Mr. Wuerfel's Classroom Site

Papers:

    Every class will be given writing assignments and papers. There is a plethora of resources here in this page that will help you with any problematic situations that may arise. 

Andrews Writing Center:
    The Andrews University Writing Center has given us a free contract for Vista Ridge students this year. If you would like to have assistance on your paper, e-mail the specialists at Andrews free of charge at writery@andrews.edu. or go to their website for extra help at http://www.andrews.edu/WC/

General Resources:

MS WORD NOTES -- Notes on how to use Microsoft Word to format papers correctly.  This handout includes how to include a proper header, how to set margins, and how to double space.  This can be helpful as a review or step-by-step approach to using MS Word correctly.

NOTES FOR MICROSOFT WORD.doc

Writing Rubric:

Here is the rubric I use to grade your papers. If you lose yours please feel free to print off another copy.

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Research Skills:

Here are some handouts you may find useful.

UsingSources.doc

Works cited Online Sources:
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/english/blettiere/Works_Cited_Online_handout.pdf

Online Source Activity:
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/english/blettiere/WorksCited_online_Homework_Activity.pdf

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Organization:

Citation Power Point: Click here to see how to make note cards- Citation Power Point.ppt

Examples of index cards -- Click on link below to see examples of source cards and note cards.
http://www.argo217.k12.il.us/departs/english/blettiere/researchpaper_index_files/frame.htm

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Research Links:

A good site to see MLA documentation of electronic sources.
http://www.thewritesource.com/mla.htm

Type in the appropriate information and the website will do the works cited entry for you.
http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/

Look at how a works cited page should look.
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/sample.shtml

Another helpful site.
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm