entire essay • Header – Last name Page # • Header – use same formatting • Creative Title 1 2 3

4. Introducing Evidence or Analysis • Eliminate the word “shows” • This character displays, exhibits, portrays…

5. Write in Present Tense • Present tense: • When Jem and Scout are walking home from the pageant • When Jem and Scout were walking home from the pageant • Third person – He/she, them/they, people • When a person feels racism, he or she is upset. • When you feel racism, you are upset.

6. Review Integrated Quotations and Citations • Integrated quote notes are on Website under Short Stories • Citation = (Author Last Name Page#) • Only write number and not the word “page” • Punctuation goes AFTER citation • Example: Feeling overconfident for the recitalJing Mei "dawdled over it, playing a few bars and then cheating, looking up to see what notes followed” (Tan 38).

7. Structure of a Body Paragraph Topic Sentence (1 sentence) Context/Background for quote (1-2 ) Integrated Quotation with citation (1 -2) • Draw Inferences • Connect to Topic Sentence Analyze Quotation (2-3) Transition and set up next character (2) Integrated Quotation with citation (1 -2) Analysis (2-3) Concluding Sentence and transition to next paragraph(1)