This course is designed to build a solid foundation of knowledge, skills, and strategies that will be refined, applied, and extended as students engage in more complex ideas, texts, and tasks. Students will be introduced to various genres of classical and contemporary narrative and informational texts, while developing and enhancing their grammar and writing skills.
Monday, October 27, 2025 - Friday, October 31, 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
We will go back to the library to wrap up with Mrs. Palmer
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 - Friday, October 31, 2025
We are going to go over citationmachine.net and easybib.com
We will also look at finding the citations for an article found on TEL
You are ready to begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.
Your paper should be:
1" margins
Times New Roman
12 Font
Double spaced
The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper
The heading for your paper should look like the following:
Your Name
English IV
Jennifer Williams
October 28, 2025
Title (Centered)
Begin typing your paper here...
You will have your first turn in day on Monday, November 3.
You will need to show:
Thesis
Hard copy of five sources highlighted
Works Cited page with all sources on it
The Works Cited page should be double-spaced and your sources should be in alphabetical order. I will show you a sample Works Cited page
DO NOT use a header or number your pages!!!!
The place you should look is in the Research Portal...to find it:
Go to hhs.rcschools.net
Go to "Academics"
Go to "Library Media Center"
Click "Research Portal" on the right side in the blue section
Use "Gale Student Resources," "Gale Opposing View Points," or "Tennessee Electronic Library"
If prompted for a password for any of these: elvis
You are ready to begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.
Introductory Paragraph should contain:
Hook
Background Information
Thesis
Body Paragraphs should contain at least:
Topic sentence – overview of paragraph
Important Evidence – straight from text – According to the text “Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life Behind Bars?" it states "The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in two homicide cases testing whether it is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a 14-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole" (p. 1).
Detailed Analysis – talk about it in your own words
