Paper Drafting Guidance and Deadlines for SP Class

1. English 12 February 13A, February 14B

2. Housekeeping • SP Deadlines: All preparation for SP Paper drafting should be submitted at this point; keep an eye on the gradebook and see me if you have questions or concerns. • It is super important for you to be here through the entirety of the drafting process if you can be! • Bring all research from now on. • Saturday, February 23rd | 8am - 2pm | LAB 105 • This is the Saturday before your completed draft is due. • Saturday, March 2nd | 8am – 11am | Room 302 • This is the last day you can submit your FINAL PAPER.

3. Q + A | Help! If you get stuck today, please ask a peer first, then slip through Narnia and ask Quinn. Worst case scenario, I will be back on Friday and you can come see me during MAV Time, at lunch or the beginning of 4th period. I’m also really responsive to e-mail and Remind101; reach out if you need help!

4. Save, save, save! Some of you have already learned this the hard way. Save your documents, especially now that we are starting the paper, in three different places. Save to a FlashDrive, send a copy to your e-mail and save a digital copy to whatever cloud you prefer and actually access. DO NOT rely solely on the school’s cloud; it is inconsistent. DO NOT rely solely on GoogleDrive. Our intranet doesn’t play nicely and there are often encryption issues.

5. Section Checks + TurnItIn.com • I will open up each section as we go over it in class. This is the only way for you to receive feedback and the only way I will accept submissions. • If you miss a checkpoint, it is at your own risk. You can either come get feedback on your time (e.g. MAV Time, or by appointment) OR you can roll the dice and see how you do after the final paper is submitted. • Reminder: There are no opportunities for revision on this paper once the final has been submitted. DO THE CHECKPOINTS! • This is also your safeguard against having too high of a plagiarism percentage on the final paper.

6. SP Section Drafts • Throughout the next 2 weeks, submit each section of your paper by the deadline (end of class each day) in order to receive feedback. • These drafts will receive a grade corresponding to the 1-4 scale and will help to ensure you have a passing grade on the paper prior to submitting your final draft. • If you choose not to turn in these sections and do not pass the paper, that is your burden to bear. • There will be no late work accepted throughout the draft process in order to ensure I can give everyone feedback and get your papers returned to you in a timely manner. • If you receive a 3 or 4, you’re good to go and will not receive further feedback. If you receive a 1 or 2, you must come see me and conference to know how to improve this section and to be able to resubmit it.

7. Things You Should Do (SOON/TODAY) • Set up a Working Reference page • Create a new Word document and title it Working Reference page • Copy and paste all of your APA citations from your notebook into this page • Make sure to number the citation according to its Source # on your OneNote • Eventually, you’ll clean this up into your References page by: • Adding an internal citation note to help with citations while writing (we’ll address this next class when I’m back) • Then, removing your internal citation notes once your paper is written • Deleting sources you didn’t use • Adding sources you did use and formatting them per APA standards • Changing your title to References

8. Today’s Mission: • Complete your Policy Identification and Explanation section of your paper. • Upload it to TurnItIn.com by the end of class so I can evaluate it and give you feedback. • This also will allow you to be “in the know” when we go over the plagiarism checker next week. • For each section of the paper, there is a student example provided IN CLASS. • You must turn your example back in at the end of class.

9. POLICY IDENTIFICATION • Policy name and number (source, year) • Common name (if it has one) • Explain in your own words • Copy and paste from your proposal, fill in any gaps you may have • Local, state, federal, or international • Key point(s) (source, year) • Punishments? Fines? (source, year) 1-2 paragraphs depending on length of policy/law

10. Law AB97 regarding the health and safety regulations in the state of California was passed by Governor Schwarzenegger on July 25, 2008 (“AB 97”, 2007). This law prohibits the use of trans fat in any oil, shortening, or margarine in all restaurants in California as of July 2009 and it also bans the use of trans fat in any public bakery. Law AB97 does not completely get rid of trans fat, but it makes using more than .5 or more grams of it in a serving of food being sold illegal. No reimbursement will be given to food establishments who are given a fine for not obeying this law or for any business they might lose by receiving the fine (“AB 97”, 2007). This law does not apply to the food served in all homeless shelters, elementary, middle, or high school cafeterias (“AB 97”, 2007).

11. Policy History and Background Trace the history of the ISSUE and explain what was happening that made it so the policy exists todayOR trace the history of the law, if the law has been around long enough to actually have a history. Include influential political parties, interest groups, elected officials and/or specific individuals that helped create or pass the policy. You may/may not include a graph. Choose what is most relevant in the history, and fill in the gaps in the timeline.

12. Policy History and Background • Reason for policy (source, year) • Timeline- what has happening so they passed the law, or the timeline of the law (source, year) • Sentence/paragraph format- not timeline format • Influences? • Political parties, elected officials, interest groups, individuals (source, year) • Graphic support (optional) (source, year) 1 ½ -2 pp.- rough estimate

13. Same-sex marriage has been around for hundreds of years, some cases even dating back to the ancient Greeks and Romans (“Homosexuality,” n.d.). However, only recently has same-sex marriage become an issue. There have been various court cases regarding this issue and whether or not the act is constitutional. First of all, in 1970, there was the Minnesota case Baker v. Nelson. Two men applied for a marriage license, but were denied. The reason behind the denial was because they were both of the same sex (Omni, n.d.). The couple argued that because the state’s statute didn’t say marriage could only be between a man and a woman, and that denying this license violated their protection under the Equal Rights Act. The court ruled against allowing the license. This was because the court couldn’t find support for the decision in any Supreme Court case (Omni, n.d.).

14. Later, in 1993, three same-sex couples brought their case to court. They had applied for marriage licenses in Hawaii and were denied. The Director of Hawaii’s Department of Health, John Lewin, stated that the couples’ orientation wasn’t the deciding factor in denying the licenses, but they were denied because marriage is strictly between a man and a woman (Prasarttongosoth, n.d.). At first, the court ruled that denying the license was discriminatory. However, this event is what sparked the national debate over same-sex marriage, prompting the Defense of Marriage Act. Years later, the case was dismissed because the federal court signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law before the court could come to an official ruling (Omni, n.d.).

15. In 1996, President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (“Defending Marriage”, 2004). Although he opposed discrimination of any kind, he also opposed the recognition of same-sex marriages by the government. This act passed with a Congressional vote of 85-14. Eighty-five voted for the act and fourteen voted against (Heller, n.d.). Before signing this act into law, the President stated, “I have long opposed governmental recognition of same-gender marriages and this legislation is consistent with that position. The Act confirms the right of each state to determine its own policy with respect to same gender marriage and clarifies for purposes of federal law the operative meaning of the terms "marriage" and ‘spouse’” (“President Clinton’s Statement,” n.d.). He also then went further and announced that the enactment of the Defense of Marriage Act wasn’t meant to give people an excuse to perform acts of violence or discrimination against a person for their sexual orientation. “Discrimination, violence, and intimidation for that reason, as well as others, violate the principle of equal protection under the law and have no place in American society” (“President Clinton’s Statement,” n.d.).

16. Closure + Submit You’ve reached the final 10 minutes of class! Save your Policy ID and Explanation DRAFT (to your preferred cloud and flash drive) Upload your submission to TurnItIn.com to receive my score which will let you know if you need to pursue my feedback. Once you have uploaded it and confirmed (yes upload, no Copy + Paste here please) your submission, sign out and shut down. Return your student example(s) to the top of the white cart. Please do your best to put your laptop back neatly with a charging port facing out and charge your laptop for the next person.