Test Review Answers

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Academic Writing Unit Test Review

To download a copy of the test review, click here. I will be posting the test review answers at 3pm today!

MLA "Bobby Hill" Essay Annotations

In class Friday and Monday, we looked at some sample MLA essays. All of these are essays that were turned in to the English III team over the last few years. I changed all of the student names to "Bobby Hill" out of regard for student privacy. Click the link below to click through a folder of all of the corrected/annotated Bobby Hill essays. Consider reviewing these before the test on block day this week:

Annotated Bobby Hill Essays

Introduction to MLA and APA Formatting

In the last blog post, I posted the information for MLA formatting.  On block day of this week, we reviewed MLA formatting, and then we looked at some of the differences between MLA and APA formatting. All of your English classes use MLA formatting, whereas the social sciences (like psychology) use APA formatting. Therefore, I want to expose you to both formats, but I will only be testing you on the MLA format.

To understand the differences between MLA and APA, we watched the following video and took notes. Click here to download today's handout. The handout goes right along with the video in the same order.

Here's the video:

After the video notes, there's a Scavenger Hunt to complete with the Purdue Owl website. The written directions on the handout should contain all the information you need to complete this assignment.

Academic Writing Notes

We're starting this year by studying academic writing. The first topic in this unit is understanding the difference between formal and informal writing and knowing when to use them.

Here's the handout: Academic Writing Notes and Practice

The first part of the handout requires you to watch a short clip and take notes about the differences between formal and informal writing. Click here to watch the video.

The next pages contain several practices on the topic. There's a list of informal words (like wanna and gonna) and you're supposed to write down a formal version of these words.

For example:

• wanna = want to
• brung = brought

After that, there are some practice emails to write in formal writing. Remember that if you are writing an email to an adult female and you don't know whether or not she is married, you can address her as "Ms." in writing.

Here are the notes you need to finish the MLA Formatting pages: