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Oil and Gas Essay: Final Draft Instructions due: APRIL 1, 2013

Oil and Gas Essay: Final Draft Instructions due: APRIL 1, 2013. EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINAL DRAFT BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK!. RUBRIC LOCATED ON NETSCHOOL [LEVEL AND PAP]. POLISHING OUR ROUGH DRAFT!. TASK: MARCH 28, 2013.

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Oil and Gas Essay: Final Draft Instructions due: APRIL 1, 2013

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  1. Oil and Gas Essay:Final Draft Instructionsdue: APRIL 1, 2013 EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FINAL DRAFT BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK! RUBRIC LOCATED ON NETSCHOOL [LEVEL AND PAP]

  2. POLISHING OUR ROUGH DRAFT! TASK: MARCH 28, 2013 • USE 3 OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS ON THE THIRD PAGE PAGE OF YOUR PACKET. (PRE-AP 5 WORDS) • USE 3 TRANSITIONS. EXAMPLE: HOWEVER, IN ADDITION, • USE THESAURUS AND CHANGE 3 WORDS INTO RICHER LANGUAGE. EXAMPLE: WORD: ROLE MODEL: NEW WORDS: EPITOME, EXEMPLAR, MENTOR (PRE-AP – 5 WORDS) • TYPE IN PROPER FORMAT (DOUBLE SPACE, PROPER HEADING AND SUBTITLES (INTRO, 30-20-10, CLOSING) • LEVEL MUST CITE FROM “2”DOCUMENTS: (PRE-AP “3” DOCUMENTS) EXAMPLE: According to the chart in Document B, the divorce rate in Texas during the oil boom between 1929 – 1932 was always higher than the national rate. EXAMPLE: In 1958, the Texas legislature set aside about one million acres of land as an endowment for a future university of Texas. (Doc. A)

  3. Title of essay • TITLE OF ESSAY: Texas Oil and Social Change: What Story Should Be Told? BE AWARE OF PROPER CAPITALIZATION AND PUNCTUATION ABOVE

  4. Format • Double Space • Do not bold titles • Use Arial or Times New Roman Font • Heading at top left: Name Trevino – Period: ___ Date: ____________

  5. DO’S AND DON’TS • DO CHECK SPELLING AND GRAMMAR • DO CHECK YOUR RUBRIC AND THIS POWERPOINT BEFORE SUBMITTING • DO NOT PLAGIARIZE

  6. RADIO SHOW FORMAT: • SECOND PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE TITLED: 30 MINUTE SPOT: • THIRD PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE TITLED: 20 MINUTE SPOT: • FOURTH PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE TITLED: 10 MINUTE SPOT:

  7. Publishing Essays What is the publishing stage? • The publishing stage is when you produce a final copy of your essay to hand in. Publishing Steps: • 1. Show your work to your teacher, tutor, or parents. • 2. Ask them for hints on how to improve your writing.

  8. Editing Essays What is the editing stage? • The editing stage is when you check your essay for mistakes and correct them. • Editing Steps: • Grammar and Spelling • 1. Check your spelling. • 2. Check your grammar. • 3. Read your essay again. • 4. Make sure each sentence has a subject. • 5. Make sure your subjects and verbs agree with each other. • 6. Check the verb tenses of each sentence. • 7. Make sure that each sentence makes sense.

  9. Style and Organization • 1. Make sure your essay has an introduction, 3 supporting paragraphs, and a closing paragraph. • 2. Check that you have a thesis statement that identifies the main idea of the essay. • 3. Check that all your paragraphs follow the proper paragraph format. • 4. See if your essay is interesting.

  10. TRANSITIONWORDS

  11. FINAL DRAFT Due date: MondayAPRIL 1, 2013 • DUE APRIL 1, 2013FOR POSSIBLE 100 • ONE DAY LATE: POSSIBLE 85 (APRIL 2) • TWO DAYS LATE: (APRIL 3) POSSIBLE 70 TURN IN TO: LTREVINO MOODLE OIL & GAS FINAL DRAFT

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